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You can get married at a British embassy, high commission or consulate abroad if:

• local laws do not allow you and your partner to get married
• local authorities have given us permission and we follow their requirements

This is sometimes called a consular marriage.

In some countries you can聽register a consular civil partnership.

How to arrange a consular marriage

1. Make sure you understand all the eligibility requirements of getting married in your chosen country.
2. Contact the embassy, high commission or consulate to book an appointment to give notice and set a provisional date for your ceremony.
3. Attend your appointment to give notice of your marriage.
4. Wait 14 days while your notice is displayed.
5. If no one objects, attend your ceremony within 3 months of your first appointment.

Giving notice of your marriage

You鈥檒l need to sign a legal statement at the embassy, high commission or consulate to say you intend to get married. This is known as 鈥榞iving notice鈥�.聽

You must be living in the country you鈥檙e going to get married in for 7 full days before you can give notice.

It costs 拢50 to give notice and you鈥檒l need to pay with a debit or credit card. If both you and your partner are British nationals, you鈥檒l both need to give notice and pay 拢50 each.

You need to bring:

• your passport
• your partner鈥檚 passport or national identity card
• proof that you鈥檝e been in the country for 7 days (for example, a bank statement, flight or train ticket or passport stamp)
• payment (check with the embassy, high commission or consulate which payment methods they accept)

If your partner is not British, they鈥檒l need to bring documentation from their embassy or government that they鈥檙e free to marry.

If you or your partner have been married or in a civil partnership before, you鈥檒l need one of the following:

• 测辞耻谤听original decree absolute or final order聽(this could be a printed PDF and covering email from the court) 鈥� or the equivalent in your country
• your annulment certificate
• your civil partnership dissolution
• your partner鈥檚聽death certificate聽and marriage certificate

Your consular marriage will be registered under the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. You鈥檒l need to say at this appointment which UK country you want to register under.

The embassy, high commission or consulate will display your notice publicly for 14 days. If nobody makes an objection, you can agree a date for your consular marriage within 3 months of your first appointment.

What you鈥檒l need to do for the ceremony

Your marriage ceremony will be at the embassy, high commission or consulate on the date you agreed.

You and your partner will sign a declaration that you鈥檙e free to marry.

You鈥檒l need to bring 2 witnesses. You, your partner and your 2 witnesses will sign the marriage register. Your witnesses must:

• bring photo ID
• be 16 or over
• know you or your partner
• know English well enough to follow the ceremony and understand the documents they have to sign

It costs 拢150 to register your marriage. You鈥檒l need to pay 拢50 for a marriage certificate.聽

You can pay when you give notice or when your marriage ceremony takes place. You should check with the embassy, high commission or consulate which payment methods they accept.

Your consular marriage will be officially recognised in the same way as ceremonies that take place in the UK.

Countries that offer consular marriage

Albania

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Bolivia

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Cambodia

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than Cambodia.

China

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country or an opposite-sex marriage with a national of any country other than China.

Dominican Republic

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Hungary

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

Japan

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Jordan

At the you can have an opposite-sex marriage if you and your partner both live in Jordan and cannot get married at a church or the Sharia Court.

Kosovo

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than Kosovo.

Laos

At the you can have an opposite-sex marriage with a British national.

Latvia

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than Latvia.

Lithuania

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

Mongolia

At the聽聽you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

Montenegro

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

Oman

At the聽聽you may be able to have an opposite-sex marriage if you both live in Oman and can prove that there are no other suitable facilities to get married.

Panama

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Peru

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

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At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

Qatar

At the you may be able to have an opposite-sex marriage if you both live in Qatar and can prove that there are no other suitable facilities to get married.

Russia

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

Saudi Arabia

鈥嬧�婣t the you can have an opposite-sex marriage if you live in Saudi Arabia and neither you nor your partner is Muslim.

Serbia

At the you can have a same-sex marriage.

South Korea

At the聽聽you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than South Korea.

Turkey

At the you can have a same-sex marriage with a British national.

United Arab Emirates

At the you can have an opposite-sex marriage if you can prove that there are no other suitable facilities to get married in the United Arab Emirates.

Vietnam

At the聽 you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than Vietnam.