A friend is about to go to Manila to get married. Having ‘done the course’ when we were married a couple of years ago I have been helping him.

He applied for the Certificate of Non Impediment at the British Consulate in Malaga, so that he could collect it in Manila without having to wait the usual three weeks.

He has now been told that his fiancée must go with him when he goes to the consulate when he ges to collect the cert, take her passport and a ‘certificate on non impediment to marry from NSO’

I suspect someone has ‘got their wires crossed’ and I would be most grateful if anyone can tell me, or suggest, what we may have encountered.

Thanks for reading this.