Municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee: registering a foreign document
Are you married abroad? Register your marriage at the municipality where you are registered.
Description
After getting married abroad, you must register your marriage in the Netherlands. Not every marriage is valid in the Netherlands. For example, both partners must be 18 years of age or older at the time of registration.
The conditions for registering a foreign marriage in the Netherlands include:
- If the marriage was concluded in a country within the European Union:
- You have a marriage certificate and a multilingual model form.
- If the marriage was concluded in a country outside the European Union:
- The marriage certificate is in Dutch, English, German or French. Otherwise, you must have the document translated by a sworn translator in the Netherlands.
- The marriage certificate is legalized or has an apostille stamp.
- You are not getting married to help your partner or yourself get a residence permit. The municipality asks you to put this in a statement (Declaration of registration of marriage), if:
- you or your partner (or both) are not Dutch,
- you or your partner (or both) do not have the nationality of a country in the European Union,
- you or your partner (or both) do not have the nationality of Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland or Switzerland,
- you do not have a permanent residence permit.
This is how you register your foreign marriage in the Netherlands:
- You register your marriage with the municipality where you are registered.
- You need:
- the original marriage certificate with legalization or apostille, possibly translated by a sworn translator, or
- the original marriage certificate and a multilingual model form
- your valid ID
- possibly your statement that you are not getting married in order to obtain a residence permit for you or your partner (Declaration of registration of marriage).
The registration of a foreign document is free of charge.
It takes a maximum of 4 months to have a foreign document converted into a Dutch document. Urgent requests are not possible.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee
Visiting address
Koningin Julianaweg 45
3241XB Middelharnis
Monday | 08:00 - 12:00 |
Tuesday | 08:00 - 17:00 |
Wednesday | 08.00 - 17.00 |
Thursday | 08:00 - 17:00 18:00 - 20:00 |
Friday | 08:00 - 12:00 |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
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Last updated on 14 November 2022