Hello Terpe,
Many thanks for your good advice on the issues. My kids are 21 and 23 with one to complete his last year an university next year, thankfully the Uni fees at the old rate. I am trying not to rush the finances on a divorce settlement but offsetting that is the situation of just putting everyones life in limbo uncluding my ex wife, so I may end up giving some ground on the finances, so we can all move on with our lives. Hopefully not too much ground as you say it will affect us in the future.
Shame about having to wait for the NSO marriage cert, I will look into ways that could be possibly sped the process up.