Registration of Divorce Abroad

• For the registration of divorce by mutual consent of spouses who do not have minor children:

1)  Application for state registration of divorce;

2) Identity documents of the parties, or electronic documents from the digital document service, of those divorcing (for verification);

3) Marriage certificate;

4) Original document confirming the payment of the consular fee.

• For the registration of divorce based on a court decision with persons declared missing, incapacitated, or with persons sentenced for a crime to imprisonment for at least three years:

1) Application for the registration of divorce by one of the spouses based on a court decision that has come into legal force declaring the spouse missing, incapacitated, or partially incapacitated, as well as a court sentence convicting the spouse of a crime and sentencing them to imprisonment for at least three years;

2) Identity document of the applicant (for verification);

3) Court decision or sentence that has come into legal force declaring the spouse missing or incapacitated, or a court sentence convicting the spouse of a crime and sentencing them to imprisonment for at least three years (for verification);

4) Marriage certificate;

5) Original document confirming the payment of the consular fee.

Documents issued or certified by a competent institution of a foreign state or by a specially authorized person within their competence and in the prescribed form, affixed with the official seal of the foreign state, are accepted only after undergoing a special certification procedure (legalization or apostille). This requirement for legalization/apostille does not apply to citizens of states that are parties to the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters, signed in Minsk on January 22, 1993, and the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters, signed in Chisinau on October 7, 2002.

• After a one-month period from the date of submission of the joint application by the individuals;

• The state registration of divorce with a person declared missing, incapacitated, or convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment for at least three years is carried out after a 45-day period from the date the second spouse receives notification from the service provider, who is in custody, or the guardian of the incapacitated spouse, or the guardian of the property of the spouse declared missing;

• If additional verification of documents is necessary, the service period is extended by no more than 30 calendar days, with the service recipient being notified within 3 calendar days from the moment of the extension of the review period.