FULL BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Both parties must obtain a "full" Birth Certificate as the "shorter" version of the Birth Certificate will not be acceptable

CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE
This document certifies that both parties are free to get married and can be obtained from your local Superintendent Registrar Office. It may take up to 1 month to obtain and the certificate must not be issued more than 3 months before the wedding day

APOSTLE STAMP (APOSTILLE)
An apostille is a special seal applied by an authority to certify that a document is a true copy of an original. Apostilles are available in countries, which signed the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization of Foreign Public Documents, popularly known as The Hague Convention. This convention, created in 1961, replaces the time consuming chain certification process used so far, where you had to go to four different authorities to get a document certified.
Apostle stamp for ALL your papers (except passports) from:
The Legalization Office
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
The Mall
London SW1A 2LG (for more information please, Click Here)

DECREE ABSOLUTE
If any of the parties is divorced, a Certified Copy of the Decree Absolute must be obtained.

DEATH CERTIFICATE
If any of the parties is a widower, a Death Certificate must be obtained

DEED POLL CERTIFICATE
If any of the parties has changed his/her name by Deed Poll, written proof must be obtained.

ADOPTION CERTIFICATE
This certificate is necessary if any of the parties was adopted.

TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENTS
All the above documents (except the passports) are to be translated into Greek and authenticated by your local Greek Embassy or Consulate.They must then be sent to our office four weeks before the wedding.Otherwise,if you have any problems or want to avoid the hastle,you can send us the authenticated original documents and we will take care of the translations (translation costs are extra - please ask for the cost).If you would like our office to take care of the official translation, then the documents must be sent to Corfu Holiday Choices Office eight weeks before the ceremony.
We would like to inform you that your birth certificates will be kept in your marriage file in the Municipal where your marriage has taken place.All documents submitted to the Municipal are not returned to the couple.

CIVIL WEDDINGS IN CORFU
The documents listed above must be obtained by the bride and groom, then be translated and forwarded to our office at least four weeks before the wedding

* NOTE: If you are from a country OTHER than the U.K., it may be necessary for you to have your papers stamped in various ministries in your own country. Each country has different regulations and different departments dealing with these matters.