Married under other nationality (dual citizenship)

[DRH]

Just to confirm... If a dual national eg a person who has Irish and British passports decides to get married under the British passport eg in the US to an American (British nationality used rather than Irish as a move to the UK was in the pipeline), they are legally considered married in Ireland too, aren't they?

There is no procedure for registering overseas marriages in Ireland so wondering how they'd stand.

[max307]

Just to confirm... If a dual national eg a person who has Irish and British passports decides to get married under the British passport eg in the US to an American (British nationality used rather than Irish as a move to the UK was in the pipeline), they are legally considered married in Ireland too, aren't they?

There is no procedure for registering overseas marriages in Ireland so wondering how they'd stand.

Yes, you marry a person not a nationality

If the marriage is legal in the country where it happened then it will be recognised in Ireland as well regardless of the passport used to enter this marriage.

[DRH]

Cheers

As a follow on Q, I presume so it doesn't matter if you are in the US on an Irish visa, but marry as a British person. In other words... even if the nationality on the residence visa is different from the nationality shown at marriage registration in the US, then you are married in the eyes of both countries Ireland and Britain, irrespective of the process.

Good to know.

[max307]

Cheers

As a follow on Q, I presume so it doesn't matter if you are in the US on an Irish visa, but marry as a British person. In other words... even if the nationality on the residence visa is different from the nationality shown at marriage registration in the US, then you are married in the eyes of both countries Ireland and Britain, irrespective of the process.

Good to know.

Yeah it doesn't matter, Irish authorities will only double check that the name in the US marriage certificate is the same as in your Irish or British passport.