Nikah Marriage in North Cyprus if UK resident

Fatimauk


Joined: 18/04/2011
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
18/04/2011 11:39

My fiance and I wish to meet in North Cyprus (Lefke) and may wish to have nikah marriage ceremony there. He is from Pakistan and I am from UK. Can anyone adivse what we would need to do for this to be legal in the UK? We will have witnesses. Do we have to fill in forms or register with a government office there? I have tried the marriage office in Kyrenia on advice of TRNC consulate in uk, but with no luck. Any advice from anyone gratefully received!

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
18/04/2011 13:54

The sort of advice you need is unlikely to be found in the TRNC as you want to know whether your Pakistani partner will be allowed to settle in UK. Go to the Home Office website: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/partnersandfamilies/partners/ for full details of what is required for a non UK partner.

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
18/04/2011 14:39

Kate Message 2 is right.

It will not just depend on the Muslim wedding ceremony nor the TRNC registrar but in how the UK Foreign Office see your wedding even if your betrothed only wants a holiday visit to the UK and your permament home is elsewhere. You could ask a wedding planner to assist (there are a few on Cyprus44) but the FCO information is facts that you need to get written to you from your own research.