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 License (First Schedule Type B) giving you permission to marry in Cyprus.
(This also negates the need for Banns to be called either in the UK or Cyprus).
The license 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)
YOU MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU TO CYPRUS
WHERE THEY APPLY THESE DOCUMENTS MUST ALSO BE BROUGHT
For British Expatriates living in Cyprus for more than one year. Couples resident in Cyprus for more than one year will need to visit the Marriage Registration Office in Nicosia to apply for permission to marry. Contact the Marriage Registration Office in Nicosia direct [email protected] to enquire which documents you need before travelling to Nicosia. Once you receive this permission, you can then apply for your First Schedule Type B from one of the Town Halls in the Paphos district.
Non-British nationals needing Apostille. We can provide Apostille legalisation of your marriage certificate if this is required by your country of origin, or if you live in a country which will require legalisation of your marriage certificate. After your ceremony your certificates will receive the necessary certifications and be returned to you at your hotel or residence. Fees are reasonable and dependent upon the number of certificates and ministry stamps you require. Please contact us for details.
(This also negates the need for Banns to be called either in the UK or Cyprus).
The license is purchased from Paphos, Geroskipou, Peyia or Polis Town Halls depending on the location of your wedding venue.
- The License 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)
YOU MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU TO CYPRUS
- 10 year Passports + two photocopies .
- Original Birth Certificates + photocopies.
- Two photocopies of your witnesses’ passports, one for the Town Hall, and one for your Church meeting (you require two witnesses at your wedding, both over 18 yrs old).
- A Statutory Declaration for each of you confirming that you are free to marry. A UK solicitor can draft this and it must be stamped and signed within the 12 weeks before your wedding. Both these documents must have an Apostille which requires doing in the UK prior to arriving in Cyprus.
WHERE THEY APPLY THESE DOCUMENTS MUST ALSO BE BROUGHT
- ORIGINAL Decree Absolute papers for the Town Hall if either of you are divorced. (Take photocopies for your files). Also with Apostille.
- The deceased’s Death Certificate if either of you is widowed. Also with Apostille.
- Deed Poll papers if either of you has legally changed your name. Also with Apostille.
- Original adoption papers if either of you has been legally adopted. Also with Apostille.
- If you are Irish; you need 'Freedom to Marry' papers obtained from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ireland or the Irish Embassy in the U.K.
- 'Freedom to Marry' papers may also be needed for other non-British Passport holders depending on your country of origin; please make the necessary enquiries stating Cyprus as the country you are to be married in.
- Please note - once married and before leaving Cyprus some non- British passport holders (or Britons non-resident in Britain) need an Apostille/Legalisation seal on their marriage certificates.
- All documentation must be translated into English.
For British Expatriates living in Cyprus for more than one year. Couples resident in Cyprus for more than one year will need to visit the Marriage Registration Office in Nicosia to apply for permission to marry. Contact the Marriage Registration Office in Nicosia direct [email protected] to enquire which documents you need before travelling to Nicosia. Once you receive this permission, you can then apply for your First Schedule Type B from one of the Town Halls in the Paphos district.
Non-British nationals needing Apostille. We can provide Apostille legalisation of your marriage certificate if this is required by your country of origin, or if you live in a country which will require legalisation of your marriage certificate. After your ceremony your certificates will receive the necessary certifications and be returned to you at your hotel or residence. Fees are reasonable and dependent upon the number of certificates and ministry stamps you require. Please contact us for details.
