Documentation and legal requirements - Rhodes
Back to Sovereign weddingsThe information below is intended as a guide, as documentation and legal requirements change regularly. Please check with your Wedding Coordinator and with the relevant embassy before arranging your documentation.
Legal requirements
Minimum residency period prior to wedding: 7 days
Witnesses required: 2. The witnesses can be arranged by the Wedding Planner if you are travelling alone.
Minimum Age: 18 (If under 18, see below).
Marriage Certificate issued in local language? Yes. For 110 euros payable locally you can have your certificate translated into English before you leave Rhodes.
Other requirements: None.
Documentation requirements
The following documents must be obtained in the UK and sent to Sovereign no later than 12 weeks before departure. We need two photocopies of the following documents. All original documents must be taken to resort – photocopies of documents are not accepted in resort.
Full 10-year British passports? Yes.
Birth certificates? Yes – full original showing parent’s details (these can be obtained at your local registrar).
If never previously married:
Single status statutory declaration? No.
Certificate of No Impediment? Yes. A certificate of no impediment must have been stamped and certified by a Solicitor and issued within 3 months of the intended date of marriage.
If divorced: Decree absolute with official court stamp.
If widowed: Spouse’s death certificate and previous marriage certificate.
If adopted: Adoption certificate and short birth certificate.
If name changed: Proof of deed poll or statutory declaration, stamped and signed by a solicitor on headed paper. This is also required for divorcees or widows who have reverted back to their maiden name.
If under 18: Parental consent in the form of an affidavit or statutory declaration, stamped and signed by a solicitor.
Certification / Legalisation / Translation of all documents?
All documents must be officially certified (legalised) by the Legalisation Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London. Please contact them before you send your documents to check up-to-date prices and if there are any delays with the documents. All documents must then be scanned and sent to Rhodes to be translated into Greek (translations will be finalised in resort on presentation of your original documents) which will incur costs – your Wedding Coordinator can advise you of the current prices. In Rhodes you need to arrange final documentation and Marriage License applications. Costs for transport to and from the Town Hall will be incurred, payable locally.
Further information: All original documentation is kept by the local authorities in Rhodes. This documentation will not be returned to you.
