Thanks so much for the response! I really appreciate it!

Marriage is something that will happen in time for us in the UK. In Qatar it enables us to coahbit with confidence, its an accelerated route for us to make life easier in Qatar.

The other comments quoted: "Marriage is straightforward in the sharia court. It takes an hour or so (as long as u have all the relevant paperwork) and if youre worried about it, it has no legality in the uk or poland (unless u have it attested in those embassies)"

"No you dont have to be muslim to be married in sharia court. Nevertheless, i think being hindu may be a problem as essentially islamic law does not recognise any other religions except christianity and judaism. You may have to check that. Converting to islam needs you to go through a process in the sharia court where you have to take an oath and you will be issued with some sort of legal document."

We have no concerns with adapting culturally to Qatar have both lived/ worked overseas before and are really really really looking forward to new life, we'd just like to be official if possible! It's a preamble to the real thing at home!

Any other comments would be really helpful!