Required Documents for Marriage Registration
Applicants who have reached the legal marriage age must submit:
- an application for marriage registration;
- identity documents or an electronic document from the digital documents service (for verification);
- in case of marriage between a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a foreign national, along with the foreigner’s identity document, a notarized translation of the document into Kazakh or Russian must be provided;
- certificates of legal capacity to marry (not required if information is available in the Civil Registry Information System);
- a document confirming termination of a previous marriage (if applicable):
- divorce certificate, or
- court decision on divorce with a note on its legal force, or
- death certificate of a spouse, or
- court decision declaring the marriage invalid, or declaring a spouse deceased or missing (for verification);
- the original document confirming payment of the consular fee;
- if necessary to shorten or extend the legally established marriage registration period, additional documents confirming the grounds must be submitted, such as:
- medical certificate of pregnancy,
- health certificate,
- copy of a child’s birth certificate,
- or other documents confirming special circumstances.