Mauritius Holiday Advice

Many couple have their own wedding dream. It can be a luxurious wedding in a perfect church or it can be a perfect weeding in any type of location and then there was a Mauritius paradise dream wedding.

In Mauritius, tourists can have their own wedding there. Should it be the Civil one combined with the signing ceremony on a tropical beach or on a Catamaran at sunset, religious weddings; all other types of wedding arrangements can be discussed where couples can make their dream wedding come true in paradise. It can be a dream wedding inside any luxurious Mauritius Hotels, it can also be on the beach, a dream wedding on a boat or almost any idea you can come up with in the beautiful island of Mauritius.

Before any type of wedding in Mauritius, civil or religious, there are official documents that need to be formalized. In Mauritius the law require that a civil marriage is to be formalized before a religious wedding can be conducted.


Here are some things or documents you need to secured in arranging your “Precious Day” or wedding.

Wedding Formalities = It will be arranged by any Mauritius Hotels you choose and there is usually a fee for any wedding formalities and it includes the following:

Civil Status Officer, Affidavit, transport
Requirements for Civil marriage:
! Photocopies of each birth certificate drawn up in English
! Photocopies of each passport (the 1st 3 pages only)
! Any other document relating to divorce, widow/widower or change of name
Timetable:
It is advisable to have the application made one month before the date of marriage. Therefore, having the documents five weeks prior to guest arrival in Mauritius


Upon arrival at any Mauritius hotels, couples can expect any representative together with the Hotel Public Relation team will welcome the couple and arrange a suitable time to go over the arrangements for the wedding day. The wedding can take place inside the hotel, outside under the coconut trees, on the beach at sunset or another romantic spot; the ceremony normally lasts over one hour. The arrangements before and after the ceremony depend on the wishes of the couple.


Requirements for Religious Ceremony preformed by a priest:
This takes a longer time in terms of paper work & other local administrative formalities with the church and the diocese. The amount payable to the priest/church is negotiable depending of the location of the ceremony i.e. church, hotel premises, or other.
Requirement:
! Baptismal Certificate (Certificate issued by the Church from the country the couple comes from, attesting that the person is a Christian by religion & can get marry) for both the bride & groom.
! Birth Certificate for the bride & groom
! Identity card or photocopy of passport (the 1st 3 pages only) for both bride & groom

Timetable:
At least three months before the date of marriage; therefore, all the above papers 13 to 14 weeks before arrival of guest.


After securing all the documents needed, any couple can enjoy their paradise dream wedding in Mauritius and talk to any Hotel representative for any wedding so that they can choose from any packages they want or suggest their own.