wedding question

[EP]

A normal suit. Unless the wedding couple (read: the bride) wants otherwise.

[EP]

Usually though, the father wears a suit specifically designed for him

What? Where? I cannot even imagine my husband would have worn something "specially designed for him". Even a suggestion of something like that would have spoiled his relationship with the daughter-in-law.

[interleukin]

EP, the guy is a spammer.

[Pursuivant]

A paper that states if you are single, widowed or divorced, apparently.

[truth]

A paper that states if you are single, widowed or divorced, apparently.

Reading between the lines

[mvgrogan]

I don't know if this helps but when we moved from UK we brought our marriage certificate but it wasn't sufficient to prove we were married in order for me to register as a Finnish resident; UK citizen married to Finnish citizen. We had to get the certificate "apostilled" which meant taking it to an office in London (my Mum took it in for me) where they verify that it is correct and true and then stick something on the back of the certificate to that effect....

Maybe that is what they want - or whatever the Irish equivalent is...

[jas_rho]

I don't know if this helps but when we moved from UK we brought our marriage certificate but it wasn't sufficient to prove we were married in order for me to register as a Finnish resident; UK citizen married to Finnish citizen. We had to get the certificate "apostilled" which meant taking it to an office in London (my Mum took it in for me) where they verify that it is correct and true and then stick something on the back of the certificate to that effect....

Maybe that is what they want - or whatever the Irish equivalent is...

Yeah same for me. Got married in the US had to have the marriage certificate apostilled and then took it in to the maistraatti here. All was good, no problems. We of course researched this before the wedding so did not have any surprises when we got back to Finland, all went smoothly.

[Cloudberry]

Hi guys, thanks for the responses, you too Hank!

I got the Apostile stamp on the back of the Certificate and she has seen a copy of that too. I've talked to the Irish Embassy in Helsinki, the Finnish Embassy in Dublin and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and nobody knows what "extra document" this woman wants!

LOL sorry but this is so funny to me because I have had similar situations here in Finland.

Pursuivant's right:

A paper that states if you are single, widowed or divorced, apparently.

Somehow, you need to obtain a document that has the magical words they are looking for ie. that states your current marital status. Not being from Ireland, I'm not sure what official document you might be able to find to satisfy this demand. If you'd been divorced then a divorce certificate may be enough to make them happy but if you've never married then I'm not sure what kind of official government document you can get your hands on that will state that.

Alternatively, you could calmly and nicely explain to your parish person that no such document exists in Ireland therefore is it possible that they can accept the free to marry certification that you have.

Good luck! please let us know how you go!