Marrying in Turkey Requirements for British Nationals From 1 March 2014 Turkish Marriage offices will accept an Affidavit/Affirmation sworn before a UK Public Notary or British Embassy/consulate in Turkey depending on your residency status. The British Embassy/Consulates in Turkey will stop issuing Certificate of Non Impediments in Turkish.
If you are resident in the UK; You need to complete the bilingual Affidavit/Affirmation form and have your oath/affirmation administered by a local Public Notary in the UK and legalised by Foreign Commonwealth Office Legalisation Department before travelling to Turkey. Then you will submit this document to local Marriage Office in the town where you are going to get married.
If you are resident in Turkey; You need to complete the bilingual Affidavit/Affirmation form. You can then book an appointment at the British Embassy Ankara or consulates in Istanbul, Izmir or Antalya for administering your oath/affirmation. Your document must be legalised by the Turkish Authorities, either by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara or the Governor in Istanbul, Izmir, or Antalya. When you call at the Consulate or Embassy, staff will explain where to go and what to do. Once your document is legalised you will submit it to the local Marriage Office in the town where you are going to get married. Fee;
Administering oath/affirmation - £55
Fees are payable by debit/credit card or in cash. Credit card payments will be charged in Sterling regardless of the country of issue. Cash payments will be accepted in Turkish Lira only and charged at the Consular rate of exchange applicable on the day of application.
Required Documents: Affidavit/Affirmation Valid UK passport
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Please note that if you are divorced or widowed you will be asked to provide your divorce decree absolute or the death certificate of your late spouse If you are under 18 years of age and require legal consent to marry you will be asked to provide the document(s) proving this consent has been given.
A medical examination may be necessary at a State hospital in Turkey. Full details are available in the information leaflet provided by the Turkish Marriage Office.
Marriage Deposit; From 1 January 2014 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will discontinue its service of depositing foreign marriage and civil partnership certificates with the General Register Offices in the UK. British nationals overseas will need to make their own arrangements for the safekeeping of these certificates, as they do for other important documents. Further information Links; Public Notaries in the UK: England & Wales : Please visit www.thenotariessociety.org.uk Scotland:
Please visit www.lawscot.org.uk
Northern Ireland:
Please visit www.lawsoc-ni.org
How to obtain copies of certificates: For England & Wales :
Please visit www.gro.gov.uk
For Scotland :
Please visit www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
For Northern Ireland :
Please visit www.nidirect.gov.uk
This document has been prepared by the British Consular Services in Turkey for the convenience of enquirers. Although all care has been taken in its production, neither Her Majesty's Government nor any British Consular Officials in Turkey take any responsibility for its precise accuracy or for the consequences of any action taken in accordance with its contents.
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