Requirements for Weddings in Italy

All your documents can basically be done via mail.

You need to get in your country, the CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT:

The Certificate of no impediment is issued by your local registry office in England where you must publish the Banns. After 23 days of these publications the registry office releases a Certificate of No Impediment.

British nationals requiring certificates of no impediment should produce the following documents:
• Full birth certificate (showing parents' names);
• British Passport (copy of passport if you are applying from outside of Italy);
• Consent of parent or guardian when under the age of 18;
• Evidence of termination of any previous marriage of both parties, if applicable, (i.e. death certificate or divorce decree absolute) together with the previous marriage certificate. Under Italian law a female who has been divorced and wishes to re-marry in Italy cannot re-marry until 300 days have passed from the date of her divorce.
• "Certificato di stato libero" of the other party, if an Italian national;
The Certificate of No impediment has to be mailed by you with EXPRESS COURIER (avoid regular mail) to the appropriate British Consulate together with the payment of Nulla Osta fee.
The following documents must also be presented to the British Embassy or Consulate (via mail : with express courier) together with your No Impediment Certificate:
• Birth Certificate (including names of both parents)
• Photocopy of your passport (bring the originals with you)
• In case you had changed your name and the name on your birth certificate differs from the one on your passport : Deed Poll showing change of name.
• In case of previous marriage: Decree Absolute of Divorce and the Previous Marriage Certificate.

After some days the Embassy or the Consulate will release the Nulla Osta, necessary for you to marry.
At this point I will follow up and make sure the Nulla Osta is issued and delivered to the wedding hall.
The UK Embassy requires that the Nulla Osta payment be made directly by you when you send the documents. Therefore you should get an Euro draft cheque prepared of Euro 64 (this is the cost per person for each Nulla Osta) plus the fees of Euro 14 for return postage by Posta Celere Assicurata and mail along with your documents. The payment has to be made by non-transferrable bank draft (“assegno circolare non trasferibile”) payable to the British Embassy. Cash is not accepted. The fees are not refundable.

You should also include a letter stating wedding location/date/agency arranging and all your contact numbers (add even my contacts in case they need to reach me).

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