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Marriage abroad

  • 08-01-2014 5:46pm
    #1
    Mrs.Curtin to be
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭


    Was just wondering if somebody could help me. If I wanted too get married in Scotland, is that marriage then legal here in Ireland?


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  • #2
    Gatica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭Gatica


    any legal marriage outside of Ireland is legal in Ireland (I'd question the likes of marriage of 14 year olds in certain countries/states but that's a corner case).


  • #3
    Mrs.Curtin to be
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Mrs.Curtin to be


    Gatica wrote: »
    any legal marriage outside of Ireland is legal in Ireland (I'd question the likes of marriage of 14 year olds in certain countries/states but that's a corner case).

    Thank you very much :)


  • #4
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Gatica wrote: »
    any legal marriage outside of Ireland is legal in Ireland (I'd question the likes of marriage of 14 year olds in certain countries/states but that's a corner case).

    Actually thats not true. Gay marriage is not legal or recognised in Ireland, so if a gay couple legally marry somewhere that it is legal then come home to Ireland, it is not recognised by the state here (although they may be recognised to have a civil partnership - but that is not quite the same thing).

    What is more correct is that any legal marriage performed outside of Ireland that is a legally recognised marriage in Ireland will be recognised here.

    Edited to add - Ive just discovered that some legal relationships like Dutch Civil Partnership are not recognised here.

    Here is an interesting Wikipedia page with more detail:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

    To OP - if its a straightforward male/female marriage in Scotland, its fine.


  • #5
    Mrs.Curtin to be
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Mrs.Curtin to be


    username123 wrote: »
    Actually thats not true. Gay marriage is not legal or recognised in Ireland, so if a gay couple legally marry somewhere that it is legal then come home to Ireland, it is not recognised by the state here (although they may be recognised to have a civil partnership - but that is not quite the same thing).

    What is more correct is that any legal marriage performed outside of Ireland that is a legally recognised marriage in Ireland will be recognised here.

    Edited to add - Ive just discovered that some legal relationships like Dutch Civil Partnership are not recognised here.

    Here is an interesting Wikipedia page with more detail:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

    To OP - if its a straightforward male/female marriage in Scotland, its fine.

    Yeah it's just a straightforward marriage. Thank you for the link though I had a read of it anyway


  • #6
    RiverSong29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭RiverSong29


    Hello. I am very new here. So forgive any faux pas. I am an American and want to move to be with my boyfriend to live and work with him in Ireland, what do I have to do? And how long do you think it might to take?


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  • #7
    Mrs.Curtin to be
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Mrs.Curtin to be


    RiverSong29 wrote: »
    Hello. I am very new here. So forgive any faux pas. I am an American and want to move to be with my boyfriend to live and work with him in Ireland, what do I have to do? And how long do you think it might to take?

    You would have apply for that through the Irish embassy in America, if you contact them they will give you any information you need. It will take time though, at a guess I'd say a couple months

    Also Ireland is in the middle of a job crisis employment here is difficult too find and will be impossible if you have no qualifications


  • #8
    RiverSong29
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭RiverSong29


    Mrs.Curtin to be wrote: »
    You would have apply for that through the Irish embassy in America, if you contact them they will give you any information you need. It will take time though, at a guess I'd say a couple months

    Also Ireland is in the middle of a job crisis employment here is difficult too find and will be impossible if you have no qualifications

    Thank you so much for the information. I do have a college degree, but we do have the money for me not to work if I can't.


  • #9
    Mrs.Curtin to be
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Mrs.Curtin to be


    RiverSong29 wrote: »
    Thank you so much for the information. I do have a college degree, but we do have the money for me not to work if I can't.

    You should be fine so, it shouldn't be too difficult really but will take a while because of paperwork and stuff. Good luck with it


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