Estonia - Apply to Get Married

ProcedureEdit

To apply to get married, the couple must submit a written application to a Vital Statistics Office, notary or minister of religion with the right to marry couples.
Pay all applicable fees.
A marriage shall generally be registered no earlier than one month and no more than three months of the submission of application by the prospective spouses to the Vital Statistics Office. In case of good reason, the Vital Statistics Office may shorten or extend deadlines. The deadline may be extended to as much as six months. A marriage certificate will be issued at the request of the spouses.

Required DocumentsEdit

Joint written application.
Personal identification documents.
Birth documents if the data is not listed in the Population Register.
A person who has previously been married shall submit either a divorce certificate, a court decision on divorce, the death certificate for the spouse, or a court decision annulling the marriage.
The inhabitant of another country must submit a certificate regarding lack of impediment to marriage.
A document confirming payment of the state fee.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Tallinn Vital Statistics Department

Address
Prnu mnt 67
10135 Tallinn Harju maakond

Registration code
75014853

Phone: 6 457 480

E-mail: [email protected]

Homepage

Tallinn

Town Governments

Municipality Governments

Unions of Municipality Governments

EligibilityEdit

A marriage is formalized between a man and a woman, 18 is the minimum marrying age. Those who are aged 15-17 will be allowed to get married after obtaining permission from the court.

Marriage is not formalized if one of the prospective spouses is already married, if the prospective spouses are direct blood ascendants or descendants, if the prospective spouses are brothers and sisters and half-brothers and half-sisters. Adoptive parents may not marry adoptees, nor may adoptees adopted by one person marry each other.

Notes:

A minister of religion from a church, congregation or association of congregations has the right to refuse to marry prospective spouses if either of them does not conform to the terms and conditions for entering into marriage in accordance with the religious confession applicable in the church, congregation or association of congregations.
Estonian law is followed in case citizens of two different countries decided to get married in Estonia.

FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to UseEdit

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Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

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InstructionsEdit

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required InformationEdit

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

Following is a procedure on how you can apply to get married in Estonia.

Information which might helpEdit

New Surname after marriage:

may be the same as that of the spouse, which shall be the surname last used by one spouse prior to the marriage;
may consist of the last surname used prior to marriage followed by the family name of the spouse.

External LinksEdit

https://www.eesti.ee/eng/topics/citizen/perekond/abielu/abiellumine

http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/Contraction-of-marriage

OthersEdit

More information which might help people.