All wedding ceremonies will be conducted in English and all paperwork including the Marriage certificate, which is fully recognised in the United Kingdom, will also be issued to the happy couple in English.

Two witnesses will be required in accordance with the law in Cyprus, however, if you do not have your own witnesses we will be only too pleased to provide you with them.

We recommend that you are in Cyprus a minimum of 3 working days before the wedding can take place so that you can fill in all of the necessary paperwork in resort therefore that gives you maximum flexibility in the duration that you wish to stay in Cyprus.

You will be required to take the following ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (photocopies are not accepted) with you to Cyprus:

• Passports
Both the Bride and Groom must be in possession of a 10 year British passport which must be valid for a further 3 months after there returns date to the UK.

• Full Birth Certificate
An original full length birth certificate must be take by the Bride and Groom

• Under 18 years of age
A written consent from the parents / guardians must be supplied

• Deed Poll Certificate
A deed poll certificate must be obtained if either the Bride or Groom has changed his / her name for any reason (including personal reasons, remarriage of a parent or is the Bride reverted to her maiden name after divorcing). This Document must be stamped and signed by a UK solicitor and must include the solicitor’s practice name and address plus the full name of the solicitor who witnessed the change of name

• Decree Absolute
An original Decree Absolute, carrying a court coloured stamp, must be obtained if either the Bride or Groom has been previously married and is now divorced

• Affidavit
An affidavit is required for all UK passport holders (one for the Bride and one for the Groom) and this must be obtained from a UK solicitor. This is a sworn document stating that the person is free to marry.

• Death Certificate
A death certificate must be obtained if either the Bride or Groom is widowed

• Anglican Church Weddings
For all Anglican Church weddings, the Bride and or Groom must take a copy of his / hers baptism / christening certificate as well as the name and address of there local parish priest. These documents must be given to the Anglican priest in Cyprus.

• Catholic Church Weddings
For all Catholic Church weddings couples must go to there local parish priest in the UK, from there the parish priest will start a pre-nuptial enquiry then forward the clients baptism certificates to the bishop who will then in turn forward them to there contact in Nicosia, CYPRUS.

Catholic wedding couples should also have a civil ceremony in the town hall before having the Catholic Church wedding.

The town hall civil licence date and time can be pre-booked for the wedding couple when Whitehall Leisure have the date and time for the Catholic Church wedding.