swiss tony
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I am a British citizen who has been living in Central America for the last 8 years. My girlfriend and I have decided to get married in June. She is Honduran and we have decided to get married out here in Honduras as this is where our life is etc.
We then had the idea that we should get married in the UK too but have discovered that to be able to do so we would have to be in the country for at least 3 weeks- you have to be in the country for 7 days before you have the right to "give notice" and then have to wait a minimum of 14 days for the license to be granted.
As we will already be having time off either side of our wedding out here, 3 weeks in the UK is just not doable because of work commitments.
My question is the following: are there any downsides to just getting married abroad?? We can get the local UK embassy to authenticate the marriage certificate from Honduras and the website reassures you that "marriages in Honduras are recognised by the UK government" but I am still anxious to know if we would be unwittingly missing out on any rights by not getting married in the UK. If we decided to go back to the UK to live in the future, would not having got married in the UK in any way affect our rights??
Thanks in advance for anyone willing to share their knowledge on the topic.
We then had the idea that we should get married in the UK too but have discovered that to be able to do so we would have to be in the country for at least 3 weeks- you have to be in the country for 7 days before you have the right to "give notice" and then have to wait a minimum of 14 days for the license to be granted.
As we will already be having time off either side of our wedding out here, 3 weeks in the UK is just not doable because of work commitments.
My question is the following: are there any downsides to just getting married abroad?? We can get the local UK embassy to authenticate the marriage certificate from Honduras and the website reassures you that "marriages in Honduras are recognised by the UK government" but I am still anxious to know if we would be unwittingly missing out on any rights by not getting married in the UK. If we decided to go back to the UK to live in the future, would not having got married in the UK in any way affect our rights??
Thanks in advance for anyone willing to share their knowledge on the topic.