The following procedures and legal documents are required for a legal civil wedding in Greece.

*** Please ensure that both parties have the following documentation.

Bride and Groom

LEGAL DOCUMENT CHECK LIST

1. Long version of your full Birth Certificate - issued by the Registrar of your place of birth.
   
   
2. Valid ten year British Passports.
   
   
3. A Certificate of No Impediment is required from each of the persons intending to marry. This document is issued by the Superintendent Registrar at your local Registry Office / Town Hall. It takes approx. 15 – 21 days for this document to be issued.
   Attention:
   The certificate of No Impediment must be issued within 3 months of your wedding date as this document has an expiry date in the eyes of the Greek authorities. You may contact your local registry office for any other information. N.B. A statutory Declaration signed by a solicitor is NOT acceptable
   
   
   
4. If divorced – Certificate Making Absolute a Decree Nisi.
   
   
5. If widowed – Previous Marriage Certificates.
   
   
6. If Name changed by Deed Poll – Proof stamped and signed by a solicitor.
   
   
7. If adopted – Adoption Certificate.
   
   
8. If under 18 years of age – Parental consent in the form of a Statutory Declaration stamped and signed by a solicitor.
   
   
   ** All the above original documents are retained in Greece and will not be returned to guests.
   
   IMPORTANT STEPS :
   • Originals of the above documents in English need to be sent to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for legalisation ( officially certified bearing an Apostil ) prior to departure

The address is :
Legalisation Office
Old Admiralty Building
The Mall
London SW1A 2LG
Tel. 020 70081 111

This office is open from Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 4.00pm.
There is a fee per document and this can take approx. 2 weeks.

These public documents will bear an APOSTIL, in accordance with the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961. In Great Britain the APOSTIL is issued by the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in London as stated above.

• When you have received all your original legalized documents back from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, all documents will need to be translated into Greek by a Solicitor in Rhodes.

• You may fax copies of the documents at 0030-22440 31131 for translations to be made from English into Greek one month prior to your arrival in resort in good order.

• The original legalized documents must be kept safe with you until you arrive in resort for presentation of these original documents to the Registrar in Lindos.

The above prices are INCLUSIVE of the relevant Apostilles per document.

All Greek – English documents will be returned complete with their relevant Apostille attached.

Any further documentation that may be required will be charged at 80 Euros per document, also including the Apostil.

The marriage certificates will be translated from Greek into English and posted to your home address.