Getting married in UK
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Getting married in UK
Hi all
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
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Re: Getting married in UK
Hi all
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
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Re: Getting married in UK
Everything you need to know can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/get-married-in-england-or-wales
The bit you’ll likely struggle with is the giving notice. If you’re planning to marry in 12 months time then I would fly back to the UK to visit for a week or two, view some venues, make a booking and give notice for the wedding in x months’ time and then you can fly in again for the actual ceremony. Trying to do the whole thing at once would require you to leave Australia for at least six weeks which I doubt is feasible assuming you both work full-time.
https://www.gov.uk/get-married-in-england-or-wales
The bit you’ll likely struggle with is the giving notice. If you’re planning to marry in 12 months time then I would fly back to the UK to visit for a week or two, view some venues, make a booking and give notice for the wedding in x months’ time and then you can fly in again for the actual ceremony. Trying to do the whole thing at once would require you to leave Australia for at least six weeks which I doubt is feasible assuming you both work full-time.
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Re: Getting married in UK
This is the issue - the rules require you to be in the country at least 30+ days which is just ludicrous given we are both British citizens. And other research shows it does not seem feasible to get around this, so we're now looking what what would seem to be an easier route of entering as Australians and applying for a marriage visa beforehand... or we just get married in Scotland!
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Re: Getting married in UK
Why not get married in Australia (small civil ceremony at the registry office) and have a ceremony in the UK?
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Re: Getting married in UK
Only because family is all in England and it would feel 'not right' if we did it first without them, regardless of the reason for doing it...
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Re: Getting married in UK
This is the issue - the rules require you to be in the country at least 30+ days which is just ludicrous given we are both British citizens. And other research shows it does not seem feasible to get around this, so we're now looking what what would seem to be an easier route of entering as Australians and applying for a marriage visa beforehand... or we just get married in Scotland!
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Re: Getting married in UK
Hi all
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
Just curious is anyone here, living and settled in Aus, has gone back to England to get married at all? We're aiming to do this in about 12 months time and starting the planning but there seems to be a few issues in regards when you have to arrive and what can actually be done in a short space of time. We are both UK and Aus passport holders, but everything we read relates to people getting married where one is a UK citizen - and not when both are.
Has anyone gone through this and what issues did you encounter? Any help very much appreciated...
Andy & Thea
Hope this helps
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Re: Getting married in UK
This is the issue - the rules require you to be in the country at least 30+ days which is just ludicrous given we are both British citizens. And other research shows it does not seem feasible to get around this, so we're now looking what what would seem to be an easier route of entering as Australians and applying for a marriage visa beforehand... or we just get married in Scotland!
You can't hold a marriage visa because you are British.
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Re: Getting married in UK
This is the issue - the rules require you to be in the country at least 30+ days which is just ludicrous given we are both British citizens. And other research shows it does not seem feasible to get around this, so we're now looking what what would seem to be an easier route of entering as Australians and applying for a marriage visa beforehand... or we just get married in Scotland!