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by Ziisii » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:23 am
Thanks for your response,
Could you please advise how I can actually legalize my marriage if I feel that they (Latvian Embassy London) are not willing to legalize it only because my husband is Nigerian and we got married in Nigeria.First of all they asked me to provide them with Apostille issued by Nigerian High Commission to approve the authenticity of the marriage certificate, I had to explain that Nigeria can not issue it as they have not signed Hague Treaty and not on the list of countries that can issue Apostille. (actually first thing they said to me was - we already have 3 marriage certificates like yours here). They asked me to get the marriage certificate authenticated in Nigeria High Commission London, I done that, went back to Latvian Embassy London and they took copies of our passports and marriage certificate and told me that they do not have a signature sample from the person who signed the authentication in Nigeria High Commission so they can not legalize it. They said they will ask to provide the sample, now 6 years later after chasing them several times they still have not done it. Latvia say they have requested NHCL to provide signature example on several occasions, when we ask for dates - they cant provide them. NHCL say they have not received any requests.
In Latvia I was advised that if I had legalized the marriage in the UK then Latvia should automatically accept it was valid. but the thing is - I don't need to legalize it in The UK as it is already recognized and legal.
So can I legalize something that is legal in one country but not legal in another EU country?
As far as I understand we can not re-marry in the UK as our marriage is already legal in the UK
We can not re-marry in Latvia as they will ask for a document stating that my husband is not married in Nigeria, but guess what - he is married to ME.
