When getting married, you and your wife/groom-to-be have to submit to two major institutions. The state and the church, here in our host country where we plan to get married; we have to file for a notice of marriage at the ROM (Registry Of Marriages).
Since they only require you to register as early as 3 months before your preferred wedding date and as late as 1 month before tying the knot; I (being the better apply quick or might forget about it later) decided to register on time, so I headed down to the ROM one fine saturday morning and filed for our
intention to get married. Yay!
I know it may sound as daunting as it looks, being away from your home country and planning to get married in a foreign land; but as it turns out it is not that hard after all, the instructions and requirements can be seen on their website and if filing online is not your thing you can head over to there and their friendly and helpful staff will make it a breeze.
Some of the initial requirements when filing will be:
1. Groom's Name , Particulars and passport number.
2. Bride's Name, Particulars and passport number.
3. Solemnizers Marriage License number.
4. Exact Date and Time of Wedding.
5. 2 witnesses; you should have their complete name and passport numbers as well.
You need not have all these at hand, you can write them down and key the information in. Once all information has been encoded all you have to do is submit and pay the necessary fees and ta-da! filing done, they will then give you a schedule for the verification of documents that you have entered.
You can find more about these on the ROM website here
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