Applying for a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German citizens with domicile or habitual residence abroad

If you wish to marry abroad, there may be a legal standard in the country where you intend to marry that requires you to present such a certificate.

The registry office 1 in Berlin is responsible for issuing a certificate of no impediment to marriage for this group of persons (German citizens with residence or habitual abode abroad).

• § 13 PStG
• § 39 PStG
• § Section 1309 (1) sentences 1 and 2 BGB

• § Section 39 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)

• The requirements, type and format of the evidence to be provided and the examination of the marriage requirements are governed by German law, as for a German citizen.
• Evidence must be provided in the form of public documents:
  • The civil status
  • Domicile, habitual residence
  • The nationality
  • As well as, if applicable, the last marriages and/or civil partnerships and their dissolution

• The person must have German citizenship.
• You must have your domicile and habitual residence abroad
• The intended marriage is to take place abroad
• The intended marriage must not be prevented by any impediment to marriage under German law

An application for a certificate of no impediment to marriage is submitted to the competent registry office 1 in Berlin. If the examination shows that there is no impediment to the intended marriage under German law and the necessary personal details of both parties to the marriage have been provided, the registry office will issue the requested certificate of no impediment.

State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs - Registry Office I in Berlin

Schönstedtstraße 5

13357 Berlin

Phone: 030 115