Apply In Person (Non – Citizen)

1. To Single Status Certificate / Certificate of Status, the applicant has to approach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – link
2. The applicant has to get the appointment for submitting the documents through email - secdep@mfa.gov.md
3. The applicant has to visit the office and submit the affidavit letter.
4. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
5. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
6. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
7. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
8. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
9. The applicant has to pay the fee as per the authority’s request.
10. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
11. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS.
12. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
13. The applicant has to complete the further process for collecting the certificate.
14. This entire process can be completed within 15 – 30 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• National identity card or Passport.
• Proof of address.
• If divorced, Decree Absolute.
• If widowed, Death Certificate of previous spouse (and Marriage Certificate).
• If your name has been changed by Deed Poll, proof is necessary.
• The relevant fee.

Addresses of the subdivisions of Civil Status Service Central Apparatus

Territorial subdivisions

Civil status registers Directorate of Civil Status Service

Diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Moldova

In order for non-nationals to marry in a foreign country you will most likely be required to produce legal documentation from your country of citizenship verifying single status and that you are free to marry. This is known as a 'Certificate of No Impediment', 'Certificate de Coutume', 'Certificate of Nulla Osta' or a 'Certificate of Freedom to Marry'.

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Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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30 days

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If you are planning to marry in another country, you may be required to obtain a Certificate of Non-Impediment. This document has many different names such as Declaration of Non-Impediment to Marry, Statutory Declaration of Single Status, Affidavit of Intended Marriage, Statement In-Lieu of Certificate of Non-Impediment to Marriage Abroad, Certificate de Coutume, a Certificate of No Impediment, Certificate of Nulla Osta, Certificate of Freedom to Marry or just free to marry.

Please also be aware that a standard Single Status Certificate or Certificate of No Impediment may be insufficient on its own to allow a marriage to take place in a foreign country. You may be required by the foreign authorities to comply with the following, so please ensure that you allow sufficient time for processing.

• Certificates may need to be translated.
• Certificates may need to be endorsed or exchanged for a locally acceptable version issued by your Embassy or Consulate in the country where you will marry.
• Certificates may need to be legalized i.e. stamped with an official stamp known as an Apostille.
• Certificates may require that witnesses swear an Affidavit stating that you are free to marry and that this is appended.

• Full Name
• Passport or ID number
• Place and Date of Birth
• Nationality
• Statement
• Date
• Signature of the person who declares
• Signature of the witnesses

A Single Status Certificate also referred to as a No Marriage Affidavit, Certificate of Freedom to Marry or Certificate of No Impediment, is a sworn statement saying that you are eligible to marry.

Overseas marriage authorities often require further evidence that the party is free to marry. Such evidence may be a statement from the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages that there is no record of the person having been previously married or a 'Single Status Certificate' or 'No Records Result'.

Civil Status Service

In accordance with the approved structure, the Civil Status Service consists of the central apparatus (leadership, Directorates and Departments) and territorial subdivisions (Civil Status Offices- CSO).

Please, select the appropriate compartment in order to find details on contact information about the subdivisions:

Central apparatus

Territorial subdivisions

The Bride & Groom to be married must provide from their country of Citizenship, individual Certificates of non impediment or Certificate of Single Status/Sworn Affidavit, as proof that they are both indeed single and eligible to marry. This is also called an affidavit of single status or negative statement of marriage. This document can be obtained at the Bureau of Vital statistics in their city they reside.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration

Government of Republic of Moldova

Official website of the Republic of Moldova

Link to Ministries of the Republic of Moldova

Basic tasks of the CSS

Directorate of civil status registers

The Department of Consular Affairs has the following Main functions:

• protection of interests of the Republic of Moldova and its citizens, individuals and legal entities;
• providing help and assistance to Moldovan nationals, individuals and legal entities;
• development of consular relations between the Republic of Moldova and other countries;
• overseeing and coordination of consular activity of diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Moldova;
• informing about the conditions and evolution of events in the consular field abroad, sending of reports in this perspective to the authorities of the Republic of Moldova and providing consular information to interested persons;
• coordination of activities regarding the implementation of treaties in consular field concluded by the Republic of Moldova, as well as of activities established by policies, national programs and strategies and ministerial plans;
• exercising any other function mentioned by the legislation of the Republic of Moldova and international treaties concluded by the Republic of Moldova