Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Getting married in Paris...


Here is something slightly merrier than yesterday's scene: a wedding! Obviously an Asian one - I'm guessing Chinese, as more and more Chinese people come to Paris to get married - or at least to take photos of their marriage! For getting actually married in France is not easy and takes time... You must provide many documents (passport, birth certificate, certificate of celibacy, medical certificate...). You must also "publier les bans" (publish the banns), that is give the town hall where you plan to get married enough time (I think 15 days) to publicize you wedding to come (in case someone has a good reason to prevent it!).

17 comments:

  1. Carrie: after certifying his celibacy, if he's not getting ideas about his lovely bride there's something wrong with him.

    Can't place the location. Is it the Rive Gauche dance location between Gare d'Austerlitz and l'Ile Saint-Louis?

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  2. first thing that struck me was 'Certificate of Celibacy'! What does this mean exactly! Does this only happen in France Eric?? Do you think she was cold????

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  3. OK, I guess there is some sort of misunderstanding on the word "celibacy". It's typically what we call a faux-ami, that is a word that sounds more or less the same in English and French, but does not mean the same... Like Nervous and nerveux, Eventually and éventuellement or Actually and actuellement! (see them all here (A to C) and here (D to Z)

    Anyway Celibacy in France means you're not presently married (être célibataire) even if you may have been.
    Whereas, from what I understand, in English celibacy has more of a sexual connotation and really means "abstinence".

    Or course, to get married in France, nobody will ask you if you're abstinent! just if you're not already married, for polygamy is not allowed...

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  4. Yes, I agree with Stefan, thanks Eric for making the clear.

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  5. Yes thank you I understood everything! I'm all good to get married, it seems! LOL ... I mean I meet the criteria ... After everything is life project. Many have more than one tooth broken.

    But truthfully say yes and hear the same, woow ... it rocks, joking aside. Have to believe in it. And never hear all bad players.... They are too numerous.... lol

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  6. The Chinese commonly take their wedding photos before the wedding, even in honeymoon destinations like Paris. They could go back to Paris for honeymoon, but without the photographer.

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  7. How romantic! Boy, there sure are a lot of "hoops" to go through to get married in Paris. :) Not an easy thing to do.

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  8. That looks lovely. What a place for a destination wedding! :)

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  9. That's why I love this site...you learn something new every day!

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  10. Yep, being French, I had to provide one 'certificate of celibacy' to the french embassy in Dublin, even though we got married in Cyprus.
    Anyway, Chinese get married in Paris, Japanese in Barcelona...

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  11. Love your angle on this shot—of course! I hope you just have to declare that you're célibataire; whereas it's easy to prove that you ARE married, it might be tough to prove that you're NOT. :~}

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  12. @Alexa. Well, you know, it's just another load of red tape that we have to deal with sometimes... If they were to organize the Olympics of bureaucracy, we would surely win all medals LOL.
    Having said that, I'm also conscious that the absence of bureaucracy can also lead to chaos. So I suppose it's "mal nécessaire" as we say.

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  13. @Tom "The Chinese commonly take their wedding photos before the wedding," Interesting, I did not know that. Something we could not do here, as you're not supposed to show your wedding dress to the groom before the actual ceremony!

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