EEA2 - Marriage Certificate

vajnah · Post by **vajnah** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:46 pm

I am a Swedish national living in UK. I went abroad to Kyrgyzstan where I got married. We have an official marriage certificate from there.

My wife came to UK now on the Family permit VAF5.

Do we need to get another proof of our marriage or will the marriage certificate from Kyrgyzstan be sufficient when applying for EEA2?

Azhaar · Post by **Azhaar** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:48 pm

that should b enough just get it translated if u havent already done so..

proof of ur employment + ur and her passport

thats it

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:01 pm

You have already provided the marriage certificate to UKBA when you applied for the EEA Family Permit.

They know that you are married.

I would submit exactly what you submitted when you applied for the EEA Family Permit.

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:50 pm

You are very lucky that the UK authorities accept other jurisdiction's certification. Other EU countries are less accommodating.

Post by **Obie** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:12 am

EUsmileWEallsmile wrote:You are very lucky that the UK authorities accept other jurisdiction's certification. Other EU countries are less accommodating.

I believe it is an obligation rather than a concession on the part of the UK to recognise marriages which were undertaken in another jurisdiction. On the basic of comity of nation and international added to Metock, i will simply say the UK is abiding by the rules rather than a question of one being fortunate or lucky

Post by **EUsmileWEallsmile** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:27 am

[quote="Obie"][quote="EUsmileWEallsmile"]You are very lucky that the UK authorities accept other jurisdiction's certification. Other EU countries are less accommodating.[/quote]

I believe it is an obligation rather than a concession on the part of the UK to recognise marriages which were undertaken in another jurisdiction. On the basic of comity of nation and international added to Metock, i will simply say the UK is abiding by the rules rather than a question of one being fortunate or lucky[/quote]

The UK does and as far as I can see has for a very long time accepted foreign marriages and documents. It does not require these to be apostolised, etc.

Other EU countries differ. They do indeed require other country's documents to be notorised or apostolised. The EU commission appears to support this. If one reads the visa issuing guidance and the "better transposition" document, both state this.

I've personally never had to do this myself, but feel fortunate with the UK's stance.

soni1 · Post by **soni1** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:59 am

can some one plz help we are applying for eea2 but we didn t get our marriage certificate in english back when we applied vaf5.

What should we do translate our nikkah nama in urdu to english and were in Manchester. do we need a authority to sign it?

Post by **Directive/2004/38/EC** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:26 am

soni1 wrote:can some one plz help we are applying for eea2 but we didn t get our marriage certificate in english back when we applied vaf5.

You should have gotten your marriage certificate back. Did you ask the embassy for it?

soni1 · Post by **soni1** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:12 am

No, we didn't we just realized it's missing.
we are know in uk and we just find it to hard to contact now..

can you please advice me is it neccesary to translate it... can t i send the eea2 without the form.?
or with my husbands birth certificate from
pakistan?

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EEA2 - Marriage Certificate

EEA2 - Marriage Certificate