APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)
PLEASE COMPLETE IN FULL IN BLOCK CAPITALS

TITLE:
FORENAME(S):
SURNAME:
ADDRESS:

DAYTIME and EVENING

TELEPHONE NUMBER:
EMAIL CONTACT:
DATE OF BIRTH:
PLACE OF BIRTH:
MOTHERS FULL NAME
FATHERS FULL NAME
BRITISH PASSPORT
NUMBER:
ISSUED AT:
DATE ISSUED:
MARITAL STATUS:
FULL NAME OF FIANCE(E):
ADDRESS OF INTENDED
MARRIAGE:
DATE OF INTENDED
MARRIAGE:

I CONFIRM THAT I AM MARRYING AN IRISH

NATIONAL
Signature: _________________________________________

If you are not marrying an Irish National, do not use this form. You
will obtain your Certificate of No Impediment from your local
register office

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)
I hereby declare that the information given is correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief:
SIGNATURE
PRINT NAME
DATE
Contact details are not given to any third parties and are only used
by us to get in touch with you if we need to
CHECKLIST
a) Full British birth certificate*
b) Current British passport

ORIGINAL

A copy certified by a solicitor or notary public is

acceptable if you do not want to send your original

c)

If previously married divorce decree or

death certificate of previous spouse
d) If you have changed your name change
of name deed poll
e) Photocopies of fianc(e)s Irish passport

( photocop
y is
acceptable
)

f) Sworn affidavit
g) Newspaper advertisement

This must be the whole page so that the

date at the top can be seen, not just a
clipping of the notice.
Please note, if your local paper is a daily
edition, we will need the original seven days
of the notice, so that we can see it has been
in the paper for seven clear, consecutive
days.
If it is a weekly paper, we can have just the
one notice, but proof the paper is weekly
(e.g. the front page) will need to be provided

h) Special Delivery envelope

This is for the safe return of your passport, birth
certificate and any other original supporting
documents. If you do not include a special delivery
envelope, it will be assumed you are happy for your
documents to be returned to you by untracked
regular mail

(i
)

Appropriate fee made payable to The

FCO (bank draft or postal order ONLY)
OR
Receipt from or email confirmation of card
payment

________

*A full length British birth certificate is at least A4 sized and shows details of
parents on

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)

A FURTHER FEE (64.80 IN LOCAL CURRENCY) MUST BE PAID

WHEN YOU GO TO COLLECT THE CERTIFICATE. THIS IS DONE AT
THE ISSUING BRITISH CONSULATE, WHICH WILL BE CONFIRMED
IN YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER. PLEASE CONTACT THEM
FOR INFORMATION ON PAYMENT METHODS, TO CONFIRM THE
AMOUNT AND TO CONFIRM PICK-UP OPTIONS

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I MUST PAY AN

ADDITIONAL FEE AT THE ISSUING BRITISH
CONSULATE
Signature: _________________________________________

Applications should be sent to:

Certificates of No Impediment/Nulla Osta
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Rm. K4.9
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH

Please ensure your application and supporting documents

are correct before posting. We return incomplete
applications and are not responsible for any resulting
delays or subsequent inconveniences

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)
DRAFT NOTICE FOR INSERTION IN NEWSPAPER
I,full
name
Single/widow(er)/divorcee, *
of .(full address),
intend
(you do not need to state your door number)
to marryfull name
of fiancee)
Single/widow (er)
divorcee, *
of ..(full
address),
at (name and address
of place where
marriage has to be solemnised) on..(date of proposed
marriage). Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the
marriage should without delay notify:
Certificate of No Impediment
Consular Directorate
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Room K4.9
King Charles Street
London, SW1A 2AH

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)

NOT TO BE USED FOR MAKING THE ACTUAL

DECLARATION
This is a template only.

AFFIDAVIT
I (full name), of (full address), make oath and say as follows: 1.

A marriage is proposed to be solemnised between me and (full

name of fianc), of (full address).

2.

I believe that there is not any impediment by reason of

kindred or alliance.

3.

I am not under the age of 18 years (OR I am under the age of

18 years, but the consent of the persons whose consent is
required by law has been obtained)

(OR I am under the age of 18 years, but there is no person whose

consent to the marriage is required by law).
4.

I have not been married before, nor to the best of my

knowledge and belief has the said..(fianc/ fiance's
full name).

Sworn by .
At ..
This ..day of..201.
Before me.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)

MARRIAGE OVERSEAS; BRITISH NATIONALS

1. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office cannot undertake to give any information as
to the formalities to be gone through in the case of marriages according to local laws
overseas. It is therefore recommended that parties consult the competent authorities
in the country concerned, the Consulate or High Commission of that country in the
United Kingdom, or the British Consulate or High Commission in the district where the
marriage is to take place.
VALIDITY IN THE LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
2. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is unable to advise on the validity of
overseas marriages in the law of the different parts of the United Kingdom and if
advice is needed on this or any other point of law a solicitor should be consulted.
3. It is understood that, in general, marriages solemnised abroad in a country whose
marriage laws do not recognise polygamy, in accordance with the formalities either
prescribed or recognised as sufficient by the law of that country, will be regarded as
valid by the law of the different parts of the United Kingdom. As regards the separate
matter of the personal capacity of the parties to contract the marriage, the validity of
such marriages will, as a general rule, depend upon the law of the country or countries
in which the parties are respectively domiciled at the time of the marriage (or possibly
upon the law of the country of the matrimonial domicile).
4. The question of validity of polygamous marriages contracted abroad in the law of
the different parts of the United Kingdom depends on various complex legal
considerations and no general advice can be given. Legal advice should be obtained
on the facts of each particular case.
RECORDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (Foreign marriages only)
5. Where a British national has been married in a foreign country under the local law,
arrangements can be made for a record of the marriage to be kept at the General
Register Office in Southport, Edinburgh or Belfast as appropriate. The procedure is for
the British party to give or send to the Consul in whose district the marriage took
place a certified copy of the entry in the local Marriage Register issued by the
appropriate authority in the foreign country with an English translation. The Consul
must be satisfied that the certificate or extract is authentic and that the translation is
accurate. On payment of the relevant fee he will certify the translation and send the
documents to the Registrar General. The original marriage documents will not be
returned but, once they have been deposited in this way, certified copies will be
obtainable from the appropriate Registrar General whenever required, on payment of
a fee.
6. It should be clearly understood that there is no legal obligation to have a marriage
recorded in this country in the manner described above. The parties may take
advantage of these facilities if they consider that it would serve some useful purpose
to have their marriage recorded here, but neither the formal nor the essential validity
in English law of a marriage contracted in a foreign country is in any way affected by
its having been, or not having been, thus recorded
EFFECT OF MARRIAGE ON NATIONALITY STATUS
7. Marriage to a foreign or Commonwealth national does not cause a woman who is a
British national to lose that status. The law of the State of which her husband is a
national may provide that she will, in addition, acquire his nationality and the advice
of the appropriate overseas authority should be sought.
8. A person (male or female) who marries a British citizen after 1 January 1983 may
apply to be naturalised as a British citizen on preferential terms provided that he or
she fulfils the requirements for naturalisation. One of the requirements is that he or
she should be in the United Kingdom for a period of three years

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT/ NULLA

OSTA
(TO BE USED IF YOU ARE MARRYING AN IRISH NATIONAL)