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Marriage in the UK

 

Getting married in the UK

     If you want to get married in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK you should visit the Home Office site of the British Government which will give you more information about what forms to complete & paperwork you will have to supply to the British Consulate in Brazil.
 
 

Registering your British Marriage at the Brazilian Consulate in London

     If you are already married in the UK but have not registered your wedding in Brazil then you have to do so at the Brazilian Consulate in London.  We have just done this in February 2004.  It was a big hassle for us as obviously we had to take time off work to go there.  You will need the following things if you go there to register your wedding.
 
 

Brazilian National

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Passport or RG card (it also helps if you have your CPF as well).

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A birth certificate issued less than six months ago (which we couldn't understand).  If you can't get a hold of one of these then you need 2 Brazilian witnesses to go with you to the consulate & they must have their RG card or passport with them.

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British Marriage Certificate.  They hold onto this to translate it into Portuguese.  They didn't tell us that though & we were convinced we had lost it.

 
 

British National

bulletFull birth certificate.
bulletPassport.
 
     It is important you have all the correct documentation with you.  If you don't then you are wasting your time as they will not entertain any excuses from you there.  You can get the forms to register the wedding from their website.  You have to complete the form to show the information on your marriage certificate & also what you were doing before you got married.  Your witnesses sign a form supplied in the consulate stating what they were doing whenever you got married.  Providing you have all the correct documentation the process doesn't take too long.  We just wish there was a Brazilian consulate in Edinburgh & cannot explain why there isn't one, still visiting London was certainly an experience for us.
 

"Forever"

 
     If you visit our galleries you can see some pictures of our wedding, amongst other things.  Read some of the things it said about our wedding in the newspapers both here & in Sorocaba at the wedding stories link below.
 
 

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