Document requirements
In order for you to obtain a nulla osta from your Consulate, the paperwork allowing you to marry here in Italy, we need you to do the following:
Before you come to Italy:
Document requirements for British and Northern Irish citizens:
In order for us to obtain the necessary translations and Italian paperwork
from the Italian Courts allowing you to marry
here in Italy, we need you to do the following:
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Before you come to Italy:
1.You must go to your local register office and give notice of your marriage (have the banns published) and request a “certificate of no impediment” for each of you, for your marriage abroad (this will take about 3 weeks). The certificates are valid for 6 months in Italy, from the date of your appointment (with the exception of those living in Scotland, where the certificates are valid for 3 months only). These certificates must be legalised by the FCO Legalisation Office in the UK.
2.Complete a bi-lingual statutory declaration form and have it certified by a UK solicitor or public notary and then legalised by the FCO Legalisation Office in the UK.
3.Your passports must be valid until after your wedding date and your return home.
4.You must be 18 years old or over to marry in Italy.
5.Your 2 witnesses must be 18 years old or over.
No later than 3 months before the wedding:
- You need to send us, by registered post, the following documents:
- The 2 original ‘certificates of no impediment,’ legalised by the FCO Legalisation Office in the UK.
- The 2 original bi-lingual statutory declarations, certified by a UK solicitor or public notary and legalised by the FCO Legalisation Office in the UK.
- Photocopies of your birth certificates (these must be the long versions, including both your parents names).
- Photocopies of both your passports (the page with your data on).
- Photocopies of both your witnesses passports (the page with their data on).
If any of these apply to you, copies of the following documents must also be sent:
- If either of you has been adopted: copies of your adoption papers.
- If either of you have been married before: copies of your Divorce Decree Absolute plus name and nationality of ex-spouse (+ copy of marriage certificate if possible). Please note, in Italy a woman must be divorced for at least 300 days before marrying again .
- If either of you are widowed: copies of Death Certificate + marriage certificate.
- If either of you have changed your name in any way from your birth certificate: copy of Deed Poll.
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In order for us to obtain a nulla osta from the Irish Embassy in Rome, the paperwork allowing you to marry here in Italy, we need you to do the following:
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Before you come to Italy:
- You must complete an application form for your nulla osta (a certificate saying you are free to marry) and send it to the consular section of the Department of Foreign Affairs if you are resident in Ireland, or to your nearest Irish Embassy if you are resident outside of Ireland. They will then send all the necessary documents to the Irish Embassy in Rome with whom we will liaise for them to send your nulla osta to the town hall where you are planning to marry. The nulla osta are valid for 120 days in Italy, from the date of issue.
- Your passports must be valid for 6 months after your wedding date.
- You must be 18 years old or over to marry in Italy.
- Your 2 witnesses must be 18 years old or over.
No later than 3 months before the wedding:
You need to send us, by registered post, the following documents:
A:For those having a civil service:
- Photocopies of your original birth certificates (these must be the long versions, including both your parents names)
- Photocopies of both your passports (the page with your data on)
- Photocopies of both your witnesses passports (the page with their data on)
B: For those having a religious service:
The 2 original ‘nulla osta’.
- Both your original birth certificates (these must be the long versions, including both your parents names).
- Photocopies of both your passports (the page with your data on).
- Photocopies of both your witnesses passports (the page with their data on).
If any of these apply to you, the following original documents must also be sent by those marrying in church:
- If either of you has been adopted: original adoption papers.
- If either of you have been married before: original Divorce Decree Absolute plus name and nationality of ex-spouse (+ original marriage certificate if possible). Please note, in Italy a woman must be divorced for at least 300 days before marrying again .
- If either of you are widowed: original Death Certificate (+ original marriage certificate) .
- If either of you have changed your name in any way from your birth certificate: original Deed Poll.
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