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Destination Love: Tying the Knot in Tbilisi with Tbilisilovesyou!

Dreaming of a romantic destination wedding without the stress and hassles? Look no further! We are your trusted partner in creating a seamless and unforgettable marriage experience in the heart of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Why Tbilisi? 🏰 Historic Charm: Our city is a blend of old-world charm and modern elegance, providing the perfect setting for your special day.

🌆 Stunning Scenery: From scenic views overlooking the Kura River to the iconic Narikala Fortress, Tbilisi offers a picturesque landscape that will add a touch of magic to your wedding photos.

🍽️ Culinary Delights: Indulge in the rich flavors of Georgian cuisine! Treat your guests to a gastronomic experience, complete with traditional feasts and local delicacies that will leave a lasting impression.

Why Choose my services? 🤝 A Decade of Expertise: With over a decade of experience, Alex has been dedicated to helping couples from around the world navigate the process of getting married in Tbilisi. My wife and myself ensure a smooth and stress-free journey from start to finish.

💼 Bureaucracy Made Simple: We understand the complexities of international marriages. Let us handle the paperwork, appointments, and translations. Focus on cherishing the moment while we take care of the logistics.

📸 Photography Excellence: Elevate your wedding memories with our exceptional photography services.

Why Settle for Ordinary? Your love story deserves an extraordinary beginning. Choose Tbilisi with us for a wedding experience that blends romance, culture, and professionalism seamlessly.

Ready to start your journey towards a perfect wedding in Tbilisi? 💌 Fill out the form on our website  for more details and a personalized consultation.

Let us be the bridge to your dream destination wedding in Tbilisi, where love knows no borders! 💖✨ #TbilisiWeddings #DestinationLove #Tbilisilovesyou #Phototbilisi

Getting married in easy, simple way in Tbilisi

Getting married in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, can be a straightforward and relatively simple process, especially if you are a foreigner looking to marry a Georgian citizen or another foreigner. Here are the steps to get married in Tbilisi:

Legal Requirements:
Make sure you meet the legal requirements for marriage in Georgia. Generally, both parties must be at least 18 years old, and there are no specific nationality or residency requirements.
Required Documents:
Gather the necessary documents, which include:
– Your passports
– Any divorce decrees or death certificates if you or your spouse were previously married.

Marriage Application:
Everything for your application will be ready at your arrival, just have your passports with you. You will be guided for that.
Wedding Ceremony:
Once your application is approved, a wedding ceremony time has been scheduled. What we call ceremony, it can be just simple and fast moment or a classic celebrative time. So no panic just we will drive you belong your wishes.
Witnesses:
You will need two witnesses to attend the ceremony. They should have their identification documents with them. If you do not have, no worries, we provide for them.
Marriage Certificate:
After the ceremony, you will receive a marriage certificate. This certificate will be in Georgian language and of course, we will provide for the official translation and related seal (apostille or legalization by Ministry of Georgia) belong the country you will need to register.
Registration of Marriage:
This step is essential if you plan to use your Georgian marriage certificate in your home country. Usually Country requiring apostille (l’hague convention) have different steps from the countries requiring legalization. You can understand better in my recent post about “Apostille or Legalization“.

Inform Your Home Country:
Depending on your home country’s requirements, you may need to inform your country’s embassy or consulate in Tbilisi about your marriage and they could require a visit after marriage to register the marriage in the Embassy.

As you can understand, its is not difficult to get married in Tbilisi but it is absolutely better to be guided from a professional service to not have the issues in transliteration, embassy informations, acts and bureaucracy could create troubles for your residency in a foreign country or in a place where you are going to leave.

Please have a look a this post or make your request for offer or further info!

 

Wedding abroad Tbilisi your solution

The number of couples seeking to bypass the lengthy and complicated bureaucratic process for marriage has experienced an exponential increase in requests. This trend was confirmed in 2023, and 2024 is already seeing many reservations.

The current geopolitical situation has accelerated the need to quickly arrange visas, residency, and/or citizenship, enabling couples to live their lives together normally. 

We in Tbilisi have been taking care of helping foreign friends for a decade by offering a professional assistance service for civil ceremonies abroad in a clear and linear way, without frills but also without giving up all the prerogatives that an important step of this type entails.

For this reason, my primary photographic service, which played a key role in promoting Georgia’s emerging image in the tourism market, has evolved to synergize with the marriage bureaucratic assistance service. This change is in response to the growing demand and the increasing number of challenges faced by couples wishing to marry abroad, particularly in Tbilisi, Georgia.



Within a few days we are able to manage everything and  make easily what it would have cost you in stress, time, bureaucracy in any other country.

How does it work?

Before your arrival, the documents for accessing the wedding application form will be ready to be presented to the manager of the Official House of Marriage in Tbilisi. On the same day of your arrival (or the day after) we will have already set the appointment in time to fill out the form and your civil ceremony will take place  at the agreed time. You won’t have to do practically anything. We will follow the release of the official paperwork translated with Apostille which will take place within 48 working hours of the civil ceremony.



For more details and information according to the nationality of your partner or additional wedding services, you can fill out the form you find on this page.

Is it your first marriage?(required)

Where do you wish to register your wedding?(required)

Please check if you need optional service(required)

 

How to register in UAE the wedding that has taken place in Tbilisi

In the last years many Emirates citizens and expats in UAE got married in Tbilisi having a lovely honeymoon in one of the best and affordable places in the world.

The procedure to get married in Tbilisi is quite smooth if you follow our advices and apply for our photography service including the help to manage your wedding bureaucracy.



Once everything is done, your marriage has been taken, there are path you should know to get your goal.

UAE is not in l’Hague convention list and all official documents released in a foreign country need a few more steps to be recognized compared to those to which the Apostille is accepted.



To understand better the difference between Apostille and Legalization refer to my recent post clicking here.

Once a couple want to get married in Tbilisi and require to register the marriage in UAE, we always provide the certificate of marriage with the official translation in English or Arabic language and the  legalization seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.



This is not enough to register your wedding in UAE. The next step is to apply at the Embassy of UAE for an official seal (Uae legalization). Embassy of UAE has its headquarter in Tbilisi and you should ask to your provider to apply for legalization seal. We always do it. Only with the legalization seal of the UAE Embassy your certificate of marriage will be accepted in UAE and you will register the marriage successful.



We always propose this step in our service. It requires some days more after the release of the Georgian certificate of marriage translated and sealed by the Georgian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs. That is why, if you have a short stay in Tbilisi, we handle all the procedure and we will send you the whole paperwork by express mail.

If you are not UAE citizen but just expat in UAE and you wish to register the wedding in your national country, you should require an extra certificate of marriage with the seal of Apostille or Legalization belong your country request.



Being the need of different nationalities not always the same, kindly write to us for a tailor-made information.


Looking for the most reliable service to proceed for wedding in Tbilisi and to get photography memories of your knot? Just get in touch with us! Write me!

My wedding in Tbilisi Apostille or Legalization seals?

One of the most frequest question is what does mean Apostille or Legalization in your certificate of marriage. The difference is very important to be learn as it can make a big issue to register the marriage later in your country or in your embassy or in a third part country where you are expat and temporary or permanent residents.

Sometimes people does not get attention at all to this matter and frequently they arrived in Tbilisi without to get the proper informations.



The wedding in Tbilisi could be very smooth and fast but it will be not so easy, smooth and fast to register the wedding if you get wrong in this matter.

All countries related l’Hague convention are belong Apostille that practically by-pass your embassy and make quite fast to approch for the registration of your wedding hold abroad. if your country is not belong l’hague convention list (e.g. Lebanon, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa), you must require a certificate of marriage with legalization.

The first legalization seals are from the country issuing the certificate. So the certificate of marriage will have the Legalization seals by Georgian law. On contrary the Apostille, the certificate with Legalization  is not enough for a lot of countries and many Nations requires their seals stamped as well in that document. It means after the release of the official certificate of marriage in Georgia with the Legalization seals, you will need to get the stamp of the related embassy as well.

There are some exception like Canada and few other country and we try constantly to be updated but our advice is to check directly with your embassy or municipality what to get to register your marriage abroad.


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How to get married in Tbilisi Georgia

Best wishes! If you’re on this webpage, it’s true—love has no borders!

I’m thrilled for you because I got married in Tbilisi too! I’m a professional photographer and wedding planner, and I’ve been living in Georgia for 10 years. My wife, after years of a diplomatic career, now handles the marriage organization. We speak English, Italian, Georgian, Russian, Greek, Spanish, and Portuguese fluently.

Which better help and wedding  planner can you find in Tbilisi?

We can organize your marriage in Georgia, internationally recognized, in few working days!

In just a minimum stay of a few working days, you’ll get married and leave Tbilisi with your wedding paperwork. If needed, we can also send the paperwork to your home by express courier, ensuring no one leaves without their much-dreamed-of marriage certificate!

I recommend reading the entire post to get all the general information, but if you’re only looking for this month’s special offer…

Click here



Have you decided on your wedding date?
Would you prefer a civil ceremony, a religious rite, or perhaps both?
Have you been married before?
Did you check if you need a visa to enter Georgia? Please make sure you have all the necessary information, as I can handle your wedding management or photography services, but visa issues are beyond my control.

Does the lady wish to take her husband’s surname? No problem—she can do so easily in Tbilisi!
If neither of you is a Georgian citizen, expatriate, or resident, have you checked if your country or embassy requires the paperwork to have apostille or legalization seals for later marriage registration? You can find information about Apostille and Legalization seals at this link.

Are you expatriates in a third country (e.g., UAE, Qatar, RSA, Bahrain) and wish to register the marriage there?
These are the key questions you should consider to optimize your time when you email us.

In any case, getting married to a Georgian citizen is relatively simple. However, as with any legal matter, there are some bureaucratic procedures to legalize your marriage status in Georgia and in your home country.



If neither of you are Georgian citizens, our assistance can be invaluable in avoiding mistakes in translations and procedures before, during, and after the wedding. We help save time, prevent issues, and ensure everything is stress-free.

If you want to get married without spending too much time in Tbilisi, a civil ceremony is likely the best option for you. The religious rite of the Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Georgian Church requires baptism, which may not be something you’re considering, especially if neither of you are Georgian. However, nothing is impossible, and we can assist with that too if you wish.

Georgians often perform both rituals on the same day to avoid any legal misunderstandings between church and civil law. On this page, we discuss what’s needed for a civil ceremony.

It’s important to know that Georgia imposes no restrictions on people of different religions or nationalities getting married. You can apply for marriage in Tbilisi regardless of your faith.

Is there any offer or wedding package could we avail?
Our “Easy Wedding Package” is perfect for those who don’t want to worry about any details. All you need to do is arrive in Tbilisi, and everything will be ready for you. Check out our latest wedding offer by clicking here.

We will handle all the official documents needed to apply for your wedding, guide you through the civil rite, and take care of the paperwork required to register your marriage in your home country afterward. In just 3-4 working days, you can enjoy a wonderful time, including tours to explore the beauty of Tbilisi and surrounding areas such as Mtskheta, Jvari, Uplistsikhe, Kazbegi, David Gareja, Sighnaghi, and Alaverdi.

Only have a 2-day stay? No problem—we’ll send your official paperwork via express mail courier (DHL, FedEx, UPS, or other).

Tbilisi will be the nest of your love.

A lot of extras as photography service, limousine, guided tours, guest assistance, bouquet, wedding dress rental, make up  can be provided at your request.
You have just to  Email me!
If you are interested for full package with awesome photography service, have a look to phototbilisi.com
If you are interested only for a professional photography service, please have a look to phototbilisi.com
If you wish to check the last offer, please just click here.

Frequent asked questions: 

” Marriage for foreigners in Tbilisi (different Nationalities) will be a problem to be registered? “
Not at all.  You will leave Tbilisi with your proper civil wedding paperwork one per each country nationality.
What about marriage for No Georgian resident citizen? ” 
My website name is “Tbilisi Loves You” and I believe Georgia wants to be the kingdom of Love for everybody…. Yes you can, everybody welcome, you must have your passport (with visa if requested to get in Georgia), 2 witness and certainly you cannot avoid my help, expecially if you wish to be back in your country in few days with all proper documents. Usually I use to book in advance all the services and when you will come in few days everything will be set up….

Any infos about the city of Love Sighnaghi or other cities or location? ” 
Being foreigners, having short time, wishing to save time and money I advice to set the civil rite in Tbilisi than to go in Sighnaghi as honemooner trip or to get for Sighnaghi just a photography day trip. By the way, sure, you can get married even in the beautiful smalltown of Sighnaghi, have a look to this page
Than you can choose Batumi but it is far away from the capital and we do not use to provide for services during winter season over there.
What’s up if for any problem the wedding paperwork will be not done before I will leave Tbilisi?” 
In this extremely rare situation, we will send you the documents by UPS, DHL, TNT express mail courier in your country, so no problem at all.
” How I can save money having a short time to stay in Tbilisi?”
The service of dhl helps to save money in stayng, accomodation and related expences . You can have just 2 days stayng in Tbilisi, getting the basic cheap procedure and you will get your document by dhl at home in 1 week time. That is why it is very important to have a look to the flights shedules maybe you could book.
Can you provide everything, I mean a full wedding planner program?”
Yes We can, expecially if you have a short stayng, bouquet, rings, wedding dress (you can even only rent it), make up, coiffeur, restaurants and simple or exclusive venues and of course photo service will be not a issue for you if you apply in advance. We are specialized in small groups of guest management but if you apply on time, no matter to manage any event.


” What about relatives and friends coming in Tbilisi for our wedding? ” 
We can check your hotel or appartment reservation, organize tours, set up the wedding tables names, anything you wish…
“And if I am divorced and I wish to get married again?” 
Yes you can. It is a  longer procedure and it depends from the country released your divorce certificate or decree of divorce but you can…check this post … or write me
” We are already married but we wish just to renew the vows “
We can choose nice outdoor location and add an amazing photography service to make unforgettable that day
“We are coming for the need to get the document without frills”
Even I do not advice, you can choose the “Simply” package and you can read infos at this link.

*Update07th April 2022 : due to the actual situation, some restrictions are still ongoing in the country. Check stopcov.ge as official source ”

Waiting for you,
Regards
Alex
There is not wedding without an unforgettable professional service. 25 years experience in capturing emotions
PHOTOTBILISI BY ALEX WED , Tbilisi,Vake, (by appointment only) – www.phototbilisi.com