Law / Documentation required to get married in Poland [13]

May 3, 09, 20:58 - Thread attached on merging:
Documentation required to get married in Poland

Hi there. I'm English and live in the UK, and my fiance is Polish. We're due to get married in Poland in August 2009, but we're having serious trouble finding out exactly what documentation I need. I'm in the process of applying for a Certificate of No Impediment from my local register office to prove I'm not already married, however we're unclear whether this document HAS to be taken to the British Embassy in Warsaw (which is nowhere near my girlfriend's home town), or if the certificate can be legalised by the UK Foreign Consulate Office and then translated by a Polish sworn translator.

(I'm not Catholic, but I have been baptised and will be getting my baptism certificate and birth certificate translated anyway.)

Has anybody recently been through the process of getting married in Poland, and is anybody able to advise me what to do? I could really do without a trip to Warsaw, but will go if necessary.

Law / Documentation required to get married in Poland [13]

Thanks for help. My fiance and I were just going off the website "UK in Poland" which is set up by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. It states the following:

"If you are British Citizens who have lived in Poland for less than 21 days than you should contact your local Registry Office in the U.K. or, if living overseas, contact the nearest British Embassy and apply there for a Certificate of No Impediment to marriage.

This certificate should be then presented to this office (British Embassy in Warsaw) together with:

your British passport;

evidence of the termination of a previous marriage for both partners i.e. divorce decree absolute or death certificate (if applicable) of former spouse;

Personal Details form (106 KB)

fee No 32 payable in cash at the time of application

The Certificate in English and in Polish will be issued within 1 to 2 working days.

You are requested to apply for the Certificate of no Impediment in person."

So that kind of scared us a bit!

I think I will have to speak to the Embassy and get my fiance to speak to her registry office again.

Law / Documentation required to get married in Poland [13]

I've been told by a Polish sworn translator that I don't have to go to the Embassy in Warsaw, but I do have to get the Certificate of No Impediment legalised by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The FCO will basically stamp the certificate with an apostille (official stamp), which I have to get translated along with everything else.

Has anyone else had to get this done?