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Έκδοση άδειας γάμου αλλοδαπού/ής κατοίκου Ελλάδας
At a glance
Points of service
Municipalities
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Description
The procedure concerns the issue of a marriage of foreigners who legally reside in Greece.
The marriage licence is issued by the competent department of the municipality of residence within one week of the submission of the application and the necessary documents.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Title
Each spouse submits the marriage license with the necessary documents to the municipality where he/she resides. The application includes the first and last name of the persons, their occupation, the name of their parents, the place where they were born, the place where they last resided and the place where the marriage will take place.
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
In the event that the person responsible for issuing the licence refuses to grant it, the competent single-member Court of First Instance shall decide irrevocably in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure. The decision shall be issued within 10 days of the lodging of the application.
Output & Results
Output
Administrative Act, Document Production, Payment Document Production
Other information
Alternative titles
Civil marriage licence for foreign nationals
Official title
Issue of a marriage licence for foreign residents in Greece
Languages supported
Greek
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
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46278
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693300
692700
P6M
Defined
passport, residence permit
Identification document
884637
1461
Framers, SDG
Supporting document
The procedure concerns the issue of a marriage of foreigners who legally reside in Greece.
The marriage licence is issued by the competent department of the municipality of residence within one week of the submission of the application and the necessary documents.
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Administrative
Submission of an application for a marriage licence by the person concerned. The application must contain the personal data, listed in the first paragraph of Article 1369 AK, of both the person submitting the application and the other person with whom the marriage is to take place.
No
No
2
Age
Any person who has completed the 18th year of his or her age (adult) shall be capable of any legal act.
It is mandatory:
a) an extract of the applicants birth certificate from the country of birth, showing the date and year of birth b) in case the applicant is a minor, a declaration of the person having custody of the applicant, a certified copy of a final court decision granting such consent on the grounds that the person having custody has refused to give it, or a statement by the person having custody or a declaration by the latter, the consent is given either to a notary public or to the magistrate of the minors place of residence, who shall verify, on the basis of documentary evidence attached to the instrument drawn up by them, the authority of the person giving consent; if the consent is given by the father and the mother, their signature, certified by the police, on the application is sufficient.
No
No
3
Time limit
Third party complaints.
In any case where an application for a marriage licence is submitted, the mayor or the president of the municipality must wait for one week from the day of filing the application for the possible complaint by a third party of the lack of a positive condition in the person of the applicant or of the existence of a marriage impediment in the person of the applicant or in his/her relations with the person with whom he/she is to be married. The complaint shall be made by any person in writing and shall be examined if it is accompanied by serious evidence of the facts complained of or is in the form of a declaration in the form of a solemn declaratio under Law 105/1969.
If a similar complaint is lodged, the mayor or the president of the municipality shall without delay invite the person concerned to oppose it.
No
No
1
Administrative fee for the issue of a civil marriage licence
18 €
No
1
A certificate from the relevant Consular or other competent authority that there is no impediment to the marriage of the foreigner concerned.
Certificate
A certificate from the relevant Consular or other competent authority that there is no impediment to the marriage of the foreigner concerned.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9703
2
Birth certificate issued from their country and translated into Greek.
Certification
Birth certificate issued from their country and translated into Greek.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
8619
3
Proof of residence (telephone or electricity bill, wage slip)
Proof of Residence
Proof of residence (telephone or electricity bill, wage slip)
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Public bodies
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9347
4
Photocopy of Passport, Residence Permit or Residence Certificates
Residence Permit
Photocopy of Passport, Residence Permit or Residence Certificates
Notes:
A prerequisite for the submission of supporting documents is the presentation by the foreigner of any official document (visa, residence permit, passport, etc.), which shows that he/she is legally residing in our country (the Ministry of Migration Policy and Asylum is responsible for this).
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
4178
5
Divorce statement translated into Greek
Certification
Divorce statement translated into Greek
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
No
8619
6
Marriage announcement in a local daily newspaper of the municipality of residence
Notification / Announcement / Reporting
Marriage announcement in a local daily newspaper of the municipality of residence
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Submission of the sheet of the newspaper with the publication.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
5743
7
Photocopy of passport or birth certificate of the future spouse
Identification document
Photocopy of passport or birth certificate of the future spouse
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
In case the future spouse is a foreigner
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
2244
Presidential Decree
1368, 1369,1370
456
1984
164
Α
Law
1,2
1250
1982
46
Α
Presidential Decree
1-4
391
1982
73
Α
1
In-person submission of the application by the person concerned
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
In-person submission of the application by the person concerned for the issue of a marriage licence and other supporting documents
No
No
2
Verification of the completeness of the supporting documents.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
Verification of the completeness of the supporting documents. The licence shall be issued after it has been investigated whether the legal conditions for the marriage have been met and whether the announcement has been made.
No
No
3
Receipt and filing of the application
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Provided that the supporting documents are checked and the conditions for granting the licence are fulfilled, a protocol number shall be given to the citizen.
Yes
No
4
Return of the application and the attached supporting documents
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
In case the supporting documents are checked and they do not include what is required or in case the conditions for granting the licence are not fulfilled, the citizen shall be entitled to an application with the supporting documents attached; instruction shall be given for the completion of the supporting documents and for the re-initiation of the procedure.
Yes
Yes
5
Complaints by third parties
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The service for the issue of marriage licences must wait for one week from the date of the submission of the application by a third party, the lack of a positive condition from the person concerned or the existence of an impediment to marriage concerning the person himself/herself or related with him/her; the complaint shall be filed by any person in writing and shall be examined, provided that it is accompanied by serious evidence proving the situation complained of or made in the form of a solemn declaration under Law 105/1969.
No
No
6
Non-submission of a third party complaint
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Yes
No
7
Invitation to the citizen
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Description
If a similar complaint is lodged, the mayor or the president of the municipality shall without delay invite the person concerned to refute it.
Yes
No
8
Successful response to the citizen's complaints
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Yes
No
9
Failure to grant licence as a result of an impediment to a marriage
Responsible for Implementation
Mayor
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
Non-granting of licence due to impediment to marriage
Yes
Yes
10
Granting of a marriage licence
Responsible for Implementation
Mayor
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
Immediately after completion of the one-week period referred to in the preceding Article, without the lodging of any complaints, or, in the event of complaints, immediately after the hearing of the spouse of which they relate and in any event within a reasonable period of time from the date on which the mayor was invited and did not arrive, he/she mayor must grant the licence without further delay.
No
No
Issue of a marriage licence
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