Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many couples have used technology like Zoom to allow guests to attend weddings, but from now, you can have guests with their own avatars in your 3D Metaverse wedding.

Wondering what exactly is the metaverse? To clarify, the metaverse is a new world of virtual experiences. That includes music concerts, e-learning, and now a wedding ceremony as well.

Read the entire article to learn how to marry in the metaverse

How you can get married in the Metaverse as a Saudi expat

Weddings are all about bringing people together and creating amazing memories. If you want to get married in a courtroom, rent a chapel, or have a simple internet wedding, now you can do it in Metaverse. You can design your virtual venue by collecting digital goods. You can have a beach wedding or a mountain wedding.

Metaverse allows you to do everything from reserving a location for your wedding to inviting all of your family and friends and communicating with them on a one-on-one basis. You may maintain the privacy of your event and even establish experience areas for your attendees using QR codes and GPS data.

First metaverse wedding

Easy Weddings is honored to be hosting the first UAE Metaverse wedding.  Our founders, Florian and Liz, helped hundreds of couples and assisted them with their legal wedding issues. The company now wants to break into the Metaverse and bring internet marriages to a whole new level.

The first UAE Metaverse wedding would take place on May 19, 2022, with a few guests and the press in attendance. And the couples who would be marrying would be the founders themselves, Liz and Florian. 

Share this article with your friends and family who are tech enthusiastic. And if you want to attend the first Metaverse wedding; send us a direct message and we’ll invite you.

Many western expats from different parts of the world often consider to moving to Saudi due to the industry they belong to. For instance: Saudi is huge in the petrochemical industry which explains why many expats move to cities like Dammam. It is also ideal place for those expats who have a family or looking to start one.

In this article; we shed light on what is means for Saudi to join the HCCH Apostille convention and how expat couples can benefit from this new law.

What does Saudi joining the HCCH Apostille Convention mean?

Previously, any foreign document received from courts, notaries or public authorities needed special scrutiny and legalization from higher authorities in Saudi. This made the whole process of legalization time consuming and long.

Keep in mind with the changing times and to address this issue, Saudi Arabia has now signed the Hague Apostille Convention Abolishing the Legalization Requirement for Foreign Public Documents (“Convention”). This means that a apostille stamp issued by an foreign country would be considered as a sufficient proof for legalization and use in any other convention member countries.

Concluding on Saudi joining the Apostille Convention

With Saudi Arabia’s upcoming association agreement, this means that the convention applies between the two Apostille countries involved. An apostille is sufficient to certify the validity of a document, eliminating the need for double-certification, first by the origin country and then by the recipient countries. This update is likely to reduce difficulty, deliverability, and possibly cost for Saudi Arabia.

Currently we do not have much information on what this could mean for couples looking to marry outside Saudi Arabia in Apostille countries. However, once we have more updates, we shall disclose the same.

In Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, court marriage for Nepali is quite an easy process to get married. The couples looking for how to get married in Dubai for Nepali have lesser requirements than a church wedding. 

However in Saudi; the process is a lot more complicated, even more so over; if couples both belong to different nationality or religion. In this article we shed light on how a nepali can get married in Dubai Vs Saudi

Court Wedding in Dubai for Nepali

Court marriage in Dubai by taking wedding services Dubai is the easiest way to get married and save money and time. The couples planning to get married in the UAE are supposed to submit the following documents:

• Identification papers of the applicants (it includes a valid passport and Emirates IDs)
• Certificate of an applicant’s legal capacity in marrying from the Nepal embassy located in UAE
• Death certificate/ divorce decree needed while verifying capacity to marry and civil status
• Documentation regarding paternal advice or consent
• Premarital medical exam certificate

Sadly this is only the case if both partners are from Nepal. The process is complicated if any partners holds the nationality of another country.

Getting married in Saudi for Nepali resident or expat

The process to get married in Saudi can only commence if both belong to the same nationality and religion. Even then so; the paperwork and documentation would be longer than expected.

However, with that said getting married to someone from a different nationality or religion makes it impossible to marry in Saudi. 

Living in Saudi and wondering how to marry in Saudi or in Dubai book a call with a team of expert legal wedding consultants.

Many expat couples live in the UAE, but many of them are typically unprepared to start a family. However, there are some serious implications for abortion in the UAE if you live there.

Continue reading to discover more about UAE abortion laws and what is the best solution if you’re pregnant without marriage.

Abortion law in UAE

Anyone who wants an abortion or assists in the abortion of a child is guilty of a federal crime.

Only if the pregnant woman’s or the child’s life is in danger can a pregnancy be terminated at any point. If the kid will not survive after birth, the pregnancy can be terminated if it’s less than 120 days long. A court order may also be used to terminate a pregnancy.

Anyone who aborts a pregnancy or conspires to abort a pregnancy will be prosecuted for a criminal offense.

Consequences of illegal abortion

A potential punishment of five years in prison awaits anyone who wilfully aborts a pregnant woman by giving her medication or by any other procedure that results in abortion. If the crime is committed without her consent, she will be punished with seven years in prison.

What’s the best solution for pregnant mothers?

According to the New Personal Laws of 2021, women who become pregnant outside of marriage will be provided with all legal comforts and would be cared for. However, it’s important to remember that conception outside of marriage might have serious long-term repercussions.

As a result, we advise pregnant women to consider other options, such as marrying the child’s father if the two have already discussed starting a family. Many countries, like Georgia and Seychelles, make it quite simple for couples to fly down and obtain their marriage license in as little as two weeks.

If you’re having an unexpected pregnancy and planning a wedding, give our team of legal wedding planners a call.