Civil Ceremony

You will need to each obtain a Statutory Declaration, which we will send to you to fill in and take to your local solicitor for you to swear before them that you are not married. The Solicitor must sign and stamp this and you will need to have their business card too that states that they are a solicitor (unless it says this on their stamp). Each of these declarations will need to have an Apostille Stamp on too.

• Once you have completed your Statutory Declarations, you will need to have an Apostille stamp put on both of these through www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised  This can take up to 8 weeks for you to receive these back, so please allow enough time. ALL of your original documents (listed below) will need to have Apostille stamps on them, so you can send these off at the same time. 
• If you are wanting a faster service for your Apostille stamps we recommend using Hague Apostille service, this does cost a little more however your documents are back much faster from - www.hagueapostille.co.uk

NOTE: You must include an A4-sized envelope with the return address written on it. Attach enough UK postage stamps to cover the return postage

You will need to bring the following ORIGINAL documents with you to Cyprus and all of these EXCEPT your passports and copies of witness passports MUST have an Apostille stamp on them. If you do not bring these, you will not be able to marry legally here:

• 10 Year British passports – This must be issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the country (check the ‘date of issue’) and must be valid for at least 6 months after the day you plan to leave (check the ‘expiry date’)
• Statutory Declarations (one each) to be taken to a solicitor to sign
• Original Decree Absolute/final order if divorced (where applicable)
• Original death certificate of spouse (where applicable)
• Name change documents by deed poll or adoption certificate (where applicable)
• Copies of passports of two adult witnesses (over eighteen years old)
• If either party of the intended marriage is under 18 years of age, the written consent of the parents or the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced to the Marriage Officer.

Your marriage certificate that you receive here in Cyprus will also need an Apostille stamp, we suggest that you obtain a minimum of 2 additional copies (€15 each) which you can pay for at the Town Hall when you go to complete your paperwork, once in resort. We will arrange for the Apostille stamp to be put on your certificates after your wedding and there will be a charge for this of €40 for each certificate and we will bring this to your accommodation before you leave Cyprus or send them recorded delivery to your UK address if you are leaving Cyprus before they have been stamped.

All documents must be translated into English. All translated documents MUST be Apostille stamped.

It must be stressed that the names we use for the wedding certificates are taken from the passports.

Please note that the marital status documents are valid for 3 months from the issue date.

Some of the authorities responsible for supplying marital status certificates according to nationality:

If you have been married, adopted or had a name change ALL names must be on the Statutory Declaration.

Citizens of the Republic of Ireland: Need to contact the Department of Foreign Affairs

Please note: that (where applicable) the fees for your marriage license and the marriage officer/registrar are payable by card direct to the Town Hall when you arrive in resort. Where applicable a fee of €282 (for Marriage Licence) is payable direct to the town hall in CARD once in resort plus €350 if ceremony is taking place in an outside venue other than the town hall itself.

All of the above details are based on Paphos Town Hall, other town hall paperwork and fees may vary.

Anglican Ceremony

Please have a look at the Anglican Church of Paphos weddings website on the following link: https://www.yourcypruswedding.org/

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ANGLICAN WEDDINGS IN CYPRUS:

• Completed Church Marriage application form
• Birth Certificates (bride & groom) original and a photocopy
• Passports (bride & groom) original and a photocopy
• Evidence of freedom to marry – please see above regarding statutory declaration, must be no more than 3 months old
• Originals Decree Absolute (if divorced)
• Originals of the death certificate (if widowed)
•  Parental permission if under 18 years old
• 2 x witnesses – photocopy of passports (over the age of 18 years)
•  Form B Licence which you will receive when you arrive in resort

Please Note: Where applicable a fee of €282 (for Form B - Marriage Licence) is payable directly to the town hall in CARD once in resort. Any Church fees are payable directly to the Church and they will require a 50% deposit to secure your church booking, with the balance payable once in a resort. We will send the church administrator your e-mail address once you have booked so they can contact you direct regarding the deposit and any other details that they require from you.

Catholic Ceremony

Please have a look at the following link for the paperwork that is required by the Catholic Church in Paphos

https://stpauls-catholic-parish-paphos.com/weddings/

Please Note: Where applicable a fee of €282 (Marriage Licence) is payable direct to the town hall in CARD once in resort plus the Church fees which are payable directly to the Church.

As this is a blessing ceremony and not legally binding, a civil ceremony MUST take place in Cyprus before your Catholic wedding.

Without presenting your civil marriage certificate to the church, a Catholic wedding is unable to take place.