Applying for a marriage certificate at a marriage abroad
Description
The registry office issues documents and certified extracts from the marriage registers.
Upon request, civil status certificates must be issued to the persons to whom a register entry relates, as well as their spouses, life partners, ancestors and descendants. Other persons have a right to obtain civil status documents if they can demonstrate a legal interest.
The applicant requests the issuance of a civil status certificate, or certified extract from the register.
Spouses, life partners, ancestors, descendants or another person who can credibly demonstrate a legal interest are also eligible to apply.
After checking the eligibility, the registry office issues the certificate or the certified extract from the register.
Please contact the registry office.
- The applicant must be the person to whom the register entry relates.
- Spouses, life partners, ancestors, descendants or another person who can credibly demonstrate a legal interest are also eligible to apply.
- Proof of identity (identity card, passport, or suitable identity document) for application eligibility
- Proof of legal interest
Depending on individual cases, varies from state to state
Depending on the individual case
- § 61-66 PStG (use)
- § 5 Abs. 5 PStG (deadlines)
- § 48 PStG
- § 50 PStG
Miscellaneous (depending on the municipality)
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Senator for the Interior, Department 23 – Civil Status Law, of the State of Bremen
