In the United Kingdom marriage can take place at a register office, in a church, at an approved building for civil marriage or any other religious building which is registered for the solemnisation of marriage.

There are two types of marriages in England and Wales religious marriages and civil marriages. Usually religious marriages take place in a church or other religious building according to the religion while a civil marriage can take place in any register office.

The most important residency requirement for marriage in United Kingdom is that both lived in a registration district for at least seven days before giving notice of marriage. This requirement applies to all couples, including those travelling from abroad should they wish to register their marriage in UK.

Evidence of your name, age and nationality has to be shown to a superintendent registrar. The legal age for getting marriage in England and Wales is 16 years, with parental consent. A notice of marriage is a legal requirement. Your notice of marriage is displayed on notice board at register office for fifteen days and it is valid for 12 months.

A notice of marriage states for each person:

• Name and surname

• Age

• Condition

• Address

• Occupation

• Nationality

• Intended marriage venue

Most of us know that new Chinese year has just started. So today I would like to write about Vietnamese wedding dresses. Both Vietnamese bride and groom, typically change outfits three or more times on their wedding night. The traditional Vietnamese dress called Ao Dai which literally means “long dress” and in most of the time fashioned in red and yellow colors. It made it is made up of over four layers of silky overlapping fabric, which are pleated over loose-fitting trousers made from the same fabric. It is interesting to note that the national dress of Vietnam for both women and men is Ao Da. For a classic appearance brides also wear an outer robe over the Ao dai.

As I have mentioned above Wedding gowns are almost always red in color though brilliant pink is also used. The gold trimmings add dollops of exuberance to the wedding garb. Normally the trimmings of traditional motifs, the name of the couple or Chinese alphabets are painted or stitched along the back, cuff and collar.

The bride adorns her head with cone shaped hat made from dried woven leaves. A western wedding gown can be included with white tuxedo, to the Ao Dai and the evening gown with black tuxedo.

The basic aim of Getmetothechurchontime.co.uk is to help people arranging their wedding. Particularly we will focus on providing information regarding arranging the wedding in UK North West. We also aim to provide information about wedding in different cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes.