Wedding Planning .... Where to Start

As soon as possible, contact us at My Greek Wedding and arrange a wedding date... if your first choice is not available, we will advise you of the nearest possible date. Once you have picked the date, you might want to start looking at flights...

Please bear in mind you need to be a resident of Kefalonia for eight days (including day of arrival) before the wedding date.

Next you need to get...

Necessary Paperwork for Civil Weddings (for UK Citizens):
A photocopy of Bride's and Groom's Passports.
Full birth certificates for the Bride and Groom
Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage for Bride and Groom
(This must be applied at your local Superintendent Registrar Office no earlier than three months before your wedding date).
Decree absolute (if any of the parties is divorced)
Deed poll certificate (If any of the parties has changed his/her name by Deed Poll)
Adoption papers (if any of the parties was adopted)
Death certificate (If any of the parties is a widow/widower)
If either of the couple is under 18 years, proof of parental consent in the form of a Statutory Declaration is required, stamped and signed by a solicitor.

Important Note I: Photocopies of Birth Certificate & Decree Absolute must be stamped and signed by the Apostille Hague Convention. An Apostille is a special seal applied by an authority to certify that a document is a true copy of an original.

For information on this you may contact 0207 0081111 or write to:

The Legalisation Officewww.fco.gov.uk
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Old Admiralty Building
The Mall
SW1A 2LG

Important Note II: The originals must be brought with you when you travel to Greece.

Important Note III: All necessary paperwork needs to be sent BY COURIER to us no later than one month before the official wedding date.

Important Note IV: For all types of weddings, it is required that two witnesses be present. In case that the groom and the bride are traveling on their own, our staff will be happy to offer assistance and act as witnesses at the wedding ceremony.

Information for Irish nationals wishing to marry abroad
Visit the Department of Foriegn Affairs website