British-IndoChinese Christian Marriage

[PhilippeD]

The religion you can related me the most is protestant as it is the religion of my parent.

When it come down to get married with my Indo-Chinese wife who is as must christian than I'm protestant.... we tell the priest that I'm Catholic (Seriously! Who care!!!!)
While I was in Canada, my wife had to follow the marriage preparation... alone. I never had any kind of marriage course and the priest didn't bother about it.

The advantage to be in a nowhere city, I was the first and probably the last foreigner the priest had to marry, they didn't care to much about the rule!!!

Aaaah! my lovely Samarinda!!!

[Illuminasi]

Hey everyone. Thank you all for your great updates and info. You're all awesome and i hope this thread in the future can benefit anyone else with similar questions.

Let me give you guys an update on where I am right now.

Legal documents from the British embassy: Done
Catatan Sipil: Not yet began processing as my birth certificate is still en route from the UK
Local RT permission form: Done (Yes! Neighbourhood watchman needs to also give permission)
Baptism: No church is willing to help without a 3 month course (so have to slip some reds to an Indonesian church to get it done)
Ceremony location: Had it booked over a month ago with the church I visited for 4 years to this day but they just cancelled and won't help me now (happy new year) Now looking for another church who will probably want money too.

Lesson learned: Religious/Government/Charity all want hand outs. All think of themselves as holy and righteous, all want something.
Proverb Needed to be added to the Bible: "Put your trust in God this day, Not those that claim to teach his way"

23 days to go. Wish me luck.

And Happy new year everyone!

[sirno]

May I ask where you are planning to get married and what religion you both are?

I got married about 8 months ago in Surabaya. We had a few stumbling blocks with the church requiring schooling for 6 months for a catholic ceremony.

At the time I wasn't sure I would still be in Indonesia for 6 months so my wife (who wasn't really so stuck on a catholic ceremony) got baptised along with me... Very simple and no bribes required!

After the baptism we had a 20min meeting with the minister and all plans were then out in place and we had a lovely ceremony in church. I expected some bribes to come at some point but it never happened... We gave a donation to the church for the religious ceremony and directly after had the legal ceremony... Which I think cost 500k IDR.

[naughtygab]

my friend got married in bali , blessed by the priest from a church who asked nothing about baptism etc.

[Illuminasi]

May I ask where you are planning to get married and what religion you both are?

I got married about 8 months ago in Surabaya. We had a few stumbling blocks with the church requiring schooling for 6 months for a catholic ceremony.

At the time I wasn't sure I would still be in Indonesia for 6 months so my wife (who wasn't really so stuck on a catholic ceremony) got baptised along with me... Very simple and no bribes required!

After the baptism we had a 20min meeting with the minister and all plans were then out in place and we had a lovely ceremony in church. I expected some bribes to come at some point but it never happened... We gave a donation to the church for the religious ceremony and directly after had the legal ceremony... Which I think cost 500k IDR.

Both Christian Protestant and getting married at a nice church in Pondok Indah I hope. We have called the government guy to come and witness the wedding but he wants paying off aswell.