I thought I had a great plan of action to avoid the hassle of the paperwork in the Czech Republic re getting married in Prague. But the planning of the civil service in Ireland dashed that plan.
Neither of us are Irish, we live here and plan to get married in Prague in Sep. This is our second attempt, the last one ended in frustration – my frustration I must admit – between the incompetence of the British Embassy who did not forward the marriage papers I had paid for and the horrendous paperwork required by the Czechs.
So we decided a month or so ago to give it another go, to get over this hurdle as I see it – ah interesting thinking there Leslie.
I called the register of marriages in Dublin to be told that the first appointment they have is not until June – when the three month notice is added to that it takes us past the date for the church wedding in Prague – fun. So I was looking for sympathy when I was telling a friend about all this and I would have to be dealing with the Czech paperwork once again – I got no sympathy but instead a kick up my arse telling me to get on the phone around the rest of Ireland and find somewhere else.
Oh, he was so right. First phone call and I spoke to a very helpful lady who found us a date early in May and I heaved a sigh of relief.
I said to her “we live in Dublin”
“I’ll not hold that against you” she said
“We’re not Irish” me again
“We’ll not hold that against you either” ah she was a pleasure to talk to and she managed to reassure all my little control freak needs explaining to me the process here. My mood has lifted and I feel almost happy.
Anyway, why is there only one registry office in Dublin? Many other counties have two and none are as large as Dublin, seems a bit crazy to me – though it does push business out to other counties, maybe that is the point of it all.
I may start believing there could be a God if this all goes okay…