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You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. How to arrange a consular marriage, including giving notice, what to bring to the ceremony and which countries offer the service.
In some countries you can register a consular civil partnership. Your consular marriage will be registered under the law of England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. The embassy, high commission or consulate will display your notice publicly for 14 days. If nobody makes an objection, you can agree a date for your consular marriage within 3 months of your first appointment. Your marriage ceremony will be at the embassy, high commission or consulate on the date you agreed.
You, your partner and your 2 witnesses will sign the marriage register. Your witnesses must:. You can pay when you give notice or when your marriage ceremony takes place. You should check with the embassy, high commission or consulate which payment methods they accept. Your consular marriage will be officially recognised in the same way as ceremonies that take place in the UK.
At the British Embassy Tirana you can have a same-sex marriage. At the British Embassy La Paz you can have a same-sex marriage. At the British Embassy Phnom Penh you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country other than Cambodia. At the British Embassy Beijing you can have a same-sex marriage with a national of any country or an opposite-sex marriage with a national of any country other than China.
