Uganda - Contracting a Civil Marriage

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Procedure

HOW TO APPLY

1. An Intending couple should appear in person before the Registrar of Marriages for their district for an interview.
2. The intending couple should fill a Notice of Marriage before a Registrar of Marriages Marriage Notice
3. You will then be issued an assessment forms to make payments at any bank of their choice.
4. The register will then make a public notification of the Marriage by publishing it on the Registrar of Marriages’ notice board for 21 calendar days.
5. If there are no objection to the notice of marriage, the marriage will be registered and the ceremony should takes place after 21 calendar days but not before the lapse of 90 calendar days. Marriages are celebrated from Monday to Friday, between 10 am and 4 pm, The parties appear with two witnesses before the Registrar who performs the ceremony and thereafter issues them with a Marriage Certificate

NOTE

• If there is an objection, a caveat is placed and the matter is referred to court for settlement
• Alternatively, a client can exercise the self-assessment option by logging on to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) website at www.ura.go.ug

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Required Documents

• Proof of nationality for example a voter’s card, passport or national identification card.
• An LC 1 letter to prove residence in any district of Uganda for at least 15 days in the district in which the marriage is intended to be solemnized.
• A passport size photograph for identification.
• Marriage affidavits that conform with S.10 of the Marriage Act
• In case of foreign nationals, a letter from your Civil Registration or Vital Statistics Office confirming that the party is not married.
   

Where parties are between 18 and 21 years, they should in addition to 2 above submit:

• A birth certificate to prove parentage.
• A consent letter from the father or mother or legal guardian
• A photocopy of the identification of the consenting authority

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry for Justice & Constitutional Affairs - Head Office ,
Bauman House, Plot 5
Parliament Avenue,
Kampala, Uganda
Address PO Box 7183,
Parliament Avenue,
Kampala
Phone:+256-41 230537/8/9
Fax:+256-41-254829, 230802
Email: [email protected]
Website: Link

Uganda Registration Services Bureau - Head Office,
Uganda Business Facilitation Centre
Plot 1 Baskerville Avenue,
Kololo,
Kampala
Toll Free: 0800 100 006
Call Center: +256 417 338 100
Phone: +256 414 233 219 / 0417338000
Fax: +256 414 250 712
Email: [email protected] (General Correspondences)
Email: [email protected] (For Enquiries)
Website:Link

Eligibility

• Intending couples should be single, above 18 years and not parties to subsisting marriages

Fees

CIVIL REGISTRATION FEES

Validity

• After 90 days it expiries then the registration starts again

Documents to Use

Notice of marriage

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• After 21 days of public notification

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Instructions

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Required Information

• Full names of the couple
• Date of birth of the couple
• Residential address of the couple
• Religion of the couples
• Parents names of both the couples
• Nationality of the couples

Need for the Document

• Registration of a marriage is a legal obligation for couples who intend to get married in Uganda, for the marriage to be recognised as a legal marriage

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External Links

Registration Service
uganda Revenue Authority

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