I am an English guy and have been living in Poland with my Polish fiancee for 3.5 years now. We want to get married this year but I am confused as to what we need to do. it seems that I have to jump through a lot of hoops and pay a lot of money to the British Embassy in Warsaw to get permission to get married - then have to do all the Polish paperwork. We are not interested in marrying in a church as neither of us are religious but I really can't seem to find a simple answer as to what I need to do. If someone knows the process for this I would appreciate their feedback.
We were thinking of just going back to the UK and getting married there but it seems I have to actually be living in the UK to do that and our plan was just to travel there to get married then come straight back to Poland - so that doesn't seem possible.
Another option we were considering was going to Mauritius and getting married there with our honeymoon in the same place - this would be a beautiful beach wedding and would be very special but my future mother-in-law is not very happy about that option because she would not be able to come to the wedding.
So I was wondering if there are any other options - where we can get married outside of Poland but somewhere cheaper to travel to than Mauritius so other family members can afford to attend? Also if we get married outside of Poland what documents do we need to take with us and how do we go about registering the marriage in Poland once we return?
Any help appreciated - this really seems like a minefield - I would have thought that being members of the EU marriage between partners from 2 EU Member States should be straight forward but it seems that is a long way from the truth.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
We were thinking of just going back to the UK and getting married there but it seems I have to actually be living in the UK to do that and our plan was just to travel there to get married then come straight back to Poland - so that doesn't seem possible.
Another option we were considering was going to Mauritius and getting married there with our honeymoon in the same place - this would be a beautiful beach wedding and would be very special but my future mother-in-law is not very happy about that option because she would not be able to come to the wedding.
So I was wondering if there are any other options - where we can get married outside of Poland but somewhere cheaper to travel to than Mauritius so other family members can afford to attend? Also if we get married outside of Poland what documents do we need to take with us and how do we go about registering the marriage in Poland once we return?
Any help appreciated - this really seems like a minefield - I would have thought that being members of the EU marriage between partners from 2 EU Member States should be straight forward but it seems that is a long way from the truth.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice.