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Hi there

I am getting married in Scotland and need a cert to say that I am free to marry, ie that I am not married in Ireland, has anyone done this and where did they get the cert from here?

thanks in advance
Gar
 
It's a letter of fredom and you get it from your local church that you were confirmed and you need a copy of your birth cert and a letter from the church you got baptised.
 
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Mr2 said:
It's a letter of fredom and you get it from your local church that you were confirmed and you need a copy of your birth cert and a letter from the church you got baptised.
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Are you sure that this is a church wedding scenario?
 
Mr2 said:
It's a letter of fredom and you get it from your local church that you were confirmed and you need a copy of your birth cert and a letter from the church you got baptised.
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It's not. It's a certificate of non-impediment you're looking for. You get this from some government department but I can't remember where now. Will have a look later.
 
I am sure, I got married in Oct '06 in another European country and had to get the letter of freedom from my local (Catholic) church and it was sent to the priest in the other country and when they accepted it, I was allowed to get married abroad.

It had to be in the other country at least 6 weeks before I was over there,to get all other relevant papers translated over there.


Cahir the post above, he said he's looking for "a cert to say that I am free to marry".

Maybe it's not a catholic church wedding!
 
mr2, are you sure you're legally married here? or in the other country? if you only have a church wedding you may not be married.
 
I am married legally here but that was different paper work. We had to go to the local government offices over there the day before hand to sign "legally" we were married at that stage and then we got certs for that, which you send off here.

The " free to marry cert" that I reckon he's talking about in the first post is "a letter of fredom". Which is the religious side of the marriage for a catholic (don't know much about other religions).

Have any of ye married abroad recently?
 
hi there

thanks for the responses, i had a look aroud on the government departments after cahirs tip and it was buried on the dep of foreign affairs

number is 01 4982568 only open 9.30 to 12.30

thanks for all the help
 
Yep. The department of Foreign Affairs on the Green. For those of you abroad thinking of getting married you will most likely need an authorised translation of your 'Letter of Freedom'. DON'T try and take it to an authorised translator in your particular country of residence as I did. It has to be done in the Irish Embassy/Consulate (in the state you intend to marry in) and stamped by them too, otherwise it's deemed invalid in many juristictions or so I'm told.

Had a sweaty month of running around in May of 2006 trying to get all my paperwork done to get married in Romania. Totally due to my own imcompetence and disorganisation!

The Department of Foreign Affairs is staffed by fantastic people who were really, really helpful to me. Hat's off to them.
 
gar123 said:
hi there

thanks for the responses, i had a look aroud on the government departments after cahirs tip and it was buried on the dep of foreign affairs

number is 01 4982568 only open 9.30 to 12.30

thanks for all the help
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The certificate of non impediment is only valid for 4 months from the date of issue so don't get it too far ahead of time.
 
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