Citizenship and marriage

[thesaint]

I am applying for my citizenship next month as a spouse for a British person and will be appreciated if any one can help
Its about the part when they asking about place and date of marriage
The problem is my wife and I had a religious marriage first 2004 and after a year we registered our marriage as a civil marriage. so we have 2 different dates for our marriage
Which one I should write in the form or I should write the date of the civil marriage certificate and then explain in page 13 where I can add any more information

My only worry is I don’t want any delay

When I applied for my spouse visa 3 years ago to the British embassy in my home land I explained to them the issue and it was ok

Also I think my wife used the date of the religious marriage not the date of our civil marriage when she had her name changed in her passport so we used diffirant dates in different occasions

Thanks in advance

[vinny]

Enter the date when you were legally married. Suggest that you use the NCS.

[thesaint]

Enter the date when you were legally married. Suggest that you use the NCS.

both are legaly

2.2 All civil marriages, and all religious marriages which have been registered with the
civil authority of the country in which they are celebrated, may be accepted as satisfying
the first criterion at paragraph 2.1.

is it al right to write the civil marrige date then explain in page 13 where the extra information or this is mean more checks

[vinny]

and after a year we registered our marriage as a civil marriage.

I would use the date when you registered.

[thesaint]

and after a year we registered our marriage as a civil marriage.

I would use the date when you registered.

thanks vinny i will do that but do u think i should explain or just write it with no more explanation

i just dont them to chek and find 2 different dates for the same marrige
as i said my wife used the religious marriage date to change the name in her passport

thanks alot again

[Sean7398]

Generally, a civil marriage is the one which is the civil / state/ court marriage (know as many types). A religious wedding is not really relevant, because many people can't afford religious marriages and they get officially married by just registering. Like for example, runaway bride and grooms, they get married by normal civil ceremony rather than religious ceremony. But it will also depend in which country you were married in. But overally, you're civil marriage is the relevant one, cos this is the official certificate.

[thesaint]

Generally, a civil marriage is the one which is the civil / state/ court marriage (know as many types). A religious wedding is not really relevant, because many people can't afford religious marriages and they get officially married by just registering. Like for example, runaway bride and grooms, they get married by normal civil ceremony rather than religious ceremony. But it will also depend in which country you were married in. But overally, you're civil marriage is the relevant one, cos this is the official certificate.

thanks alot sean . i think i will write the civil date only for now .
its only matter for them to be married to a british person at the time of submitting the application

thanks again and wish me good luck

[Sean7398]

Good luck... If in doubt, I would just seek advice from an immigration lawyer, cos it would be safer! We only have opinions on here!

[JAJ]

Good luck... If in doubt, I would just seek advice from an immigration lawyer, cos it would be safer! We only have opinions on here!

Would an immigration lawyer know the answer?