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Freedom to marry

  • 28-01-2018 10:41pm
    #1
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭


    Hi all. Looking for some advice, We're both Irish getting married in Ireland and have an appointment with the state to declare our intentions to marry, do we need to produce proof of a civil letter of freedom at the appointment.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    mcgiggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭mcgiggles


    Nope, you're good! that's just for non Irish people getting married here :-) confusing that it hasn't a note to that effect on the site!!


  • #3
    love_love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭love_love


    Just to piggy-back on this, what if one of the parties has dual citizenship (one of which is Irish)? Any need for freedom to marry docs?


  • #4
    mcgiggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭mcgiggles


    love_love wrote:
    Just to piggy-back on this, what if one of the parties has dual citizenship (one of which is Irish)? Any need for freedom to marry docs?


    That one I don't know sorry..


  • #5
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    love_love wrote: »
    Just to piggy-back on this, what if one of the parties has dual citizenship (one of which is Irish)? Any need for freedom to marry docs?

    I’m not sure about freedom to marry, but if the party with dual citizenship was born outside of Ireland, they might need an Apostille stamp.


  • #6
    doctorchopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭doctorchopper


    i was born in canada but have irish citizenship and needed to get a apostille stamp from consulate office to verify my birth certificate.


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  • #7
    love_love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭love_love


    For anyone else who has the same question as I did re: freedom to marry, I spoke to a really helpful woman in the Sligo office (was going through the list trying to get through to anyone!!) who advised that they would not look for a freedom to marry for someone who was born abroad but is an Irish citizen, but this is only their policy, and she can't speak on behalf of any other offices. Typical, but useful to know!


  • #8
    doctorchopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭doctorchopper


    love_love wrote: »
    For anyone else who has the same question as I did re: freedom to marry, I spoke to a really helpful woman in the Sligo office (was going through the list trying to get through to anyone!!) who advised that they would not look for a freedom to marry for someone who was born abroad but is an Irish citizen, but this is only their policy, and she can't speak on behalf of any other offices. Typical, but useful to know!

    Sorry I should have been more clear as well, Dublin office didn't require a proof of a civil letter of freedom, but they did required me to have my birth cert stamped by the consulate office to verify its authenticity.


  • #9
    love_love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭love_love


    I read the legislation coz I'm a nerd like that, and it does appear that there is room for discretion regarding proof of marital status, regardless of citizenship.

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2004/act/3/enacted/en/pdf

    Pt.6 S.46 (7) The registrar concerned may require each party to an intended
    marriage to provide him or her with such evidence relating to that
    party’s forename, surname, address, marital status, age and nationality
    as may be specified by an tArd-Chla´raitheoir.


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