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Hamburg
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<div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Certification of a marriage abroad by a German registry office</div>
Begriffe im Kontext
<div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Copy from the family book</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Family book copy</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">marriage certificate</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Marriage register</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Studbook</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Family logbook</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Copy from the family book, International</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Marriage Register, International</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Family Book Copy, International</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Family Register, International</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Marriage certificate, international</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Studbook, International</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Civil partnership documents</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">family book</div> (Synonym)
Fachlich freigegeben am
16.05.2024
Fachlich freigegeben durch
nicht vorhanden
§ 34 Civil Status Act (PStG)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__34.html
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__34.html
If you got married abroad, you can register your marriage in Germany. You will then receive a German marriage certificate for the marriage you entered into abroad.
Your properly issued marriage certificate from abroad is generally recognized in Germany.
You do not need to have your marriage registered and entered into the German marriage register.
If you would like to have your marriage subsequently registered in the German marriage register, you can apply for this at the registry office responsible for your place of residence.
The registry office can then issue you a German marriage certificate.
You will then no longer need any translations or certifications of the foreign document.
You do not need to have your marriage registered and entered into the German marriage register.
If you would like to have your marriage subsequently registered in the German marriage register, you can apply for this at the registry office responsible for your place of residence.
The registry office can then issue you a German marriage certificate.
You will then no longer need any translations or certifications of the foreign document.
- Marriage certificate (marriage certificate) for the marriage concluded abroad, 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
- if applicable, naturalization certificate, certificate of citizenship
- Translations of all documents in foreign languages by sworn translators in the country
Other additional required documents:
- if the spouses were born in Germany:
- the birth certificates
- If the spouses are born abroad:
- Birth certificates certified by the competent foreign authority (Apostille) or legalized by the German diplomatic mission abroad
- Has a spouse been married before:
- certified copy of the marriage register of the last previous marriage with dissolution note
- Alternatively or in case of previous marriage abroad:
- Evidence 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 final / "legal force note")
- if applicable, recognition of the foreign divorce by the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
- Evidence of the establishment and dissolution of all civil partnerships
You can only have your marriage, which was concluded abroad, entered into the German marriage register if it was legally concluded. Furthermore, it must not contradict German law.
You can have your marriage registered,
You are eligible to apply as
You can have your marriage registered,
- as a German national or German citizen
- as stateless, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees with habitual residence in Germany.
You are eligible to apply as
- Spouse
- if both spouses have died:
- their parents or
- their children.
- Subsequent certification of a marriage concluded abroad and entry in the German marriage register: EUR 153.00 to EUR 519.00.
- Registration of a married name: EUR 35.50
- Marriage certificate: 18.00 EUR, each additional certificate: 8.00 EUR
- Certificate of name use: 18.00 EUR
Please call the registry office in advance to find out more about the conditions and documents that the registry office requires from you.
- Gather the necessary documents and visit the registry office.
- The registrar checks whether certification by a German registry office is possible.
- If the requirements are met, the marriage can be registered in the marriage register.
Due to the workload of the registry offices, you must expect processing to take several months.
Since January 1, 2009, certified copies of the family register are no longer issued. The registry office continues to maintain the data from the family registers as a marriage register.
If you need proof, please request a marriage certificate.
If you have married abroad, you can apply to the registry office in your home town to have the marriage subsequently registered in the German marriage register.
If you need proof, please request a marriage certificate.
If you have married abroad, you can apply to the registry office in your home town to have the marriage subsequently registered in the German marriage register.
If the registry office refuses to re-certify a marriage concluded abroad, an application for instructions from the registry office in accordance with Section 49 PStG can be submitted to the Hamburg District Court, Sievekingplatz1.
If you want to find out exactly who is responsible for your request, please follow the link to Authority finder Hamburg