There are two ways of doing this. One is easy, doing all the legalities first in your home
 country and the other is doing the legalities in Portugal; however this is more time consuming
 and is more expensive.

 Our recommendation is that the most straightforward method is for you do the legal side back home and then come over to Portugal
 and have a blessing ceremony with one of   our Anglican (or other) Priests. Your guests need not know that you have already
 done this as the blessing ceremony is performed just like a normal marriage ceremony. The ceremony in the location of your choice.

Should you wish to have the legalities done in Portugal the requirement that you prove that you have lived here for over 30 days is no     longer applicable.
 
The British Embassy or Consulate will require certificates of 'no impediment' You have to go to the registry office of where you reside to put up Notice of marriage, this is the same for both of you parties. They will then give you your certificates of no impediment. You will also need birth certificates issued no more than six months prior to the application, these documents along with copies of your passports, a letter from yourselves authorising your wedding planner to deal with your paperwork and the credit card payment form completed as required if you wish to pay by CC. Click here for this form.
 
These documents then need to be translated by an official translator (fees vary) and then this translation must be certified by the Portuguese Notary. We will also deal with this on your behalf. Once we have all of these documents then they can be handed into the registry office here and after around two weeks, once they have made sure that all the documents are correct, the date can be booked. There is no guarantee that they will be available on the date that you want or that they will go to the venue to perform the ceremony, this will all be down to availability. You can find more information along with the costs involved from the British Embassy in Lisbon here. As a guide the approximate costs, per person (not per couple) will be around Euros 240. In addition you will need to present your documents to the Portuguese registry office and there will be a minimum charge of Euros 150 (per couple) which includes a translator as the civil service will be performed in Portuguese. In some cases additional fees may be incurred if you require the registrar to attend the wedding venue.

We can handle all the documentation on your behalf.