Legal
Your wedding planner or tour operator may deal with all your legal requirements, but if you are booking directly please note the following:-
You are required to obtain a Special Licence (First Schedule Type B) giving you permission to marry in Cyprus.
(This also negates the need of having Banns called in the UK or Cyprus).
The licence is purchased from Paphos, Geroskipou, Peyia or Polis Town Halls depending on the location of your wedding venue.
If you are not sure in which area your wedding venue is located, contact our wedding coordinator and she will be happy to help.
Take all the documents mentioned below with you to your Town Hall meeting and please let our wedding coordinator know when you have made your appointment.
Civil Requirements and Documentation Needed (as determined by Cyprus Law)
Regarding your marriage in Paphos we would like to inform you that you must bring with you the following documents:
a) Passports
b) British nationals, who are coming to Cyprus to celebrate a Marriage and leave to return to the UK should submit a Marriage non-impediment Certificate, issued either by the General Register Office (GRO) of the local authority of the area they reside. This Certificate should be sealed with an APOSTILLE.
The document must be signed, certified, and dated by a UK practicing solicitor or notary public before being submitted to this office.
The document must be signed, certified, and dated by a UK practicing solicitor or notary public before being submitted to this office.
• They must have a current practicing certificate with the relevant UK regulatory body
• They certify the document while in the UK.
• They clearly print or stamp their name and the details of their firm
• They state a certification (e.g. “I hereby certify that ...”)
• If applicable, they need to include an original embossed/wet ink seal
• They date their certification
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office offers a worldwide postal service for all applications which can be made online via their website http://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised
ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND TRANSLATIONS REQUIRE AN APOSTILLE STAMP
USING THE BELOW LINK
c) If you are divorced you are requested to bring the original Divorce Certificate which must be final and absolute (translated in English from a notary, if required). In addition, you must have the certificate mentioned in para (b) above.
d) If you are widow/widower you are requested to bring with you the original Death Certificate (translated in English from a notary, if required). In addition, you must have the certificate mentioned in para (b) above.
d) If one of you is under the age of 18 you are requested to additionally bring the consent of your parents which must be certified by a solicitor of your country.
e) Fees for the Special Marriage: 281,92 Euro (A marriage is considered “Special” when it is performed within one or two days after the submission of your application).
f) Passport photocopies of two witnesses over 18 (age) must be provided. Your witnesses must be present on the day of the wedding.
Your application must be submitted by both interested parties in person at least one working day before the wedding date in the case of a “Special” Marriage. Our office accepts applications from Monday to Friday between 8.30 - 10.00 am.
ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND TRANSLATIONS REQUIRE AN APOSTILLE STAMP
For British Expatriates living in Cyprus please contact us for information on documents required.
(This also negates the need of having Banns called in the UK or Cyprus).
The licence is purchased from Paphos, Geroskipou, Peyia or Polis Town Halls depending on the location of your wedding venue.
- The Licence currently costs €282.
If you are not sure in which area your wedding venue is located, contact our wedding coordinator and she will be happy to help.
Take all the documents mentioned below with you to your Town Hall meeting and please let our wedding coordinator know when you have made your appointment.
Civil Requirements and Documentation Needed (as determined by Cyprus Law)
Regarding your marriage in Paphos we would like to inform you that you must bring with you the following documents:
a) Passports
b) British nationals, who are coming to Cyprus to celebrate a Marriage and leave to return to the UK should submit a Marriage non-impediment Certificate, issued either by the General Register Office (GRO) of the local authority of the area they reside. This Certificate should be sealed with an APOSTILLE.
The document must be signed, certified, and dated by a UK practicing solicitor or notary public before being submitted to this office.
The document must be signed, certified, and dated by a UK practicing solicitor or notary public before being submitted to this office.
- When a notary public or solicitor certifies a document, the following requirements must be met:
• They must have a current practicing certificate with the relevant UK regulatory body
• They certify the document while in the UK.
• They clearly print or stamp their name and the details of their firm
• They state a certification (e.g. “I hereby certify that ...”)
• If applicable, they need to include an original embossed/wet ink seal
• They date their certification
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office offers a worldwide postal service for all applications which can be made online via their website http://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised
ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND TRANSLATIONS REQUIRE AN APOSTILLE STAMP
USING THE BELOW LINK
c) If you are divorced you are requested to bring the original Divorce Certificate which must be final and absolute (translated in English from a notary, if required). In addition, you must have the certificate mentioned in para (b) above.
d) If you are widow/widower you are requested to bring with you the original Death Certificate (translated in English from a notary, if required). In addition, you must have the certificate mentioned in para (b) above.
d) If one of you is under the age of 18 you are requested to additionally bring the consent of your parents which must be certified by a solicitor of your country.
e) Fees for the Special Marriage: 281,92 Euro (A marriage is considered “Special” when it is performed within one or two days after the submission of your application).
f) Passport photocopies of two witnesses over 18 (age) must be provided. Your witnesses must be present on the day of the wedding.
Your application must be submitted by both interested parties in person at least one working day before the wedding date in the case of a “Special” Marriage. Our office accepts applications from Monday to Friday between 8.30 - 10.00 am.
ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTS AND TRANSLATIONS REQUIRE AN APOSTILLE STAMP
For British Expatriates living in Cyprus please contact us for information on documents required.
