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female
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51-59,
anonymous
writes:how can i get married to my boyfriend? he is from iraq and only has a home office id card which cannot be used as id for marriage at the registrar office. he has been in this country 4 years and is awaiting his passport, he has been waiting about 6 months already. what can we do? and also as he is muslim how would we go about getting married at a mosque and what happens at the mosque? we would want to get married at a mosque and registrar office.
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reader, celtic_tiger +, writes (2 September 2011):
 I don't think you have thought this through 100%
If he is a muslim, and you marry him in a mosque, then you will also have to convert. DO you want this? Do you know what it entails? Do you know about what you will and will not have to do and give up in order to do this?
You may think you want to get married, but until you know and understand the full consequences of what this entails you shouldnt rush into anything.
From what we see on DC, it is very difficult for a muslim woman to get out of a marriage, because the man is always right. A lot of women loose their independance and they feel trapped when things start going wrong.
This man is not yet a British citizen. My advice would be to wait until he is, learn about HIS culture, because that is the one you will be living under - he will not give that up for you. You are the one who will be making the sacrifices here.
At the moment you know too little about this man you want to marry. How long have you been together? Are you sure he isnt just using you to speed up his chances of getting a passport? I know it is cynical, but it happens far too often.
Be careful.
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reader, Battista +, writes (2 September 2011):
I assume he has been awarded British citizenship if he is applying for a passport? Having said that as far as I was aware you had to have lived here for at least 5 years if you are not married to a British national in order to qualify for this (a couple of my friends are applying for naturalisation), although I could easily be wrong. Have you looked at this site which should tell you all you need to know?
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/britishpassports/
Have you already contacted the IPS and asked them why there is so much delay? I assume you have; what did they say?
Regarding marriage in a mosque, presumably you would ask at the mosque where you worship/wish to get married wouldn't you? Do either of you attend any particular mosque regularly?
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