If you would like to get married in Italy, here are a few tips to make things easier:
1. Allow plenty of time to organise your wedding, as bureaucracy can be fairly complex.
2. If both of you are resident in Ireland, please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin (Department of Foreign Affairs, Consular Section, 80 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 1408 2568 from 9.30am - 12.30pm) to obtain an application form. You should request the application form four months before the date on which you intend to marry. Italy will then issue a Nulla Osta, which you take to the Town Hall or Council (known as Comune) upon arrival.
You will need two witnesses and a translator.
If one or both of you are Irish Nationals resident in the UK, please contact the Irish Embassy in London (Irish Embassy, 17 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HR. Tel. 020 7235 2171). The direct line for information on marriages in Italy is Tel. 020 7201 2506. The Embassy will then forward your details to Italy to obtain the Nulla Osta in exactly the same way as the Dublin Office.
4. If one or both of you are British nationals you will need to contact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London to obtain the British equivalent: Tel. 020 7008 1500 www.fco.gov.uk
5. If one or both of you are Italian Nationals, please contact the Italian Consulate General in London for the UK on Tel. 020 7235 9371
Fax 020 78231609, and the Italian Embassy in Dublin for the Republic
of Ireland on Tel. 00 353 1 6601744 Fax 00 353 1 6682759.
For a list of tour operators specialised in Weddings in Italy, please contact the Italian State Tourist Board.