Quote Originally Posted by mark99 View Post
Out of interest, are you allowed to book a civil wedding ceremony before you get the license itself. In other words, I intend to visit phili for 2 to 3 weeks and apply for a license to marry but it would be good to secure a judge and date for getting married ASAP while waiting for the license to arrive (during that +10 working day period).

That way we could get the license and hopefully marry while I am still there. But 3 weeks is a long time to be in Phili when I have a business to run in the UK.
Yes you can as what Sim said money talks
I have the wedding date and the name of the judge even if we don't have the license yet