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Legalities & Documentation

You may rest assured that weddings in Cyprus ANGLICAN WEDDINGS RENEWAL OF VOWS IN CYPRUS CERTIFICATE OF NON-IMPEDIMENT - FOR GREECE
A meeting with the minister will be arranged prior to your wedding day Couples can renew their vows if they are only in Cyprus for 3 nights or These documents are granted for two British subjects to marry
are perfectly legal. By Cyprus law, your hotel to discuss the service and any special requirements you may have. more as there is no legal paperwork to complete, so clients do not need overseas. These are issued from your local Town Hall. They must be
must be located in the same town in which your Persons of divorced status must produce original decree absolute. to go to the Town Hall. They would only require bringing their marriage dated within 3 months of the marriage date. Please note: On these
At least one of the couple must present a Christening or Baptism certificate with them, that is all! The Celebrant who conducts the documents - in Box No: 7 – it asks: ‘District and Country in which the
marriage will take place. Both Bride and Groom certificate. The Anglican Church in Cyprus will require the name of your service charges from €275. Once it is booked the Celebrant contacts marriage is to be solemnized’. It must state: The town, island and
must be in Cyprus for at least 5 working days local church in the UK, so that they may inform them of your marriage, the couple to discuss their ceremony and they will also ask for a deposit country. These documents may take up to one month to be issued.
as a matter of diplomacy. Church and Minister’s fees are payable to secure the date.
before the wedding can take place. Cyplon locally and vary from €200 - €650. ADOPTION CERTIFICATE - IF APPLICABLE
Holidays, therefore, recommend booking a RESIDENCY BEFORE CEREMONY If adopted – an adoptive birth certificate is issued. This document does
CATHOLIC WEDDINGS In Cyprus, you must be at the resort for at least 3 working days, although not state the maiden name of the adoptive mother (it is not asked
2-week holiday so that the wedding can be A civil ceremony, conducted by the local mayor or registrar, must we recommend at least 5 days if you are having a religious ceremony, for on the document), but it is a legal requirement for the Registrar’s
easily accommodated during the second week precede the religious service for Catholic weddings, although this does as it gives you more time to relax prior to the wedding and tie up any records in Cyprus/Greece, so a further document can be completed
not have to happen on the same day. The Catholic couple must visit loose ends. In Greece, you must be at the resort 5-7 days prior to the at the resort, called: ‘A Declaration Form’. There is a charge for this -
of your stay. their local priest in the UK and inform him of their intention to marry ceremony, dependent on which resort you are getting married in. payable locally to the Registrar at the briefing.
in Cyprus, in order for documents, in addition to those mentioned
below, can be prepared. These include certificates of Baptism for both BIRTH CERTIFICATES PASSPORTS FOR CYPRUS
ALL WEDDINGS IN CYPRUS Full A4 birth certificates are required (the long version is required, as All names on the Passports/Birth Certificates/Certificate, should
The ceremony will be conducted in English and all paperwork and Bride and Groom. Their local priest will then send these to the priest it has parents’ names etc- please note the short version will not be match. The Bride travels under her maiden name for both journeys to
conducting the service in Cyprus. Couples staying in Ayia Napa have
your Marriage Certificate will be issued in English. Two witnesses will accepted,). An original birth certificate and a ‘Certified Copy’ of it coincide with her passport. Also, Passports must be presented to the
be required in accordance with Cyprus law and we will be happy their civil ceremony locally, but their religious service is held at the must be obtained from your local Town Hall. Wedding co-ordinator upon arrival, at the resort. Passports must have
Terra Sancta Catholic Church in Larnaca. Church and Priest’s fees are
to provide these should the couple be alone in Cyprus. Before the 6 months or more left on them from the date of their return to the UK. In
wedding day, the couple visits the local Registry Office, with all relevant payable locally and vary from €200 - €650. SWORN AFFIDAVIT - FOR CYPRUS addition, copies of both witnesses’ passports are required too.
documents, to register their intention to marry. Wedding License Fee A Sworn Declaration/Affidavit that declares you legally free to marry is
from €282, payable locally. required and must be signed and STAMPED by a solicitor. This cannot PASSPORTS FOR GREECE
be more than 3 months old prior to the wedding – Please be advised, All names on the Passports/Birth Certificates/Certificate of ‘No
CIVIL WEDDINGS it does not need to be on a solicitor’s letterhead. Non- British Citizens Impediment’, should match. The Bride travels under her maiden name
These typically take place between 10 am and 2 pm, Monday to Friday will require a Freedom Certificate from their country’s Department of for both journeys to coincide with her passport. Also, Passports must
(except Public Holidays), in the Town Hall local to your Cyprus resort and Foreign Affairs or its Embassy in the UK. be presented to the Wedding co-ordinator upon arrival, at the resort.
are conducted by the Mayor or Registrar. In-hotel civil weddings can
take place after and at weekends at an extra charge. The ceremony is IF UNDER 18 - FOR CYPRUS
very similar to that in the UK. In-hotel registrar’s fees vary from €130 - Written consent of parent/guardian is required on sworn affidavit form
€712, payable locally. for anyone under the age of 18 years of age

Please note that in order to get married in Greece the couple must
be a resident in the country for 5-7 days (Dependant on which resort/
island you choose), allowing you the opportunity to meet the registrar
and finalise arrangements. It will also be necessary to take translated
documents, sanctioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Please see our legalities section for more details or call our wedding’s
department today for further information.

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