Sweden - Single Status Certificate / Certificate of No Impediment

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Procedure

You have to observe all of the instructions listed below with careful consideration if you want your application to be accurate and complete.

• You apply for the hindersprvning at an office of the Swedish Tax Agency (tax office) and National Registration, Skatteverket.
• When visiting the tax office both of you have to be present and able to prove your identity by showing a valid passport in its original edition. Citizens of the European Union have the option of proving their identity with a certain national identity card.

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Required Documents

• 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.

Office Locations & Contacts

Tax Agency Contacts

Embassies and consulates listed by country

Embassies and consulates listed by city

Eligibility

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'.

Fees

Swedish Kronor.735.00

Validity

The Certificate of No Impediment is valid for four months.

Documents to Use

Impediments - Application and declaration SKV 7880

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Instructions

If you want to be able to marry in Sweden you have to apply for a hindersprvning (hindersprvning is the same thing as a certificate establishing that there are no impediments for you to get married in Sweden; a Certificate of No Impediment). The hindersprvning has to be approved before the wedding takes place if the marriage shall be considered as legally enforceable.

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

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'.

Information which might help

Inquiry into impediments to marriage

Before a couple can marry the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) must conduct an inquiry into impediments to marriage (hindersprvning). To bring about the inquiry, the couple must, themselves, file a written request to the Swedish Tax Agency. Application forms, unfortunately only in Swedish, can be found at the Agencys website.

According to Swedish law, the following conditions are considered impediments to marriage:

• being under the age of 18 (the County Administrative Board (Lnsstyrelsen) can grant an exception from this rule),
• being married or a registered partner with another person than the one you are about to marry, or
• being a close relative to the person youre going to marry (a lineal direct ascendant or descendant, or a full sibling; adopted siblings are considered as full siblings by the law, but can get permission, from the County Administrative Board, to marry).

When the Swedish Tax Agency has made the inquiry into impediments to marriage, it issues a certificate showing that the inquiry is completed and, if all goes well, a marriage certificate. The certificate is valid for four months from the date of certification. The certificates are to be given to the official conducting the marriage ceremony.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

This document will most likely be required as a supporting document if you are getting married in a foreign country.

This document can also be required for employment in a foreign country.

External Links

Government Offices of Sweden

Sweden Abroad

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Swedish Tax Office (Skatteverket)

Others

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.