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by Wisco » Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:46 pm
This might be helpful:
This includes changes to the law following passing of the Family Law Act ,1995
1. Requirement to give three months notification of intention to marry:
Any person marrying either by religious or civil ceremony must give three months notice to the Registrar for the district in which the marriage is to take place or have obtained an exemption as explained below. Failure to comply with this makes the marriage invalid in civil law.
2. How notification may be given.
Notification of a Marriage may be given in two ways.
i) Both parties may write jointly (or separately) to the Registar for the district in which the marriage is to be solemnised giving the following information.
- name and address of the parties to the marriage.
- name and address of the church, or place, where the marriage will take place.
- the date on which the marriage is to take place.
- the ages of the parties, or confirmation that the parties are over eighteen.
ii) A pre-printed form may be obtained from the Registrar.
If only one letter or form is sent to the Registrar it must be signed by both parties .
The Registrar will issue each party to the intended marriage with an acknowledgement confirming the date of receipt of the notification. You must retain this document and produce it, when requested, to the person solemnising the marriage.
It should be noted that these acknowledgements are for record only and are not intended to be a licence or certificate signifying the approval of the registrar concerned in any proposed marriage. the other legally required marriage preliminaries, if any, appropriate to the form of marriage, must also be complied with.
If I was in your position, I'd mention to the immigration officer that you plan to get married when they stamp your fiance's passport. Your fiance will have to register with the local INIS/garda office (if you live outside Dublin it's a lot easier, in my experience, as there's often little to no wait) and once you're married you go back to that office and they will usually give your then spouse a stamp 4 visa which will allow him to work, etc, so long as you can provide adequate documentation of the wedding. Of course, the scenario I outlined there is assuming there are no problems with and documents, finances, criminal convictions, whatever.
Good luck! Usually when you're married (especially to an American) I think it's fairly straightforward.
