Getting Married In The Uk.

[callum06]

I have been together with my partner for 6 years, she is Thai and we have 2 children. For some reason we never found the time to get married but have always talked about it. We are going back to the UK for 3 weeks in April and wanted to get married over there.

So my question is, what papers does my partner need? what papers do i need? we will be returning to Thailand after our 3 week holiday, so it isn't a plan to extend our stay (not with the weather in Scotland).

Any advice or tips would be great.

Cheers

Callum06

[buzzer101]

Hi Callum06,

We got married in the UK but in your position I'm not quite sure about the paperwork as you already have 2 kids.

We needed to get a Fiance Visa from the UK Embassy in Thailand and also papers to say she is free to marry.

To get this visa is a bit of a nightmare as they wanted a lot of documents ie bank statments, proof of abode etc etc .

I think your best bet is to contact the UK embassy in Bangkok and see what they have to say.

Good Luck !

[callum06]

Cheers for the reply.

[dmax]

you need your wifes passport with visa inside, your birth cert, and the fee.

[Templer]

Hi Callum 06

For you to get married over in the uk,

you will need to get a fiancée visa,

You can not get married on a holiday visa, other wise

the government would lose a lot of visa fees.

It would be cheaper to get married in Thailand

and have a church blessing back in the UK

I went the fiancée visa 6 years ago

All the best

Templer

[ColinChapman]

Hi Callum,

You do not need a fiancee visa to get married in the UK, you need a "visiting to get married visa" (not sure exactly what this is called). A fiancee visa is if you're intending to settle in the UK.

See:

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/in...isitors#9248746

and click on the link: "Special visitors: Visitors coming to get married"

These all apply to civil ceremonies (registry offices).

A few years ago, it was the case that if you were marrying in a Church of England ceremony because this is the established church (presumably this would be Church of Scotland in Scotland), you didn't need a special visa, an ordinary Visitor Visa was OK, but I don't know if this is still the case. You'd have to check with the vicar.

Anyway, congratulations and good luck!

[Thongkorn]

I think it is safe to say you do not have your visas yet . i don't know if the time taking to approve visas has changed, but i would check on the length of time taking , maybe you had better get a move on if you want to be here for April , best of Luck.