If you’ve spent any amount of time in the Czech Republic as a documented worker or resident, you are all-too familiar with the hallowed halls of bureaucracy. It should come as no surprise, then, that in order to get married in the Czech lands, you’ll need to do a little legal legwork. And just as with the obtaining of visas, work permits, and other official licenses, the burden can be eased by hiring someone to wait in all those lines for you. Prague’s wedding agencies regularly perform this function and most include paperwork help and translation of documents as part of their wedding-planning fee. That said, if you or your partner speak Czech, it’s entirely possible to petition for a marriage license on your own. Here, a guide to the ins and outs of the system and how to ensure that those all-important steps you take toward making it official are as painless as possible!