Documents

Please find below the Legal requirements for wedding/marriage in Mauritius as well as the documents required for marriage/wedding in Mauritius

You need to make sure you have submitted submit your documents 3 months prior to your arrival in Mauritius. Also make sure to plan one day before your Mauritius wedding day to visit your lawyer, the Civil Status office, Supreme High Court and the Civil Status sub office. Your wedding coordinator will be with you to assist.

Please note that all necessary and relevant documentation not in English must be officially translated and be accompanied with the originals.

Please send 2 copies of each of the following

Birth certificate
Copies of passport pages. The pages showing your photo, names, date of issue
An affidavit sworn before a lawyer confirming you are single and free to marry. See Sample HERE You can use this as a blue print for yours
Passport style photographs

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS FOR A MAURITIUS WEDDING/MARRIAGE ARE ONLY NEEDED IF THEY APPLY TO YOU:

If you have had your name changed you will need to show legal proof of this, and should be certified by a lawyer

If widowed - death certificate(s) of former spouse and previous marriage certificate(s)

If you are adopted - legal adoption forms

Pre-Wedding Day

A day before your wedding in Mauritius, with the help of your wedding coordinator the following are the offices you will visit to complete the wedding legal preparation.

Civil Status main office; this visit is to make sure all the documents need are in order

Lawyer; this visit is to prepare the affidavits and the original documents checked

Supreme High Court; this visit is to swear affidavits.

Civil Status Sub Office; this is the last visit where your wedding will be publicised. The Civil Status Officer will then confirm the details of the ceremony and the wedding time.