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You have to get permission from the Irish Embassy in Tunisia (which for some reason is deferred to Spain).

Embassy of Ireland

Ireland House

Paseo de la Castellana 46-4

28046 Madrid

Tel: + 34-91-576-3500

Fax: + 34-1-435-1677

Ambassador Padraig Murphy

First Secretary Ruairí De Burca

Secretary Declan Smyth

Here is the British Embassy in Tunisia, which I understand will also be able to help you:

Consular Services

British Embassy

Rue du Lac Windermere

Les Berges du Lac

1053 Tunis

Telephone: (+216) 71 108 782

Fax: (+216) 71 108 789

[email protected]

Or you can get all the necessary paperwork done in Ireland before coming to Tunisia.

Here is something that I came across that you are not going to like though: In other words, two British citizens who live in the UK cannot plan to marry in Tunisia while on a short holiday and the UK Registrar cannot accept their notice of marriage for that purpose.

If you can somehow get around that, then here are all the applicable laws that you will need to follow for a marriage in Tunisia.

Marriage under the Tunisian law

*My fiancé(e) and I wish to marry in Tunisia. Is this possible?

Yes, under the local law of Tunisia, if you meet all the requirements of the law. For example: To marry here you have to be over 20 years of age or have your father’s consent. A divorced woman cannot re-marry until a period of three months has lapsed since her divorce, a widow until four months and 10 days after the death of her spouse. Marriage of a man younger than 20 or a woman under 17 is not allowed. A Moslem woman cannot be married to a man who is not a Moslem. No marriages are solemnised at the Embassy.

*What form will the marriage ceremony take?

A civil ceremony (i.e. not a religious one) conducted by the registrar at a town hall (Municipalité) of any town, or at a private address before two notaries. The marriages rites are prescribed in Arabic. In some localities they may be solemnised in French if you request it.

*What do I, as a non Tunisian citizen, party to the marriage, have to do?

You or your fiancé(e) should enquire at the registrar’s office for authoritative advice on all formalities connected with the ceremony. Documents which are likely to be required are listed below. When both parties to the marriage have presented the full complement of documents, the registrar will be able to give an appointment for the marriage to take place: usually within a few days. Documents are required to be in either French or Arabic. We can help with translations of your documents from English (Fees are listed below).

*What about witnesses?

The law requires the marriage to be solemnised in the presence of two male witnesses of full age (over 20 years old). The marriage registrar has to approve their capacity to stand as witnesses and would expect them to be able to understand the declarations made during the ceremony.

*Will my marriage under the local law of Tunisia be recognised in the UK/Ireland?

This is a legal question and ought to be put to a lawyer. However, certainly for administrative purposes, the marriage is likely to be recognised as valid in the UK, provided both partners were free to marry under the laws of their own countries.

*Can a record of my marriage be deposited in the public records in England/Scotland/Northern Ireland?

Yes. You should submit, to this Consular Section, an extract of your entry of marriage in French. Provided that the certificate has been issued by the proper authorities and there is no reason to believe that the marriage may be invalid in the UK, it will be translated officially into English and transmitted to the appropriate Registrar General. Thereafter, the Registrar General will issue, on request and on payment of a fee, a certified copy of the Tunisian marriage certificate in English translation.

*Does this deposit, or non-deposit, affect the validity of my marriage?

No.

*After marriage should I have my name changed in my passport or apply for a new passport in my married name?

You may do either (or neither if you prefer, although in Tunisia it is usual for a wife’s married name to be the one she uses for all purposes). Application forms for a new passport or an amendment of the name in an existing passport can be obtained from the Consular Section.

Documents

You are likely to be asked to produce the following documents in advance of your wedding day; and they must be in French or Arabic, translated where necessary.

1. Certificate of no impediment to marriage.

For British/Irish citizens this is issued by the Consular Section of this Embassy. To apply for this you need to:

* Be 18 years of age or have the written consent of your father (or other person whose consent is required by the law);

* Have resided at least 21 clear days in Tunisia;

* Show evidence that any previous marriage has ended (spouse’s death certificate or divorce decree); then

* Give notice of your intended marriage, by calling in person at the Consular Section and signing appropriate forms.

The consular officer taking this notice will post it on the public notice board for a further 21 clear days. If no objection is raised during the publication of the notice, the certificate of no-impediment, in French, can be issued.

OR You can give notice of marriage at a registry office (or British consulate) in another place (e.g. the UK) where you are resident, and present to the Consular officer of this embassy the resultant statement after its 21 days posting there. The certificate of no-impediment in French will then be issued with no further waiting.

2. Birth certificate

This can be translated into French by this Consular Section, where required. It should be a ‘full’ extract not the shortened form which omits parents’ details etc, and should be of recent issue.

3. Medical certificate

It must be recent and issued by a Tunisia medical practitioner. It involves a blood test (testing for transmissible diseases).

4. Father‘s consent

If you are under 20. The marriage officer at the Town Hall where the ceremony is to take place can tell you what form this consent should take.

5. Certificate of divorce decree or death of previous spouse, if applicable

You may be asked to produce this. It can be translated into French by this Consular Section.

Consular Fees are set by Order in Council and are subject to revision by Parliament from time to time. They cannot be reduced or waived by Consular Officers.

Under the Consular Fees Order 1999, the Consular fees levied for different services in the above procedure are as follows (payable in dinars):

* For receiving notice of an intended marriage: £ 41.00

* For issuing a certificate of no-impediment: £ 41.00

* For certifying and transmitting a local law marriage record to the United Kingdom: £ 23.50

* For issuing a certified French translation of an English birth certificate/divorce decree death certificate etc.: £ 29.50

Please note that the notice of marriage formalities mentioned in these notes is provided for under the Foreign Marriage Order 1970, and applies when one party to a proposed foreign marriage is resident in the United Kingdom and the other party is resident in the country where the marriage is to be solemnised i.e. Tunisia. In other words, two British citizens who live in the UK cannot plan to marry in Tunisia while on a short holiday and the UK Registrar cannot accept their notice of marriage for that purpose.

You must also check to make sure that your country will recognize the marriage once you go back home or you will have to wind up repeating it all over again. That is why I urge you to contact your embassy/government.

Here is an interesting article on Irish marriages that you may find interesting: http://www.irelandnow.com/marriage.html

I wish you the best, and good luck!

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