Nachbeurkundung einer von Deutschen im Ausland oder mit ihrer Beteiligung geschlossenen Ehe beantragen

You got married abroad and at least one of you is a German citizen? Then you can have the marriage certified at a registry office in Germany.

If you got married abroad and at least one of you has German citizenship, you can have the marriage certified in Germany.
The date of the application is decisive for the possession of German citizenship.
The marriage must have been validly concluded in the country in which you got married. German law must not stand in the way of the marriage.

You are entitled to apply:

• The spouses
• If both spouses are deceased, their parents and children

• 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

• 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.

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

Depends on the individual case.

There is no deadline.

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

• Marriage abroad Notarization of German marriages or their participation in marriages concluded abroad
• At least one of the spouses must be a German citizen.
• The date of the application is decisive for the possession of German citizenship.
• Responsible: the registry office of the place of residence, the last place of residence or the usual place of residence.
• If there has never been a place of residence in Germany or if the habitual residence is not in Germany, the registry office I in Berlin is responsible:
  • Registry Office I
    Schönstedtstraße 5
    13357 Berlin

• 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.