Your Italian Wedding
by Antonio Iabichino
nce you and your fiancé have decided that your memorable wedding event will take place in a romantic destination like Italy, you will immediately realize that the variety of options are countless. The first step to be taken in these cases is to hire a trustworthy professional wedding planner that will guide you through the first steps of planning and organizing every detail of your ceremony. One of the first questions you will get back from your inquiries will be, “What kind of wedding event are you considering?” Will it be a religious ceremony or civil wedding? Or maybe you have in mind a non-denominational/spiritual wedding. This article will help guide you to make the best choice.
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Civil Weddings
The first advantage of a civil wedding celebrated in Italy is that the wedding certificate issued will have legal validity in the US. In these cases, your wedding planner will guide you step by step through the process and will take care of booking the date and preparing the necessary paperwork. What you need to do in your country is to get in contact with the nearest Italian consulate in order to get the “Atto Notorio” consisting of a certificate stating that according to the laws to which the citizen is subject in the United
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