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Planning a wedding on the other side of the world can be a time consuming progress, and you need to allow plenty of time for this to complete before your wedding.

Setting the Wedding Date

First you need to talk to your Filipina bride and set a wedding date, then you can arrange an appointment with your local registry office in the UK.

Doing the British Paperwork

You need to make this appointment quite early in the process, as you need to obtain from them a 'Certificate of no Impediment to Marriage' (CNI). To get this certificate you must have notice for your forthcoming wedding to your Filipina bride displayed in their office for 21 days, after which time they will issue you with your CNI.

Visit the British Embassy

You need to take your CNI to the British Embassy in Manila. They will take your CNI issued by your British registry office and, in exchange for a fee, they will issue you with a CNI that is acceptable to the Philippine authorities. Get to the embassy early in the morning, before the embassy opens if possible. They should be able to issue the certificate the same day but there is always a queue to get into the embassy and it may be some time before you can be seen.

Getting the Wedding License

Once you have your embassy issued CNI, you must take it to the local registry department in the town where you plan to marry your Filipina bride.

The law of the Philippines requires that you must give notice of your intention to marry your Filipina bride at least ten days before you want your marriage license issued.

What Happens Next?

You need to give some thought to what happens after the wedding. Assuming that your Filipina bride is a citizen of the Philippines and you are not, then neither will have any automatic right to live in the others country, and there unless you make your plans beforehand, you will very soon be separated after the wedding.

Coming to UK?

If you wish to apply for your wife to live with you in the UK you will need to apply for a settlement visa from the British embassy. This takes at least three months to be issued, and sometimes it can take much longer, it is also possible that they may want to interview your Filipina bride before granting the visa.

At some point your Filipina bride will need to obtain a stamp in her passport from the 'Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO). This will involve the payment of another fee, and another interview before she is free to join you in the UK.

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Source by Peter Townsend