Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage contracted by Germans abroad or with their participation

• If you are resident in Germany, the registry office of the place where you have or last had your residence or where you have your habitual abode is responsible.
• Otherwise, the registry office I in Berlin is responsible.
  

• You got married abroad and one of you is a German citizen. The date of the application is decisive for the possession of German citizenship.
• The marriage must be legally valid and must not contradict German law.

• You got married abroad and one of you is a German citizen. The date of the application is decisive for the possession of German citizenship.
• Or: You got married in Germany and neither of you had German citizenship at the time of the marriage. The marriage was performed by an authorized person of a government of the country to which one of you belongs.
• The marriage must be legally valid and must not contradict German law.

• Foreign marriage certificate, if necessary with certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission abroad
• Valid identity card, passport or travel document
• Certified copies of the birth registers from the registry offices of the places of birth
  • If the spouses were born in Germany
• Birth certificates certified by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission abroad
  • If the spouses were born abroad
• Translations of all documents in a foreign language by sworn translators in Germany
• Certificate of naturalization or certificate of citizenship, if applicable
• Proof of the establishment and dissolution of all civil partnerships
  • Only required if one spouse has already established a registered civil partnership
• Certified copy from the marriage register of the last previous marriage with a note of dissolution
  • Only required if one spouse has been married before. Alternatively or in the case of previous marriages abroad: Proof of the conclusion and dissolution of all previous marriages. For example, marriage certificates, death certificates, all divorce decrees - complete and with a note from the court stating when the judgment became legally binding ("final judgment").
• If applicable, recognition of the foreign divorce by the President of the Higher Regional Court
  • Only required if one spouse has already been married.
• Further documents
  • Further documents may be required in individual cases

• Foreign marriage certificate, if necessary with certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission abroad
• Valid identity card, passport or travel document
• Certified copies of the birth registers from the registry offices of the places of birth
  • If the spouses were born in Germany
• Birth certificates certified by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission abroad
  • If the spouses were born abroad
• Translations of all documents in a foreign language by sworn translators in Germany
• Certificate of naturalization or certificate of citizenship, if applicable
• Proof of the establishment and dissolution of all civil partnerships
  • Only required if one spouse has already established a registered civil partnership
• Certified copy from the marriage register of the last previous marriage with a note of dissolution
  • Only required if one spouse has been married before. Alternatively or in the case of previous marriages abroad: Proof of the conclusion and dissolution of all previous marriages. For example, marriage certificates, death certificates, all divorce decrees - complete and with a note from the court stating when the judgment became legally binding ("final judgment").
• If applicable, recognition of the foreign divorce by the President of the Higher Regional Court
  • Only required if one spouse has been married before.
• Further documents
  • Further documents may be required in individual cases

The fees are based on the regulations of the federal states.

There is no deadline.

Depends on the individual case.

• § 34 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• § 9 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• § 10 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• Art. 11 Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)
• Art. 13 Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)
• § 438 Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO)

• Application for a court decision in accordance with § 49 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)

11.06.2024

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