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Retrieving Overview...

Legal Requirements for Weddings Abroad

If you are getting married abroad you need to be aware that the legal validity of your marriage is governed by the laws of the country in which your ceremony will take place and not your country of residence. The following chart outlines the basic legal requirements for your dream wedding abroad. This is done resort by resort for your convenience.

Destination

Minimum Residency (working days)

Birth Certificate

Minimum age

Parental Consent
if under 18 

If divorced

 

Decree Absolute

If widowed

 

Spouses Death Certificate

Previous Marriage Certificate 

If adopted

 

Adoption Certificate

If name changed

 

Deed Poll Notice

Other

 

Documents translated into local language

Antigua & Barbuda

0

Yes

 

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bahamas

1

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes

 

Yes Yes Yes

Bali

5

Yes

21

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Barbados

0

Yes

18

 

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Grenada

3

Yes

21

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Jamaica

3

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes

 

Yes Yes Yes

Las Vegas

 

Yes

18

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia

7

Yes

21

Yes Yes Yes

 

Yes Yes

 

Mauritius

See Mauritius Info

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes

 

Yes Yes

 

New York

0

Yes

 

 

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Seychelles

3

Yes

 

Yes Yes Yes

 

Yes Yes

 

South Africa

1

Yes

21

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Sri Lanka

4

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

St Lucia

2

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Thailand

4 - 6

Yes

18

 

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Trinidad & Tobago

4

Yes

18

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

Turks & Caicos

4

Yes

21

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 

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