Guest Author - Victoria

Hello,

My name is Vanessa, I'm a US citizen, my fiancé is a Spanish citizen and we are living in Barcelona. We're planning to get married in New York, but we have to do it as soon as possible because we just have a week of vacations in our work.

We would like to know if it's possible to do it in such a little time, documentation needed, directions, prices... Everything we need to know.
Could we begin to arrange anything from Spain?. I have a friend of mine that is lives in New York, could she do something for us?

Thanks a lot!

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Vanessa,

You can definitely start planning your civil wedding ceremony before you arrive in New York.

Take a look at my marriage license requirement article and the article I wrote about Deborah Roth, a Manhattan wedding officiant that I highly recommend (in case you don’t want the wedding ceremony at city hall).

If you are planning less than 12 wedding guests to be in attendance, you won’t need a permit and can get married anywhere in Manhattan – park, subway, backyard, sidewalk, tour bus.

I am not able to give you directions because I don’t know where you are going and from where you will be leaving. I suggest you use MapQuest.com when you have that information.

You can email Manhattan florists for your wedding bouquet and then pay them when you come into town. I’m assuming you will be bringing your wedding dress from Barcelona. I don’t think you need to rely on your friend here in New York for anything because it seems like your wedding will be quite small so the details are minimal.

Happy planning!

Thanks for writing,
Victoria

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