Apply for a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German citizens with residence or habitual abode abroad
Description
If you wish to marry abroad, there may be a legal standard in the country where you intend to marry that requires you to present such a certificate.
The registry office 1 in Berlin is responsible for issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for this group of persons (German citizens with residence or habitual abode abroad).
- The person must have German citizenship.
- They must have their domicile and habitual residence abroad
- The intended marriage is to take place abroad
- The intended marriage must not be prevented by any impediment to marriage under German law
- The requirements, type and format of the evidence to be provided and the examination of the marriage requirements are governed by German law, as for a German citizen.
- Proof must be provided in the form of public documents:
- The civil status
- Domicile, habitual residence
- Nationality
- As well as, if applicable, the last marriages and/or civil partnerships and their dissolution
Costs may be incurred for the issue of a certificate of no impediment to marriage. Please contact your registry office.
Once issued, the certificate of no impediment is valid for a period of six months.
Depending on the individual case
Please contact the registry office 1 Berlin.
An application for a certificate of no impediment to marriage is submitted to the competent registry office 1 in Berlin. If the examination shows that there is no impediment to the intended marriage under German law and the necessary personal details of both parties to the marriage have been provided, the registry office will issue the requested certificate of no impediment.
- § 13 PStG
- § 39 PStG
- § Section 1309 (1) sentences 1 and 2 BGB
- Senator for Internal Affairs, Department 23 - Civil Status Law, of the State of Bremen
12.10.2020
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
