Guidance about how to get No Impediment Certificate ? (NIC)

Find your register office here: England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
For LGBTQ you need to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate prior of the Apostille No Impediment Certificate
If you are an overseas British national you need to contact the closest British Embassy.
Some nations demand that you notify them of your impending marriage or civil partnership and present a Certificate of No Impediment before the wedding can take place. This document attests that there aren’t any issues with the proposed marriage or civil partnership.

Please be aware that a notice of marriage or civil partnership can only be entered if all of the following conditions are met:

• you are a UK citizen;
• your marriage or civil partnership will take place abroad, but not in a Commonwealth nation or the Irish Republic;
• you have resided in the UK for the eight nights prior to submitting your notice of marriage or civil partnership;
• the foreign authorities have requested that you obtain a Certificate of No Impediment we are able to take notice for the country concerned, and
• you are able to state the town, locality and country where your ceremony will take place.
  It’s essential to remember that a Certificate of No Impediment may not be enough to for a marriage or civil partnership to occur on its own. Make sure you comply with any additional legal requirements of the nation you have selected for your ceremony.
  Additionally, if the Certificate of No Impediment is dated more than three months in advance of the ceremony date, local authorities in some nations will not accept it. It is your obligation to make sure your documents will be accepted by checking for any date restrictions.
  

  Apostille for No Impediment Certificate

  Your Certificate of No Impediment may need to be “apostilled,” or legalized, by the country where your marriage or civil partnership will take place. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office applied this stamp to the document as proof that it was authenticated. You must determine whether this is necessary and allow time for completion.
  You are not required to register your marriage or civil partnership with England and Wales’ registration department when you return. In the United Kingdom, there is neither a necessity nor a facility for you to deposit a copy of your marriage or civil partnership certificate with the General Registry Office. As a result, you should create your own plans for the safekeeping of certificates.

  As a general rule, as long as your marriage or civil partnership is valid and legal in the country in which it took place, it should be recognised in the United Kingdom.

  If you are from Scotland the overseas marriage need to be translated (if not english) and regisrered with the ook of Scottish Connections (BSC)
  With a Scottish connection, anyone can apply for a birth, death, marriage, or civil partnership overseas to be registered in the BSC, which is kept by the Registrar General in Edinburgh. The BSC is a public record. (provided that the event has already been registered with the civil registration authorities of the country in question). The registration service in Scotland will thereafter make a commemorative certificate recognising the event (and the Scottish link) available to be kept as a part of the family history file.

  To get Apostille for No Impediment Certificate click here