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Post by Beth on Mar 12, 2004 21:46:54 GMT 1
Hi -
A question about weddings/Hvar for all you Croatia appreciators/seasoned visitors/lovers of the island. My fiance and I (he Canadian and I from the US) fell in love while vacationing on Hvar. We would like to return there for the ceremony with all of our friends and family who can afford the necessary time and resources for the trip.
Any information on legal requirements? Catholic churches cathedrals? English language priests? R
Restaurants or hotels for the reception? affordable travel to the island (we slept on the floor of the passenger deck on the overnight ferry from Ancona - don't think we're travel that way this time)? ANything you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Gracious thanks to all who reply. Cheers, Beth Anne
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Post by Mala on Mar 13, 2004 16:58:32 GMT 1
Email local tourist office for further info: tzg-stari-grad@st.tel.hr
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Post by Rachel on Mar 14, 2004 20:07:17 GMT 1
Hi Beth,
It's great idea to have wedding on Hvar! You did not prcise: in which town/village and when?
I hope it would not be too dificult.
If the emailing tourist office of Stari Grad doesn't help, email me, I'll be in Split in mid-April for two weeks and possibly go to Hvar then, so I'd gladly help you by gathering information.
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Post by Nick on Mar 15, 2004 12:26:57 GMT 1
With regard to an English language priest, I think I'm right in saying to be legal, it has to be conducted in Croatian. You can have an official court translator who speaks English present though.
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Post by Janet on Mar 16, 2004 11:28:08 GMT 1
Yes, court translator is needed. Plus birth certificate no more than 3 months old, plus apostille, plus bans being read in the Embassy. I think you have to be in Croatia for 21 days before the wedding too, which seems odd.
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Post by Nick on Mar 16, 2004 12:05:33 GMT 1
The birth certificate is certainly true for Croatian citizens. However it sometimes causes a few problems for other nationalities whose birth cert is not like the Croat 'life history'. It seems the best way to satisfy the authorities is to make sure the apostile and translation is stamped and dated within the last 3 months, if there is no clear issue date.
The other points about the bans and the 21 reisidency requirement may be true only if both citizens are non-Croat. You'll need to check very carefully with the local authority and the embassy. Neither were required in my case when I (UK) married my wife (HRV) in Croatia.
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Post by Janet on Mar 18, 2004 11:15:03 GMT 1
That's interesting Nick cos I (Brit) am going through the process right now (with HR fiancee). I had to do the 3 months birth cert and apostille yesterday actually. But maybe I don't need to read the bans for 21 days if one of us is Croatian then?
Any other tips Nick?
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Post by Anna on Mar 19, 2004 0:29:54 GMT 1
I want to remarry my Croatian husband in Croatia. Do we have to be confirmed into the Catholic Church? Neither of us are at present, is this a problem?
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Post by jx on Mar 20, 2004 21:04:20 GMT 1
 Anna as far as I know both you and your husband would need to be R. Catholics. Which means you need to be christened, confirmed and all the rest. My parents got married in the registry offices but now want to do it in church. Becouse my mom was never christened or confirmed she has to do all that before they are allowed to do it in rom. catholic church. She managed to arrange to have it all done on the day of the wedding.
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Post by Peters on Mar 22, 2004 23:55:46 GMT 1
I'm Protestant and my wife Catholic. We married in Church in Croatia as well as in the Registry Office. Only the Registry Office required a court translator. Producing certificates to prove that I hadn't been married before was fun, as was getting my wife's previous husband's permission!
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Post by abbe forgot my password on Mar 23, 2004 20:31:28 GMT 1
I believe that for two non-Croatians you need to have a legal ceremony by the civil authority, called a maticar, if you want a legal marriage certificate. Plus you need to provide them with legal documentation (the birth certificate, apostille, etc) and pay for a translator if you don't understand Croatian well enough to understand what the maticar is saying. If you are Catholic, you can also have a ceremony in the church before or after (but I don't know if any priests on Hvar happen to speak English well and want to conduct a marriage in English.) There are definitely tons of churches on Hvar - as for what the priest's rules are for marrying people who don't live there, you'd have to ask him. But Croatian law for whatever reason lets Catholic priests do the paperwork automatically, but only for Croatians getting married in the church. For anyone else you would also need to visit the maticar, just like Croatian Catholics used to have to do under communism. I'm thinking the bans requirement might have to do with which country you come *from*, or with the church requirements, but it's not dictated by the Croatian government. www.usembassy.hr has some info under consular services. signed, marrying in zagreb in 2 months! |
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Anna as far as I know both you and your husband would need to be R. Catholics. Which means you need to be christened, confirmed and all the rest.