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Getting Married in NYC as a UK Citizen
or, The British Autistic Lesbian’s Guide to an NYC Wedding at the Clerk’s Office!
There are so many blogs and articles about how to get married in New York as a foreign citizen, and they all helped me immensely; that being said, I feel like there are some bits that weren’t in all that information. Perhaps my wedding was too niche for a lot of blogs to cover? I don’t think so though.
My wife and I were married a little under 2 weeks ago, in mid-November. We got the idea from a friend of mine who had gotten married over there, and when we heard that it’s quite easy for British citizens, and given that my wife and I really love NYC, we decided to go for it too. My friend gave me a lot of information, and while a lot of it was helpful, some of it was no longer correct due to changes that have happened, predominantly because of Covid.
So let’s have a look at some of the details:
You need to make appointments
It used to be that you couldn’t make an appointment to gain the marriage license or for the actual ceremony, in both cases, you and your partner would have to show up on the day and hope you weren’t there for too many hours. Though this changed in July 2022, many websites still list incorrect information.
