DW in Granada, Spain Advice

Re: DW in Granada, Spain Advice

• CMGragain member

  

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  It is not possible to have a destination wedding in Spain.  One of you must be a Spanish resident for TWO YEARS.  In Spain, people must have two ceremonies if they want to have a religious ceremony.  The courthouse civil ceremony is the one that makes you legally married.  The church ceremony is for the Catholic church requirements and includes The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.  It does not change your legal status, and it has no legal significance.  The religious ceremony is not possible without the civil ceremony first.  No Catholic priest would agree to marry a couple of strangers who think it would be cool to get married in Spain.  You have to go through counseling and preparation classes.
  
  Choose another location.  You could always have you wedding at home and then honeymoon in Spain.
  

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  May 2017

  
  

  aeknott15 said:

  
  

  Hi everyone,
  
  My fiance and I recently discussed have a destination wedding in Granada, Spain (I spent a year abroad there in college and consider the city my second home).
  
  Because of Spanish law, we would have a religious ceremony only, and I've been trying to figure out the requirements to do so. Church requirements are a given, but all the websites I've visited have given me differing information on the rest of the documents needed. The Spanish and American embassies also only offer info on civil marriages.
  
  Does anyone have experience or are currently going through the process of planning a ceremony in Spain? Help on requirements and how to choose a church would be much appreciated!!!
  
  Thank you!
  
  Alexis
  

  
  

  
  
  

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• LondonLisa member

  

  May 2017 edited May 2017

  
  
  
  

  aeknott15 said:

  
  
  
  

  Hi everyone,
  
  My fiance and I recently discussed have a destination wedding in Granada, Spain (I spent a year abroad there in college and consider the city my second home).
  
  Because of Spanish law, we would have a religious ceremony only, and I've been trying to figure out the requirements to do so. Church requirements are a given, but all the websites I've visited have given me differing information on the rest of the documents needed. The Spanish and American embassies also only offer info on civil marriages.
  
  Does anyone have experience or are currently going through the process of planning a ceremony in Spain? Help on requirements and how to choose a church would be much appreciated!!!
  
  Thank you!
  
  Alexis
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  Unless you or you fi are EU citizens and have residency in Spain, it's impossible to get married in Spain. 
  
  Why not get married where you live and include Spain in your honeymoon?
  
  You can't have a DW in Spain if you are already legally married in America. Religious weddings, although not legally binding in Spain are reported in central archives/ embassies, if foreign so you will be breaking several bigamy laws. You can only have a religious wedding in Spain if you have a Spanish marriage certificate. 

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• southernbelle0915 mod

  

  May 2017

  Unfortunately, this won't work out for you without one of you setting up residency there. And asking people to travel to Spain for an event that's not a legal wedding is WAYYYY too much. 
  
  Go there for your honeymoon instead.

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