SAME SEX MARRIAGE: BRITISH EMBASSY, MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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hi there

i am writing on behalf of a mate.

she is a british citizen who is dating a female filipino citizen. they want to get married and them move back to northern ireland. there are a few things that she needs some help with:

1) are filipino citizens able to take part in same sex marriages with british citizens at the british embassy? i know this is restricted in some countries, e.g. vietnam didn't allow vietnamese citizens to get civil partnered to their same sex partners in the british embassy in ho chi minh city.

2) same sex marriage is not permitted in northern ireland at present. if my friend was to get married (NOT civil partnered) in the british embassy, would she be able to register her marriage in the general records office in england?

thanks!
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