How to get married in Luxembourg

British citizens who want to marry in Luxembourg need to follow a series of local procedures.

The first step is to go to your local commune (town council) and ask them for a list of the current requirements.  

A civil ceremony is obligatory in Luxembourg, whether or not you decide to complement this with a religious ceremony later. Once you decide on an approximate date, you will need to come to the British Embassy to organise your Marriage Banns and Certificate of Non-Impediment.

We will need to see various documents as follows:

• your passport
• any final divorce decree(s) if applicable

Marriage banns

Under current legislation your Marriage Banns need to be on display in the Embassy for 21 days, following which we will issue you with a Certificate of Non-Impediment, indicating that you are free to marry.

The cost is as follows:

• Display of Marriage Banns: €78.00
• Certificate of Non-Impediment: €78.00

The next step is to lodge this Certificate with your commune, who will fix your marriage date and arrange for a second Notice of Marriage to be displayed in their offices for a further 10 days.

Religious ceremony

So far as the religious ceremony is concerned, if you are a Roman Catholic, please contact your local priest and arrange the date with him.  If you want to get married in another district, or to have a marriage ceremony conducted in English, you should contact the priest in that district/church and ask him to liaise with your local Roman Catholic priest.  

The resident priest at the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Hollerich, (presently Father Eamonn Breslin, tel: 47 00 39) is the only Roman Catholic priest in Luxembourg, currently able to conduct a marriage ceremony in English.

If you are an Anglican and wish to have a marriage ceremony in an Anglican Church in Luxembourg please contact the Anglican Chaplain, the Rev Chris Lyon on 43 95 93 to fix a date for your church wedding.

For all other religious ceremonies in Luxembourg, please tell your commune of your intentions and make arrangements with your church/synagogue/mosque. 

This is only a general guide and is based entirely on information provided to the FCO by the relevant local authorities and depends on the accuracy and timeliness of material provided to us.

British nationals who want information about marriage or civil partnerships must also contact the relevant local authority to be sure of what they need to do so that their ceremony can go ahead.