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 ###  Overview

**Please note that all necessary and relevant documentation not in English must be officially translated and be accompanied with the originals.**
The documents required are:
Birth certificate
Copies of passport pages. The pages showing your photo, names, date of issue
A certificate of no impediment sworn before a lawyer confirming you are single and free to marry. [**SEE SAMPLE HERE** ](https://www.safarivows.com/wedding-affidavit)
Two passport style photographs each
**THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE ONLY NEEDED IF THEY APPLY TO YOU:**
**Canadian Citizens:** Search of Marriage Records to Prove Freedom to marry

- **UK Citizens:** A Letter of No Trace, you can order one [**HERE**](https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/contact_us.asp) free of charge.
    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
    **Please be advised that wedding ceremonies can be arranged and conducted by the registrar all year long except on the following days**
    All Tanzania Public Holidays
    Good Friday
    Easter Monday
    Christmas Day
    New Year’s Day

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###  Anglican

If you are planning to have an Anglican wedding in Kenya, the following will be required by the church in addition to the basic requirements in the overview section

Birth Certificate

Certificate of Baptism. (This is essential for all church weddings)

A statement that both the bride and groom are single

Letter from their parish indicating that the guests have fulfilled all requirements for to the marriage within the

Anglican Church and that the parish has no objections to the marriage

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###  Catholic

If you are planning to have an Catholic wedding in Kenya, the following will be required by the church in addition to the basic requirements in the overview section

Birth Certificate

Letter of consent from the parents (or other family elder if the parents are deceased)

Letter from their parish indicating that the guests have fulfilled all requirements for to the marriage within the Catholic Church and that the parish has no objections to the marriage. This should also indicate that they have received their 1st Communion as well as Confirmation.

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###  Muslim

A Muslim wedding in Kenya will only be possible if the bride’s father or brother is present **OR** the bride can get a written permission stating that the family has agreed for the man to marry her. Both of them must be Muslims. If they were not originally Muslims, but just converted from another religion, a conversion certificate is required. Also, the name of the person who converted them plus his or her contacts.

These conditions are in addition to the basic requirements as mentioned on the overview page.

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