At a glance
Points of service
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Fees
18 €
Deadline of completion
8 days
Description
Basic information
Competent body
Provided to
Related links
Validity duration
6 months
Notes
Last update
12/03/2025
Application
Application Type
Submission by:
Submitted by:
Title
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document
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A certificate from the relevant Consular or other competent authority that there is no impediment to ...
Certificate
A certificate from the relevant Consular or other competent authority that there is no impediment to the marriage of the foreigner concerned.
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Persons
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2
Birth certificate issued from their country and translated into Greek. ...
Certification
Birth certificate issued from their country and translated into Greek.
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Persons
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3
Proof of residence (telephone or electricity bill, wage slip) ...
Proof of Residence
Proof of residence (telephone or electricity bill, wage slip)
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Public bodies
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4
Photocopy of Passport, Residence Permit or Residence Certificates ...
Residence Permit
Photocopy of Passport, Residence Permit or Residence Certificates
Notes: A prerequisite for the submission of supporting documents is the presentation by the foreigner of any official document (visa, residence permit, passport, etc.), which shows that he/she is legally residing in our country (the Ministry of Migration Policy and Asylum is responsible for this).
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5
Marriage announcement in a local daily newspaper of the municipality of residence ...
Notification / Announcement / Reporting
Marriage announcement in a local daily newspaper of the municipality of residence
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Persons
Notes: Submission of the sheet of the newspaper with the publication.
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Photocopy of passport or birth certificate of the future spouse ...
Identification document
Photocopy of passport or birth certificate of the future spouse
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Persons
Notes: In case the future spouse is a foreigner
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7
Divorce statement translated into Greek ...
Certification (conditional)
Divorce statement translated into Greek
Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by: Persons
Document submitted under requirements: Yes
Document’s requirement: Family
Requirements
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Administrative
Submission of an application for a marriage licence by the person concerned. The application must contain the personal data, listed in the first paragraph of Article 1369 AK, of both the person submitting the application and the other person with whom the marriage is to take place.
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Age
Any person who has completed the 18th year of his or her age (adult) shall be capable of any legal act.
It is mandatory:
a) an extract of the applicants birth certificate from the country of birth, showing the date and year of birth b) in case the applicant is a minor, a declaration of the person having custody of the applicant, a certified copy of a final court decision granting such consent on the grounds that the person having custody has refused to give it, or a statement by the person having custody or a declaration by the latter, the consent is given either to a notary public or to the magistrate of the minors place of residence, who shall verify, on the basis of documentary evidence attached to the instrument drawn up by them, the authority of the person giving consent; if the consent is given by the father and the mother, their signature, certified by the police, on the application is sufficient.
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Time limit
Third party complaints.
In any case where an application for a marriage licence is submitted, the mayor or the president of the municipality must wait for one week from the day of filing the application for the possible complaint by a third party of the lack of a positive condition in the person of the applicant or of the existence of a marriage impediment in the person of the applicant or in his/her relations with the person with whom he/she is to be married. The complaint shall be made by any person in writing and shall be examined if it is accompanied by serious evidence of the facts complained of or is in the form of a declaration in the form of a solemn declaratio under Law 105/1969.
If a similar complaint is lodged, the mayor or the president of the municipality shall without delay invite the person concerned to oppose it.
Fees
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Administrative fee for the issue of a civil marriage licence
18 €
e-Administrative Fee code 2386
Cost Calculation One-off
Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post
Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee
Fee Link Link
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Judicial redress
Output & Results
Output
Steps
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1
In-person submission of the application by the person concerned
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description In-person submission of the application by the person concerned for the issue of a marriage licence and other supporting documents
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Verification of the completeness of the supporting documents.
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description Verification of the completeness of the supporting documents. The licence shall be issued after it has been investigated whether the legal conditions for the marriage have been met and whether the announcement has been made.
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Receipt and filing of the application
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description Provided that the supporting documents are checked and the conditions for granting the licence are fulfilled, a protocol number shall be given to the citizen.
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Return of the application and the attached supporting documents
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description In case the supporting documents are checked and they do not include what is required or in case the conditions for granting the licence are not fulfilled, the citizen shall be entitled to an application with the supporting documents attached; instruction shall be given for the completion of the supporting documents and for the re-initiation of the procedure.
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Complaints by third parties
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description The service for the issue of marriage licences must wait for one week from the date of the submission of the application by a third party, the lack of a positive condition from the person concerned or the existence of an impediment to marriage concerning the person himself/herself or related with him/her; the complaint shall be filed by any person in writing and shall be examined, provided that it is accompanied by serious evidence proving the situation complained of or made in the form of a solemn declaration under Law 105/1969.
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Non-submission of a third party complaint
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
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Invitation to the citizen
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Description If a similar complaint is lodged, the mayor or the president of the municipality shall without delay invite the person concerned to refute it.
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Successful response to the citizen's complaints
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
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Failure to grant licence as a result of an impediment to a marriage
Responsible for Implementation Mayor
Μethod of Implementation Signature
Description Non-granting of licence due to impediment to marriage
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Granting of a marriage licence
Responsible for Implementation Mayor
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description Immediately after completion of the one-week period referred to in the preceding Article, without the lodging of any complaints, or, in the event of complaints, immediately after the hearing of the spouse of which they relate and in any event within a reasonable period of time from the date on which the mayor was invited and did not arrive, he/she mayor must grant the licence without further delay.
Other information
Alternative titles
Official title
Languages supported
Legislation
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Law 1250/1982 (Government Gazette 46/Α) Articles 1,2
Description Establishment of civil marriage
Legal references Link
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Presidential Decree 456/1984 (Government Gazette 164/Α) Articles 1368, 1369,1370
Description Civil Code
Legal references Link
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Presidential Decree 391/1982 (Government Gazette 73/Α) Articles 1-4
Description Determination of detailed rules on the conduction of civil marriages, the granting of a marriage permit and the content of the confirmatory act on the conduct of civil or religious marriages.
Legal references Link
