in Western countries, and UKEng.. I am surprised you don't know this terminology, a Common Law wife means he lived with someone (for years) without marrying her and as he stated he has kids with her...

For goodness sake, all he asked was if he could marry someone he has met...

WK where are you? This is a love forum thing... don't you know that there are many issues like this... someone doesnt marry someone they are with for years, break up and then they meet the person they do want to marry soon after... where have you all been?

Watcher.... the best thing is to go to you embassies and see if they will marry you... some will, but some won't unless you are both the same nationality, example, the South African embassy will only perform a marriage if you are both South African....

Otherwise, go and get married somewhere else and return to where you want to be... here or in Dubai...

Heaven help any of you guys who discover your marriage or common law marriage is no longer what you want it to be, decide to leave your "spouse" and then meet someone else... these things happen!