Apply for subsequent certification of a marriage entered into abroad by persons recognized as stateless or recognized as refugees or with their participation

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.

• 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.

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

There is no deadline.

Depends on the individual case.

Art. 12 Geneva Refugee Convention (GRC)

• § 34 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• § 9 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• § 10 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG)
• Art. 11 Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)
• Art. 13 Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)
• § 438 Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO)
• Art. 5 Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche (EGBGB)

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

27.03.2024

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