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Dear Mr Hughes May we invite your kind attention to the Goa Government website www.goagovt.nic.in then click on Citizens Charter and go to Registration Department you have the information you require As regards the opinion of the Church in Goa may we suggest you mail your query to Ecclesiastical Tribunal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a copy marked to archbishop of Goa & Daman Archdiocese. Should you still have further queries feel free to write back to us. We assure you the needed guidance to marital bliss For SOUTH GOA PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION GROUP Terence Mazarelo PRESIDENT (SGPIAG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] visit our weblink http://mumbai.sancharnet.in/manojnd +91 832 272 731373 HELPLINE (24 hrs) 9822158584 ******************************************************* Chris Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear folks, > > I am an Australian man, happily engaged to a Goan > woman, both living in > Australia. We plan to marry next year in Goa. > > My fiancee wants to get married in Australia this > year, in a registry > office, and then have our proper church wedding in > Goa next year. As far as > she is concerned, the registry office marriage means > nothing, and we won't > be married in the eyes of God until our church > wedding, but it will simplify > the legal aspects of planning a wedding in Goa. > > Although the registry office marriage might mean > nothing to her, in > Australia (and all other places that I know of) the > church recognises this > marriage, and so in the eyes of God we are already > married (and cannot > subsequently get married in a church - except for > just a renewal of vows). > So I don't understand how we could get married again > in Goa, and it mean > anything. She tells me that she knows many people > who have done this, but it > doesn't make sense to me. > > My mother has made some enquiries through my local > parish, and I believe > that her enquiry made it to the bishop of Goa who > clearly said that one > cannot marry twice, even if the first is in a legal > office and not a church. > I don't want to do deceive the church or the law. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Kind regards, > C ******************************************************> > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony
