Municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee: registering a foreign document

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.