I hope this is the right forum for this question, here goes anyway.

I am an Irish national who spends nine months of the year in Thailand and have done so for the last five years. My girlfriend of three years is now pregnant and we have decided to do the honourable thing and get married. I have checked the internet for information and it seems fairly straight foward except for two things;

1) The Irish consulate states that I must provide proof of income in order for them to provide the 'free to marry' certificate. My problem is that I only work for three months of the year as an agency nurse. This means that I am considered as self-emoplyed as I am working for an agency. I do however have weekly pay slips from my three months of work last year. Will this be enough as proof of income?

2)It also states that my girlfriend needs to have her passport or birth certificate translated into english. I have examined her passport and it is already in both languages. What do they mean?

Thanks in advance

Edited January 16, 200719 yr by garro

Moved to the general section where I'll hope you will get a better response