Fourthly (is that a word!? ), after mentioning I was getting married in a hotel, I'm told I could be on shakey ground legally with the marriage and I would be safer getting married in Chambers. When I mentioned that it wasn't a judge marrying me, but the Mayor of Talisay, the topic was quickly pushed aside because as quite rightly pointed out, "that's not an issue for theConsulate". But it still now leaves me with a doubt and yet another thing I have to re-check!!!
Re where you marry.
Three years ago when we were trying to get someone to marry us, we called in on a solicitor, in the conversation he said there had been a 'recent' court finding that marriages in non registered places, the beach, garden weddings etc were no longer legal unless one of the parties was unable to travel for medical reasons to a registered place (church, court, town hall etc).
Despite this advice, we had the garden wedding we had planned, performed by the mayor.
Try not too worry too much, as there isn't much you can do here.
