Comments on: Getting married in France

By: Boris

Boris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:03:24 +0000

Hello Muhammad, I would have thought your local maire or notaire must already know exactly if and how you can get married in France. If not you could try your prefecture or sous-prefecture instead.
Sorry I don’t know the answers myself, I hope someone else can help and wish you very best of luck

By: Muhammad Ishaq

Muhammad Ishaq — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:47:56 +0000

i’m pakistani national and living in france illegally since 3 year.While i enter in france legally with schegen visa but it has been expired since long time ago.here in france i already had been married with a girl by religious but it is not official in france and it’s nothing here.so i went to Mairi in france with my future wife for to be officially marry while the Mairi demand to see the orignal passport .when i been there at Mairi with my future wife by law,the Mairi called police and the police arrested me,after my future wife and her parents had got an advocate for me then the 1st judge decided to leave me but there was Cour d’pell.In the 3rd time the Cour d’pell the judge also decided to leave me and he given me 7 days to be live in france and said if i want to do marriage here then i must find how it is possible.please help me and tell me how can i do while in pakistan i have non of my family.i have all my family here (my future wife parents and her family) please help me about it,i will be thankful to you.

my Email Address is : muhammad_ishaq at hotmail.co.uk (change at for @)

By: Boris

Boris — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:53:06 +0000

Ths situation in France seems to be that no one, French or otherwise, can get married in a church in France unless the ‘legal’ wedding has already taken place. For residents this would be usually be in their own commune, for non-residents it would be in the country where they now live, perhaps in a registry office etc.
To actually complete the legal wedding in France requires one of the couple to actually live in the relevant commune for at least 40 days beforehand.
So the usual course of action is to get married first in the UK or wherever you live, and then to have a church or other wedding to bless the marriage in France – but the second part is without legal consequences.
So when overseas people talk about getting married in France I think they will have already completed the formalities before arriving.

By: Sophie Lewis

Sophie Lewis — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:05:46 +0000

I have the same question as many others on this blog. We are thinking of getting married in Provence but I have read that there is the issue having to be resident of the region for minimum of 30 days in order to be able to have the civil ceremony in France. I have French nationality but reside and have done so most of my life in the UK. It seems strange that so many foreigners get married in France- is there a way around this ?

Thank you

Sophie

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:50:21 +0000

I visited Paris and fell in love with France! It’s so beautiful. I have a friend who has a house near Cannes France and said that area is gorgeous. My fiance and I are looking into getting married in Southern France along the Mediterranean coast. We are having a lot of trouble finding websites that show us what the area has to offer for venues and an outdoor wedding. We have contacted some people and haven’t gotten a response. Anything that anyone knows about places in Marsielle or near Cannes France that would be great or anything south of there. We want to try to avoid the St. Tropez area as much as we can. Thank you!

By: Gianfranco

Gianfranco — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:22:24 +0000

Wherever you marry in France, a nice wedding-reception idea is to rent a boat on the seine near Paris (in Boulogne-Billancourt) with view on the Eiffel tower. The company that owns the boat takes care of all the details, food, music, even security. My company rented the boat for a business meeting with our subsidiaries and it was a success, so I suugest it also to people looking for a wedding-reception place. We had this cruise feeling during the evening, relaxing under the cool breeze on the roof deck from time to time. This place beats all the other special-event rentals we’ve been through in Paris.
http://www.location-salle-de-reception.com/

By: Ahn-Eva

Ahn-Eva — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:54:32 +0000

Hello,

I’m a wedding consultant in the south of France (Aix en Provence). If you need any help in organizing your wedding day in the south, I can hold it for you. You can have a look to my website : http://www.unpasa2.fr
My agency can take care of this wonderful day and fulfill a unique and personalized wedding.
Regards,

Ahn-Eva

By: Kim Petyt

Kim Petyt — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:22:05 +0000

Hi,
I, too, am a wedding planner- but in the Paris/Ile-de-France region. My agency is called “parisian events” and we specialize in combining American and French culture and traditions to create unique, intimate celebrations. Take a look at our site here: http://www.parisianevents.com.

I also write a blog called “parisian party: tales of an american wedding planner in paris” which may give you some insight into planning your wedding in Paris. Check it out at: http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/

Best of Luck,
Kim

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:33:40 +0000

As mentioned at the top of this article we now have a guest article (from Beth just above) that you can see at http://www.francethisway.com/married-in-france.php
and covers some of the practicalities. Thanks Beth!!

By: zulekha mushtaq

zulekha mushtaq — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:41:38 +0000

hi ermm me and my lesbian partner Aisha are thinking of coming to france to get married….