Nachbeurkundung einer im Ausland geschlossenen Ehe als staatenlos anerkannter Personen oder als Flüchtling anerkannter Personen oder mit ihrer Beteiligung beantragen

Art. 12 Geneva Refugee Convention (GRC)

Have you married abroad as a recognized stateless person, homeless person or person recognized as a refugee? Then you can have the marriage certified at a registry office in Germany.

Stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees with habitual residence in Germany can submit an application to a German registry office for subsequent certification of the marriage after a marriage abroad.
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 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
• 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
    

• The marriage was concluded abroad and at least one of the spouses is stateless, a stateless foreigner or a recognized foreign refugee with habitual residence in Germany and neither of the spouses was or is in 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 marriages entered into abroad by persons recognized as stateless or recognized as refugees or their participation
• Stateless persons, homeless foreigners and foreign refugees with habitual residence in Germany can apply for subsequent notarization.
• Subsequent certification can be applied for by the spouses. If both are deceased, their parents or children can also submit the application.
• Responsible: the registry office of the place of residence, the last place of residence or the usual place of residence.

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