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一直想寫一篇文章介紹台灣人如何與英國人結婚
因為當初結婚時受了很多前人幫助
自己又是從事婚禮相關行業
如今順利拿到配偶簽了
是時候把完整程序分享一下
希望跟我們同樣情況的人可受益

如果你跟我們有同樣情況，這篇文章會對你/妳很有幫助：

與未婚夫/妻分隔兩地，並且結婚後並沒有馬上要住一起
主要婚禮打算辦在台灣
英籍配偶住在倫敦及愛丁堡以外地區（因為在台結婚，英籍配偶須出示單身證明，而在英國申請單身證明須經臺北駐英辦事處認證，對於不住在倫敦及愛丁堡的英籍配偶是件很麻煩的事，因為臺北駐英辦事處只有在倫敦及愛丁堡）

///婚前準備手續

爬了很多文後，評估我跟老公的情況，我們決定在香港登記結婚
最主要的原因有二：
「臺灣人與英國人在香港結婚，雙方皆不需申請單身證明（申請單身證明是一個令人抓狂的程序）」
「香港發予的結婚證書本來就是中英雙語，日後申請後續登記不需要另外翻譯」

決定香港結婚後，接下來的準備事項為（此為2012年8月資訊，新規定請自行至以下提供之官方機構確認）

在台灣婚禮日期前2個月，通知香港政府申請結婚，請至香港政府網站下載〈擬結婚通知書MR1與婚姻登記所需資料MR21B〉。（假設你們的婚禮預定在10月，請於8月開始準備相關文件，9月正式告知香港政府，這樣香港政府會儘量依照你們的志願日期將婚禮安排在10月，一旦通知香港政府，必須在3個月內完成到香港結婚手續）
填妥後需要第三方公證你的擬結婚通知書（沒有離過婚，不是未成年，只需填前2頁），官方規定請看此頁的Q7，我們選擇公證的地點是臺北士林地方法院（靠近天母棒球場），只需其中一方前往公證即可（但通知書仍需雙方資料，最好請妳的英籍配偶將護照影本email給妳一起帶去公證），前往公證一方需將MR1文件印出填妥，並攜帶自己的護照與身分證，公證費用為新台幣750元，文件當日就可領取。
至任何一銀行購買305元港幣匯票（請務必確認匯票幣值為港幣），並註明收受方為The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
將MR1、MR21B與305元港幣匯票一併郵寄（香港政府有規定一定要掛號）至
The Marriage Registration and Records Office
3/F, Low Block
Queensway Government Offices
66 Queensway
Hong Kong
香港政府收到通知後（一般掛號約莫寄出後7至10日左右）會將你們的欲結婚資訊公開15天，看是否有人反對（這是為什麼香港結婚不需要單身證明）。同時你會收到香港政府確認收到結婚通知的email，並告知已幫妳們預約的結婚日期與場所（通常會按照你們在通知書所填志願），如果要更改結婚日期，請回信告知，結婚公證費為港幣1,935，請於結婚當日攜帶港幣現金支付。
得知結婚日期後，請預定2人前往的機票與飯店，以結婚時間為準，前後請預留6天時間（前4天，後2天，如香港政府告知結婚時間安排為10月20日，請於10月16日到達香港，10月22日離開），主要原因為香港政府會要求欲結婚雙方提早4天報到，後面2天則是至臺灣駐港辦事處認證結婚證書，請特別查明香港國定假日，否則錯過辦事時間，日後都是麻煩。
安排2位證人，可以是你們雙方朋友或當地香港友人（我們的證人是坐飛機偶然認識的可愛香港女孩Jackit，只是一面之緣她竟答應當我們的證人，真的很感謝!），當日出席你們的公證典禮，一定要自行安排，香港政府不負責證人，並請證人當日攜帶自己的身分證件。

///至香港結婚及後續

依照香港政府通知日期提前報到（報到地點與結婚地點不同，都會詳述於香港政府給妳的email中），並於指定日期攜2位證人登記結婚，領取結婚證書，同時準備證書影本（通常飯店都有付費影印服務）。
至駐香港台北經濟文化辦事處認證結婚證書，辦事處地址與相關規定請點此，通常隔日可取件，也可申請郵寄回台灣（但郵寄約返台後10天才能收到，建議自取），如果配偶沒有要一起返回台灣，請務必在辦事處一起申請配偶的中文姓名聲明書（此連結頁Q1有更多說明）認證，才能順利在台灣登記。
返台後與配偶至設籍的戶政事務所持認證過的結婚證書影本、配偶護照與本人身分證登記結婚（因為要發換發新身分證，可以把喜愛的新大頭照一併帶去），一定要經過這道程序才算完整，否則台灣戶政還是會認定你為單身，延遲登記結婚必須支付罰款。英籍配偶於香港結婚後無須於英國做任何登記手續。
返台宴客囉!

希望以上對於達令是英國人的台灣朋友們有幫助囉，欲了解如何申請英國配偶簽，請參考下篇網誌《跟達令搬到英國》。

I always want to write an article about how to get married for a mixed couple of British and Taiwanese because we got a lot of help from the forums and blogs on the Internet.
Since now my career is related to weddings (as a makeup artist), I feel more motivated to finish this article.
We hope more people with similar situations find it helpful for the drive-people-crazy process and save more time from avoiding mistakes.

If you and your fiancée have the similar situations listed below, you will find this article very useful:

You currently don’t live with your fiancée, and you don’t plan to live together right after getting married.
Your main celebration will be held in Taiwan.a
Your British spouse doesn’t live in London or Edinburgh.(If you plan to get married in Taiwan, your British fiancée needs to provide the Result of Marriage Search to prove him/herself is single. To get this, your British fiancée needs to go to London or Edinburgh to get the Search approved by Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.)

///Before Registering Your Marriage

After a lot of research, we decided to get married in Hong Kong.
There are two main reasons of our decision:

As a mixed couple of British and Taiwanese, neither of you needs to apply for the Result of Marriage Search to register your marriage in Hong Kong.
The Marriage Certificate issued by HongKongese government is written in both English and Chinese, so you don’t need to translate to the other language for other purposes afterwards.

After deciding to get married in Hong Kong , the following things you need to do is listed below(Please do check the official links provided in the steps before your action since the information we give is based in 2012):

2 months before your wedding in Taiwan, you need to inform the HongKongese government that you intend to get married in Hong Kong. Please go to the HongKonges government website to download Notice of Intended Marriage (MR1)and Information Required for Registration of Marriage (MR21B) .(If your celebration in Taiwan is intended to be held in Oct, you should start preparing in Aug, and give a notice to the HongKongese government in Sep. That way, your registration in Hong Kong will be arranged in Oct according to your wish.Please note that you have to finish your registration in Hong Kong within 3 months once you give the notice.)
The completed notice form (MR1) with your signature should be authenticated by a Notary Public of the country where you live. (If you are living in different territories/countries, the form is only required to be authenticated by a Notary Public of the country where one of you lives.) For more information, please go to Q7 of this page. We went to Taiwan Shilin District Court to get this done (only one of you needs to go, but you still need to fill out the information of you both, it is better to tell your fiancée to send a copy of his or her passport and bring it with you to the court ). Please print out the Notice, and bring your passport and ID card before you go. The fee is NTD 750; you can collect it the same day.
Get a bank draft in Hong Kong dollars payable to"The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" (Most bank can do this for you, and please do check the currency is HKD)
Send the notice, information sheet and bank draft together as a registered mail to:
The Marriage Registration and Records Office
3/F, Low Block
Queensway Government Offices
66 Queensway
Hong Kong
After 7-10 days you posted your mail, the HongKongese government will exhibit your notice for at least 15 clear days. If there is no objection against your marriage, you marriage may take place in Hong Kong. (The exhibition is why you don’t need to provide the Result of Marriage Search to get married in Hong Kong.) Meanwhile, you will receive a confirmation email from HongKongese government telling you about the date, venue (the date and venue will normally be arranged according to your wish in the notice you give to the government) and fee (HKD1,935, you can pay by cash on the day of your marriage) of your marriage. If you want to change the date, please write back to the government.
After the date is certain, you should start arrange the flights and hotels for you and your fiancée, and it is recommended that you stay Hong Kong for at least 6 days (4 days before your registration, and 2 days after the registration). The reason of 6 day stay is because the government will ask you to report to them 4 days earlier than your marriage, and you need 2 days to collect your proved marriage certificate from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong.
You need to bring two witnesses above the age of 18 with their original travel documents. They can be your family or your friends in Hong Kong(Ours was a lovely HongKongese girl I met on plane. We really appreciated the help) . The HongKongese government won’t be responsible for arranging the witnesses.

///Arriving in Hong Kong & Going back to Taiwan

Arrive in Hong Kong according on the date provided in the confirmation email and check in with the government (the check in and registration venues are different, but both will be shown clearly in the confirmation email). Bring your witnesses with you on the day you get married, and get the marriage certificate. Prepare 2 copies once you get your certificate (normally your hotel can photocopy your certificate for you).
Go to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong to get your marriage certificate proved by Taiwanese government. For the address and more details, please click this page. You can collect your certificate the next day or have it mailed home (but it takes 10 days to mail home, to collect on your own is recommended). Please note that if your spouse is not going back to Taiwan with you, you must apply for the Declaration of the Chinese Name of your British spouse (more information is in the Q1 of the provided link, and the Declaration is to be used for the registration of household in Taiwan) in TECO.
Within 30 days after your registration in Hong Kong, you and your British spouse should bring the proved certificate, the passport of your British spouse, your ID card (you can also bring a recent ID photo you like because they will give you a new ID card) to your local Household Registration Office in Taiwan to register your marriage. You must go through this process, or the Taiwanese government will still assume you are single. Your British spouse doesn’t need to go through any process in U.K.
Start getting busy again for the wedding in Taiwan :P

We hope the information above will be helpful for mixed couples like us. If you also want to know how to apply for a British spouse visa for your Taiwanese spouse, please read my next article “Moving to U.K. with my Hubby.”