Procedure for registration and deadlines for obtaining a certificate of absence of marriage

What is the essence of the document

A certificate from the civil registry office confirming the absence of state registration of a marriage is drawn up based on a specific form. It requires the mandatory inclusion in the document of information:

• registration information - number, date of registration and issue;
• personal data of the person for whom the certificate is issued;
• the name of the authorized body that issued the document, whose database was used to compile it;
• signature of the responsible employee and seal of the authority.

A certificate confirming the absence of state registration of marriage indicates that at the time of its issuance the recipient has the status of a single person. This is a document containing information from official sources, prepared by government agencies authorized to access the database. It is relevant only in the original format, since copies have no legal significance.

Where to get?

To obtain a document confirming the absence of marriage ties, you should contact one of the following authorities:

• MARRIAGE REGISTRY;
• MFC (My Documents);
• State Services portal;
• notary.

Previously, the issuance of such a certificate was exclusively carried out by the registry office, but today there is a choice of authority. The timing of paper production and some other nuances depend on it. However, the certificate will be issued in the same format and meets all requirements.

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When may it be required

A certificate confirming the absence of state registration of marriage is issued in circumstances requiring legal registration. It is included in the set of documentation required for all types of transactions with movable or immovable property, as well as if you intend to become the owner of a share of a business entity in LLC status. The information content of the paper in this case allows you to determine the type of property, and also justifies the absence of another certificate in the package of documents - the spouse’s permission to carry out the operation.

Without a conclusion on marital status, it will not be possible to create an official social unit outside the Russian Federation. Such legal requirements eliminate the possibility of polygamy, when a person has a spouse in his own country and in another state. The paper will be needed to submit to the military registration and enlistment office, as well as when creating a package to initiate legal proceedings to reduce the amount of alimony payments or when applying for social benefits.

Why would you need it?

Firstly, to marry a citizen of another country. According to the legislation of some countries, relationships may be refused to be registered if there is no evidence of the absence of marriage ties previously concluded under the laws of another country. A certificate of absence of marriage registration will be required in any country, regardless of whether both people wishing to get married are citizens of the Russian Federation or just one. It will be needed by representatives of the authorities of another country involved in the official registration of marriages, and will serve as the basis for allowing the marriage to take place. Such requirements are imposed on those wishing to get married in accordance with the laws of another state to exclude possible polygamy or polyandry, which, most often, does not comply with the laws of many countries.

Secondly , conducting various types of transactions, including the purchase/sale of real estate or movable property, transfer of shares in a business. Donation, inheritance, pledge and any other legally significant action may require confirmation that the parties to the transaction do not have a spouse or marital obligations. When resolving property issues, this certificate will be required when determining the type of property.

Thirdly , so that a woman raising a child alone can count on state assistance, which is provided to single mothers. It will be necessary to prove your right to the corresponding benefits during the process of applying for them, which means confirming the absence of an official spouse.

Where can I apply for registration?

A certificate confirming the absence of state registration of marriage is issued by civil registry authorities. A request can be made:

• directly;
• through any service authorized to reduce the burden on government institutions - “State Services” or MFC;
• at a notary;
• at the consulate.

With each scheme for obtaining it, a certain procedure should be taken into account, allowing the issue to be resolved quickly and without numerous grueling visits to authorities, as well as wasting time and extra money.

"Government Services"

Through “State Services” a certificate of non-marriage can only be ordered, and the applicant will have to receive it personally at the registry office at the place of registration. Authorized authorities in some Russian regions provide the opportunity to arrange for document delivery by mail. This is convenient for recipients who cannot visit institutions in person because they actually live in other cities.

The service can be used by persons who have a confirmed account on the service portal and access to worldwide networks. To do this you need:

1. Open the main page of the official Gosuslugi website.
2. Log in to the portal by clicking on the “Login” button and entering your username and password.
3. Go to the services menu.
4. Open the section covering family and children issues.
5. In the menu that opens, follow the link that activates access to registration of services in the user’s region.
6. Select the section for issuing certificates.
7. Click on the “Consideration of applications” link and the “Get service” button.
8. Select applicant type.
9. Upload scanned or photographed versions of the requested documentation.
10. Fill out your passport and contact information in the form that opens.
11. Click on the line “Personal and archival references”.
12. Select the “Providing address and reference information” section.
13. Mark by clicking the dot “Make a new application”.
14. Fill out an application, some of the information in which is entered into the form automatically.

State Services prepares a certificate of absence of defects within 30 days, calculated from the date of registration of the request with the organization working on the response to the request. During this time, the submitted documents are checked, checked against the database data, a notification is sent about the need to reload the missing papers, and the document is processed.

MFC

A certificate confirming the absence of state registration of marriage can be ordered at any branch of the MFC. To receive the service you need to have a passport or an alternative document with you:

• resident card;
• certificate of a temporary nature, refugee, military personnel or sailor;
• temporary residence permit.

The algorithm for carrying out the procedure is standard and consists of submitting a set of papers to the MFC, whose employees transfer them to the registry office, where a certificate is issued. After its preparation, the applicant is notified by the method specified in the application about the need to go to the institution and receive the ordered document.

MARRIAGE REGISTRY

An individual with Russian citizenship has the right to apply to the registry office to obtain a certificate of non-marriage. To do this, you need to submit an appropriate application and attach documents confirming the fact of the absence of your spouse. It takes employees of the authorized body up to one day to consider the appeal.

To the notary

A notary is usually approached for a certificate if all other authorities have refused to issue it. The method of document execution is also relevant when the person who needs it is abroad. In such a situation, you will have to contact representatives of the Russian state at the consulate.

The notary and consular employees do not have access to the civil registry office database. Therefore, the certificate is issued through these authorities on the basis of the information provided by the applicant.

Specialists analyze the condition of the applicant’s passport, the presence of special marks in it, as well as certificates of divorce or death of the spouse. After a comprehensive assessment of the information, a certificate is drawn up. It must contain the signature of the person to whom it was issued. It confirms that the applicant has provided all documentation relevant to his civil status and that it is correct. To obtain such a certificate, you need to follow the algorithm:

1. Submit an application.
2. Contact a notary.
3. Receive a certified application.

A certificate issued by a notary does not guarantee the accuracy of the information displayed. Since it is entered into the document from the words of the applicant, confirmed by the papers that he considered necessary to provide. The employee who prepares it can only make sure that the person applying for the service is really the person for whom the documents were presented. The information in the certificate is entered from the papers provided by the applicant.

Affidavit of non-marriage

An affidavit is a notarial document executed under oath in the presence of a notary. The information content of the paper contains information that the registry office does not have a record of state registration of marriage. It can include information that the person previously had a marital status that was canceled by a court decision, and that he is currently officially single or unmarried. To obtain an affidavit you must:

1. Contact a notary.
2. Show him an identity document, which is usually a passport.
3. In the presence of a specialist, draw up a statement and sign it.

Documentation of this type is prepared separately or as an addition to the main certificate, which is important when planning a marriage abroad. Such requirements are due to the lack of a unified database for all state registration bodies. By filling out a request, a person receives a certificate confirming the fact that the marriage is not registered in a specific registry office. For this reason, confirmation that it was not issued in another institution is an affidavit.

Sample certificate of civil status of the Russian Federation

The civil status certificate has a specific form. To understand what data is indicated in it, you should study the sample.

The document must contain the following information:

• certificate name and number;
• Full name of the interested person;
• name of the authority that issued the document;
• date of issue;
• signature of the person who issued the paper;
• authority seal.

A sample translation of a certificate of non-marriage into English is available.

What documents are required to obtain

To obtain a certificate confirming single status, the applicant needs:

• fill out an application requesting the issuance of paper;
• submit documents confirming the identity and absence of the spouse, as well as a payment slip for the fee.

The application is drawn up in the name of the head of the institution to which it is submitted. It also contains information about the applicant, his passport details and registration address. When preparing a document, abbreviations, errors or corrections are not allowed, otherwise it will not be considered.

Sample application for issuing a certificate.

The identity of the applicant is confirmed by a passport, and the fact of the absence of a spouse is confirmed by a certificate of divorce, death of the other half or a court decision on death. If the application is not submitted by a personally interested citizen, then a power of attorney must be included in the set of papers.

When submitting an application, you must have originals and photocopied versions of documents with you, which will speed up the process of obtaining a certificate. If the papers require notarization, then the procedure should be carried out in advance. At the time of contacting the institution, they should be complete, and you will not have to waste time on filling out and preparing missing or incompetently drawn up papers.

Confirming the fact of single status is the absence of a stamp in the passport on marriage registration indicating the spouse’s data or the presence of a mark on its dissolution. Therefore, a passport can be considered a document confirming or refuting the existence of marriage obligations.

In some cases, employees of the institution authorized to issue the certificate consider the absence of a marriage mark in the passport or the provided death certificate of the spouse to be insufficient. They argue about the possibility of remarrying later. In this case, you should contact a notary and draw up an affidavit that has legal force and confirms the absence of a registered relationship.

How to correctly draw up a notarized declaration of non-marriage

A notarized statement of absence of marriage is a document certifying that a citizen does not have an official marriage relationship registered on the territory of the Russian Federation at the present time. How to file an application, how much does it cost, for how long is it issued?

How to obtain a statement about the absence of a registered marriage from the registry office

Marriage imposes some restrictions on transactions concerning property acquired jointly by a married couple.

Conducting such transactions by one of the spouses requires the consent of the second representative of the couple.

If there is no stamp on the marriage union in the passport, an unfounded statement that the marriage was not registered and the official spouse does not exist is not accepted: a document must be provided.

It is this document that is called a statement of absence of marriage, or a certificate, without which it is impossible to conduct transactions with property that is jointly owned by a married couple (Article 35 of the RF IC):

This document is especially often required by Russian citizens living abroad. The laws of some countries also require the provision of a certificate of absence of marital relations when nationals of these countries marry citizens of the Russian Federation. Single mothers, applying for benefits with this status, must confirm the absence of an official marriage.

The presence of a statement about the absence of marriage registration allows the bearer of this document to complete a real estate transaction in accordance with the requirements of the law, as well as in the future to protect their rights from the claims of the husband or wife.

A certificate of absence of marriage is not required if the real estate is in the personal property of one of the spouses. It is necessary to take such a document in case of filing a claim in court on the issue of claiming alimony.

Obtaining a certificate is regulated by the Law of the Russian Federation of November 12, 2012 No. 183 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts...”.

Procedure

If the registry office refuses to receive the paper, then you can contact a notary office for a similar service. If living abroad, a citizen of the Russian Federation has the right to initiate an application to the consulate of the Russian Federation.

The consulate, like the notary, does not have the ability to check the database, therefore it does not issue a certificate of celibacy, but draws up an application based on the internal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, and is not responsible for the truth of the information. All that the representatives of the representative office can do is verify the person’s identity.

A declaration of absence of marriage is an alternative to the official notification of the civil registry.

This is a simple document drawn up in Russian and based only on the personal data provided by the applicant.

In the event that a document is needed to be presented abroad, a translation into the language of the country where the paper is provided will be required, followed by notarized confirmation of the identity of the original.

Since there is no general registry office database for the entire country, and it is impossible to check the status of citizens who applied in another locality using the record book, you can contact a notary, who will draw up an application and certify its signature. If the spouse or wife has died and there is a marriage stamp in the passport, then the death certificate will be proof of the applicant’s freedom.

The procedure for using the services of a notary is as follows: arrive with all the papers, draw up an application on a special form, put a personal signature, which will be certified by a notary. In this case, the application will be processed on the day of application.

Required documents

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• divorce certificate (if available);
• death certificate of the spouse (if available);
• application with a request to issue a certificate of unmarriage, celibacy.

The application must include the required information. The more complete and accurate the information is, the easier and faster it will be to check and issue a certificate.

It is important to indicate exactly the name of the branch of the civil registry office where the divorce took place; it is advisable to indicate the identification number of the entry in the registration book.

Particular attention should be paid to clarifying the applicant’s last name during the verification period, if the woman has been married several times and changed it. For the search to be effective, the accuracy of the source data must be one hundred percent.

An official certificate issued by the Civil Registry Office does not require notarization.

Currently, it is possible, without any problems, with the help of a notary, to draw up an application from the citizen himself, from whose words the paper is drawn up.

In this case, no verification is carried out; the statement of absence of marriage is confirmed only by documents that the applicant can provide to confirm the fact of his freedom from family ties.

A declaration of absence of marriage is a document that requires mandatory certification by a notary. If he has no doubt about the complete identification of the person, then the notary specialist will without hesitation certify the applicant’s signature.

How much does the service cost?

Obtaining a certificate from the registry office is a paid service: the state fee is 200 rubles. (clause 7, article 1 333.26 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation), but this amount is insignificant and is available to everyone who will deal with their problem personally through the registry office or through the MFC.

If circumstances do not allow you to find time to visit the registry office where the data on the divorce are recorded, then the applicant has the right to have the notary deal with this issue independently: it is necessary to draw up a power of attorney for the representative of the notary office. The cost of such a procedure will be 1,200 rubles, plus you will have to pay about 1,500 rubles for the services of a notary company to obtain a certificate.

Terms and procedure for considering an application for provision

After receiving the package of documents by the authorized body, they are submitted for consideration to the responsible specialist, whose competence is to evaluate and analyze the contents of the application and the set of papers attached to it. After completion of the inspection, if there are no comments to the applicant, information is entered into the unified state register of the civil registry office. Then the application is automatically generated. Its columns are filled with information content by a specialist.

Sometimes during the initial check it turns out that there are no papers without which it is impossible to correctly draw up a certificate. Then an employee of the authorized body notifies the applicant that the public service cannot be provided, indicates the reasons and offers to eliminate them. If there is no response from the applicant, the documents are returned to him. At his request, it is possible to issue a written refusal to issue a certificate.

"Government Services"

An electronic application through the State Services portal for the issuance of a certificate is considered within a month after its registration in the system (one day is allocated for this). The maximum period for preparing a document according to this scheme is 30 days.

MFC

Submitting an application for a certificate through the MFC is regarded as a written request to receive a service. 30 calendar days are allocated for its consideration.

MARRIAGE REGISTRY

If a person interested in receiving a certificate applies in person, registration of the application and its consideration are carried out on the day the package of papers is submitted. The requested document can be processed and issued immediately.

Notary

Notarization of a certificate of absence of marriage takes place after evaluation and analysis of the provided documentation package. The procedure is carried out at an appointment with a specialist, for which a certain time is allocated, since with notaries it is by appointment. Therefore, the applicant can expect to receive the document within a maximum of half an hour after applying.

Obtaining a certificate of absence of marriage: when necessary, cost, how to certify it with a notary

In addition to the marriage certificate, you may need a rather specific document certifying the absence of an officially registered marriage relationship. It is valid for a limited time, that is, it indicates the absence of a spouse at the moment. The procedure for filing an application, the cost and validity period of the document will be discussed later in the article.

The presence of a spouse becomes a kind of obstacle to transactions related to jointly acquired property. Such legal restrictions are provided in order to protect the wife or husband, to prevent illegal actions, concealment of income, sale of housing without knowledge, etc. All these operations require the consent of the second representative of the couple.

Even if there is no stamp in the passport, this does not mean that the spouse does not exist. A statement that is not supported by documents is unfounded, so most social, financial, government and other organizations require a special, notarized, official document.

Legally, it is called a “declaration of absence of marriage.” Without this certificate, no property transaction will take place if the property is owned by a married couple.

The category of such operations includes:

• mortgage registration;
• sale or purchase of real estate;
• collateral or rent agreement;
• registration of deed of gift;
• agreement of lifelong maintenance with dependent housing, etc.

Most often, this paper is requested by citizens of the Russian Federation living abroad. Additionally, in some countries, banks (and not only) require a certificate indicating the absence of marriage to citizens of that state. For single mothers, a similar procedure is also provided in the process of applying for social benefits.

A declaration of absence of marriage will allow the bearer to do with his property what he sees fit without breaking the law. In addition, in the future his rights will be protected from the claims of his former or current spouse.

Personal property is obviously protected from any disputes, so here you can do without a certificate. It may be required if you have to act as a defendant in court in a case seeking alimony.

Procedure

A certificate indicating the absence of a marital relationship at the time of concluding a property transaction is obtained from the registry office or through the MFC.

In the first case, the applicant himself directly contacts the authority at the place of residence, where the employee finds the relevant information in the database.

The multifunctional center is a universal organization that has direct relations with the registry office, so you can also contact them there.

It is possible that the civil registry office staff will refuse to issue such a certificate, then the option remains with a notary. When the process takes place abroad, a Russian citizen will have to send a corresponding request to the Russian consulate.

These institutions are not authorized to check such information against databases, so the result of applying there will not be a certificate of celibacy, but a completely different document.

Here an application will be submitted based on the citizen’s passport data, and the accuracy of the information cannot be verified. The only measure is confirmation of the applicant’s identity.

The declaration of absence of marriage today has become a replacement for the notice of the registry office. This paper is drawn up in Russian and is based on the personal data of the citizen who applied for it. What a person presented when applying is the information that will be considered by the government agency. To make transactions abroad, the document is translated into the desired foreign language and at the same time certified by a notary.

There is no unified civil registry office database; therefore, it is not possible to check data from another locality. In this case, you have to contact a notary, he will draw up an application according to all the rules and certify the signature of the person applying. In the event of the death of a spouse, a death certificate will be proof of the absence of a marital relationship.

Having presented with the completed documents, the applicant will be able to pick up the paper from the notary on the day of application.

Required documents

All you need to provide:

• passport;
• certificate of divorce;
• confirmation of the death of a wife or husband;
• application for a certificate of celibacy.

More complete information ensures simple and quick data verification by executive departments. The issuance of the certificate will be speeded up by sending specialists to the desired department of the registry office, exactly the one where the divorce was registered. Since all certificates are numbered, it would not be amiss to indicate unique numerical values, which again will make the task easier and speed up the process.

Do not forget that women who get married in most cases change their surname. And with repeated marriages, the tracks can get confused, so accurate search results will provide reliable data, and at every stage.

A certificate from the registry office does not need to be certified by a notary. But the application can be drawn up from the words of the citizen himself without any problems in a notary’s office. The data is not verified in the traditional way; it can only be verified through the documents provided.

Price

When independently obtaining a certificate of absence of marriage, the state fee is the only expense for the applicant. Without payment of this payment, the submitted set of documentation will not be considered, and, as a consequence of this, the requested paper will not be processed and issued. The state fee for issuing certificates, the preparation of which requires requests from the archives, corresponds to 200 rubles. Additional costs may include:

• translation of the certificate into the native language of the state of the institution for submission to which it is intended - from 500 rubles;
• document certification - from 800 rubles;
• affixing an apostille to the Civil Registry Office - state duty and possible costs of up to 1,300 rubles.

Sometimes the person interested in obtaining a certificate does not have the opportunity to independently resolve documentary issues. Then you can contact a specialized company, whose specialists will complete all the work for an amount of 2,000 rubles. Additionally, you can order a certificate delivery service to your address.

What is the price?

For the work of government agencies issuing a certificate, you are required to pay a state fee, which is 200 rubles . There are usually no additional costs. Payment must be made before submitting the application in order to attach the receipt immediately at the time of document execution. If this is not done, the registry office staff will first ask you to pay the fee, then accept the application.

As a result, you can obtain a certificate of civil status from several authorities. To do this, you should prepare a certain set of documents and draw up an application. The cost of registration is low, and the choice of the responsible authority remains with the interested party. If the document is not used as needed within 3 months, it will expire and will have to be issued again.

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Payment options

State Services allows you to pay for a certificate of absence of marriage directly from the portal. A financial transaction can be carried out:

• according to the transfer scheme using details from a bank card with payment systems MasterCard, Visa, Mir;
• from the Webmoney electronic wallet;
• from the balance of a mobile phone of federal operators.

When preparing an information document under other schemes, payment is made at the cash desk of a financial institution using the details. Or through the online banking service through a transfer from a bank or card account.

Existing alternative

The procedure for registering a marriage, as well as its subsequent dissolution, is accompanied by putting appropriate marks in the person’s passport. Therefore, if this document has a stamp confirming the divorce, or if there are no marks at all, this may already be evidence of the absence of marriage.

If there is still a stamp in the document, but the person is a widower, then a death certificate can serve as proof. But this document is rarely taken into account, since it does not at all prove that after this the applicant did not start a new family.

Passport page marital status

How long is it valid for?

According to the requirements of Russian registry offices, the validity period of a certificate of absence of marriage is 3 months. At the time of submitting documents to resolve the issue for which the document was drawn up, it must be valid.

However, according to the requirements of some states, the deadlines can be reduced to 30 days. This is relevant if the purpose of obtaining a certificate was to carry out the procedure of marriage with a foreigner in a foreign country. The need for more up-to-date information is due to the fact that claims for marriage after publication of an event in the media can be filed within a month.

Sample certificate of absence of marriage registration.

Can a notary require a fee to certify an application?

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Yulia Dymova, legal consultant of the secondary real estate department of Est-a-Tet, answers:

The notary has the right to demand everything that is necessary for the transaction, since he is responsible for it. The current legislation states that the consent of the spouse must be drawn up in a notarial form, and everything else is left to the discretion of the parties.

Lawyer Valery Vechkanov answers:

When purchasing an apartment, as well as any other real estate, the legislation has now exempted the buyer (even if he is married) from the need to provide the consent of his spouse to the transaction (as was the case before).

Moreover, if the buyer is not married, then no statement is required from him, much less a notarized statement that the buyer is single.

Thus, the notary’s demand to certify such a statement for money cannot be legal.

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Natalya Kiseleva, legal adviser of the Academichesky office of the secondary market department of INCOM-Real Estate, answers:

Normative acts regulating the activities of notaries do not provide for the mandatory nature of this notarial action when certifying transactions. For state registration of the buyer's property rights, the provision of a citizen's statement that he is not married is not required, therefore a possible reference to the requirement of the registering authority is also unlawful.

By certifying the application, the notary only certifies the authenticity of the applicant’s signature; therefore, the requirement for mandatory notarization and payment of the state fee for this action is unlawful.

To create his archive on the transaction, the notary has the right to require the signing of such a statement in simple written form.

But, unfortunately, in practice, a notary may refuse to certify a transaction if you refuse to notarize a statement about the absence of a marital relationship.

Yulia Simanovskaya, Director of the Department of Legal Support of Transactions at Tekta Group, answers:

In this case, the notary's demand is unauthorized. To register a transaction, a simple written statement from the buyer stating that at the time of purchasing the property he is not legally married will be sufficient.

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Elena Mishchenko, head of the city real estate department of the northeastern branch, answers:

When notarizing an apartment purchase and sale agreement, the notary has the right to ask for a statement that the seller was not married on the day of purchasing the apartment or share in it, although this statement is not required for registration.

This statement is necessary for the buyer to be sure that he is a bona fide purchaser, and the rights of the seller’s wife are not violated when selling the apartment. I think that is why the notary gave your application to the realtor for transfer to the buyer. The notary retains information that this application was signed by the seller.

In case of litigation, the notary will confirm that the seller gave the appropriate statement. The prices for certification of this application are approximately the same and range on average from 1000 to 1500 rubles in Moscow.

A request to make a statement that you were not married indicates the competence of the realtor and certainly does not constitute fraud on the part of the realtor or notary.

Answered by lawyer, K. Yu. n. Yulia Verbitskaya:

A notary, accompanying a transaction and especially certifying it, has the right to demand from the parties (seller and buyer) documents necessary and sufficient to confirm their status.

The absence of a stamp in a passport is not always proof of the absence of a marriage (for example, after marriage, the passport was lost, a new one was received, and this new document does not contain a stamp indicating the presence of a registered marriage, despite the fact that this marriage actually and legally exists).

Thus, the notary’s requirement in this case is legal: he carefully checks all the documents for the transaction and excludes the possibility of its subsequent challenge.

Regarding the distribution of expenses, you can agree on them from the other side. If you want to have a copy of the consent you have given, you have the right to ask the notary to make you a copy of this document (and in this case the notary has no right to refuse you, but he may require you to pay the appropriate notary fee for making a copy).

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In what cases can they refuse to provide

The issuance of a certificate may also be refused if the application is filled out incorrectly or if it contains an incomplete set of papers.

In some cases, the government service of issuing a certificate of absence of marriage may be refused. This is due to the fact that the registry office issues it only for the period of time during which the applicant was registered in the region that the establishment serves. It is worth considering that a request for information about events that occurred after 1985 is possible. Since until this time, information is not stored in the registry office due to the lack of a common archival database.

Help contents

The document does not have a strictly regulated form. A sample sample includes the following information:

• information about the person to whom the certificate is issued (citizenship, full name, place and date of birth);
• Family status;
• information about the applicant’s parents, their full names and identifying information;
• the organization that issued the document;
• registration address according to internal passport;
• upon presentation of a foreign passport, the exact information of this document;
• date and place of issue;
• outgoing number assigned in the reference journal.

The authenticity of the document is confirmed by the official seal of the institution and the personification of the person who is authorized to sign the certificate.

Where it may be needed and what features of filling

Help is required in the following cases:

• If you decide to marry foreigners. It is needed by local authorities to make sure that you are not breaking the law and do not have family relations in your country.
• When applying for benefits for single mothers.

You must pay a state fee to obtain the certificate.

Filling Features

The notice has form number 35, defined by law. This document will contain the following points:

• Full name of the document.
• Name of the civil status act.
• Last name, first name, patronymic of the applicant.
• The name of the civil registry office in whose archive the information was stored.
• The time period in which the inspection was carried out.
• The degree of completeness of the archival fund.
• Date of issue.
• Position, surname, initials, signature of the employee who issued the document.
• Wet printing.

In your application you should provide the following information:

• The name of the registry office where you are applying.
• Last name, first name, patronymic of the applicant.
• Residence address (registration, actual).
• Passport details.
• Contact number.
• Document's name.
• The text of the document, in which you indicate for what period the verification is needed, which document to issue upon completion, your personal data (date of birth, full name).
• Where is the certificate issued (indicate country, reason).
• Since what year has registration been available in this city?
• Information about the document that confirms the dissolution of a previously concluded marriage.
• A copy of the attached documents.
• Date of completion.
• Signature.

The application is in the form of a form that must be filled out.

Filling example

Below you can see a sample statement of absence of marriage.