{"id":23408,"date":"2025-10-14T18:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23408"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:04:19","slug":"wed-by-app-abu-dhabi-launches-virtual-marriage-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23408","title":{"rendered":"Wed by app: Abu Dhabi launches virtual marriage for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using the Abu Dhabi government&#8217;s app without even setting foot in the emirate, the head of the project told AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of online marriage is still in its infancy, with Ukraine launching a service last year allowing couples separated by war to tie the knot using its government app.<\/p>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates experimented with allowing online ceremonies for people living in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But the new version has a much wider aim, according to Mohamed Al Askar, who heads the Abu Dhabi government&#8217;s TAMM application.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: AI slop: fighting back one click at a time<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s open to everyone. Whoever wants to get married in Abu Dhabi, regardless of their nationality, can get the service online,&#8221; he told AFP during Dubai-based technology fair Gitex.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People can go online, they can do the whole transaction without the need to go to any physical place. We are among the first to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot showing different services by TAMM application. PHOTO: DXB website<\/p>\n<p>For 800 dirhams ($218), users can complete online forms, submit all the necessary documents, book someone to officiate and even organise a virtual ceremony in as little as 24 hours, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: OpenAI announces Broadcom partnership to build AI chips<\/p>\n<p>The service is available to Emirati citizens and foreign residents, but also to non-residents, who will need a lawyer or other representative in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE is the only Gulf country that allows non-religious marriages, although the right is reserved for foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>The marriage feature was added to the newest version of the TAMM application, which allows residents of the emirate to access more than 1,000 government services online.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using the Abu Dhabi government&#8217;s app without even setting foot in the emirate, the head of the project told AFP on Tuesday. The idea of online marriage is still in its infancy, with Ukraine launching a service last year allowing couples separated by war to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}