If a chic, luxurious wedding with a large number of guests is not your ultimate dream. And if you want to spend the main budget of the holiday on your loved ones, for example, to fly on a honeymoon or buy something useful, then you will probably be interested in how the non-ceremonial registration of marriage takes place, what documents are needed, how much to apply for such a ceremony, what to wear newlyweds and much more.
Required documents
The very procedure for registering a legal marriage without a ceremonial part is not much different from the classical painting with guests. So, let's look at what papers you will need:
- passport of the bride and groom;
- an application that can be filled out by coming to the registry office in person, as well as at the MFC, or online through the convenient “State Services” portal. If you are going to have a wedding with a minor or with a citizen of another country, then you will have to come to the registry office to submit a form. Indeed, in the first case, it is necessary to provide permission from local authorities and from parents or guardians, as well as certificates of valid reasons for registration, for example, that the girl is pregnant. In the second, you will need the foreigner’s documents translated into Russian and certified by a notary, in addition, you need his visa, migration card, residence permit, certificate of marital status, which can be obtained at the embassy or city hall;
- a receipt of paid state duty, which currently amounts to 350 rubles;
Advice. When you submit an application through the State Services website and pay the fee there, you will be given a 30% discount, that is, in the end you will pay 245 rubles. - divorce certificate, if you were previously married.
In Russia, they may refuse to register if you are related to each other, one of you is incompetent or is still married to another person, and also if you are of the same sex.
Cancellation of application
If the newlyweds nevertheless decide to cancel the registration of marriage at the State Services, then they need to know about some of the nuances of the procedure.
How long before registration can I pick up an application?
You can cancel your marriage application at State Services at any time. The service operates around the clock and does not depend on the registry office schedules.
According to the laws of the Russian Federation, you can cancel an application to the registry office at State Services at least one day before the celebration. Cancellation of an act is only a formality warning the institution about a vacant place.
Will the state fee be refunded?
Regardless of the reasons that prompted the newlyweds to withdraw the application from the registry office on the State Services website, the fee cannot be returned. It is not possible to cancel the payment; it is in a completed state from the minute the application is generated.
Therefore, it will not be possible to cancel the registration in the registry office through “State Services” and return the state fee. The same is true when newlyweds decide to take advantage of civil law and enroll in several institutions at the same time.
Cancellation of registration: step-by-step instructions
To enter into a marriage, the consent of two people is required. Therefore, one can say “no” in advance and cancel the registration of the upcoming marriage through “State Services” without the second person.
Step-by-step instructions on how to pick up an application for marriage registration from the registry office through “State Services”:
- Open the website of the public services service.
- Go through the authorization procedure via phone or email to access your personal account.
- Click on the “Application” button.
- Find the document you want to revoke in the list.
- In the menu to the right of the application name, click on the “Cancel application” button.
- Go through the confirmation procedure.
There is no need to talk about the reasons for such a decision or wait for the opinion of the second person in the couple.
The application is processed within three hours. All this time it will be in limbo. The application can be withdrawn until it is recorded in the register and transferred to the registry office.
Once the procedure for entering a document into the register is completed, the action cannot be canceled. Representatives of the government service will send a notification that the wedding has been cancelled.
How much time to submit an application and on what days will it be announced?
By law, your application must be considered 30 days from the date of submission, so the ceremony will take place no earlier than in a month. But there are some conditions under which you can be scheduled faster, even on the day of submitting documents, for example:
- if the girl is pregnant, especially in the last months;
- Your couple has already had a child;
- if a guy is drafted into the army;
- one of the lovers is seriously ill or someone is sent on a long business trip.
Advice. On the previously mentioned State Services portal, it is possible to book the date you like six months before the painting.
Non-ceremonial registration most often takes place on weekdays, namely from Tuesday to Thursday. After all, on Mondays most registry offices have a rest, and Friday is reserved for ceremonies.
Submission procedure
To write and submit an application on the State Services portal, you need to go to the service and log in. You will then need to enter your current location. After initialization, a list of services is provided, from which the appropriate item is selected.
Each service includes a description of the specific information and documents that will be needed. Now select the “Get a service” option and fill out the information form. When the electronic request form has been sent, wait for a response. It must arrive within 15 days after submitting the application.
How it goes and how long it lasts
Painting in a non-ceremonial setting will take place in a simple office. This process lasts no longer than fifteen minutes . In this case, they do not make a beautiful speech or read poetry, and the music will not sound either. The employee will ask about your consent to get married, you sign the necessary papers, receive a marriage certificate and you can be free.
You don’t even have to bring rings to the modest procedure ; you can put them on after. But if you have a desire to exchange jewelry within the walls of the registry office, then the employee will definitely meet you halfway.
Most often, a couple comes to a non-ceremonial painting together . Indeed, in many institutions it is unlikely that anyone else will be allowed into the office, even parents or a photographer, not to mention guests, since there is very little space there.
Advice. If you want to take photographs, then tell the registry office staff about this in advance; perhaps you will still be allowed to call one photographer or they will offer you their own, whose services, of course, you will have to pay for.
You don’t need witnesses either , in the modern world this is more of a tradition, because nowadays they don’t even sign anywhere, as they did before. Therefore, with close friends and relatives, you can celebrate your holiday outside the Civil Registration Office, in a restaurant, cafe, at home, and so on.
Simplified, modest registration is carried out exclusively in regional registry offices of the city, but Wedding Palaces are intended only for large weddings.
Is it possible to register after the application is withdrawn?
If you cancel your application to the Civil Registry Office through Gosuslugi, there is no way to restore it. But no one forbids creating something new. It is allowed to indicate the same partner and the same institution.
Newlyweds should not forget that they will have to pay the state fee again. You will need the entire set of documents that were attached the first time when filing the application. The procedure is available through “State Services”, if you have access to a scanner, or at the registry office.
If during the month that is given to test feelings, the future newlyweds decide that they do not want to be together, they should use the portal. Failed spouses can again cancel their marriage registration through State Services.
Russian legislation allows newlyweds to postpone the date of marriage if certain conditions exist for this. It is enough to appear at the registry office and voice the reason why the wedding on the appointed day is impossible. The heads of the institution should reduce the waiting period or increase it by another month.
Good reasons allow you to save the money spent on paying state fees. The number of possible transfers is not limited, but each of them requires an explanation to the registry office staff. Otherwise, they can only cancel the wedding and recommend filling out a new application when the date is finally determined.
Differences between non-ceremonial painting and ceremonial painting
To make a final decision regarding your upcoming holiday, we suggest you familiarize yourself with the differences between one ceremony and another. So:
- non-ceremonial painting is quite affordable , and you will only have to spend money on the state fee. Indeed, in this case there are no classical traditions regarding appearance and other accessories. You do not need money for a chic wedding dress, a bride’s bouquet, a photographer and a cameraman; if you wish, you can even do without wedding rings, since they are not fixed at the legislative level;
- The advantage of a modest wedding will be the speed of the procedure , just a few minutes and you are free;
- non-ceremonial registration can easily be postponed to another day , which will be more difficult to do with a ceremonial one, because there is more demand for it and therefore everything may simply already be occupied;
- in the case of a non-celebratory event , there will be some difficulties with guests , namely who to invite to the registry office and who not, because the number of people is limited, and someone may be offended. Often no one is invited to a regular painting, which is understandable, because those invited will still have to wait in the corridor;
- during a non-ceremonial registration there will be an informal atmosphere , which will certainly appeal to people who do not like increased attention and traditional wedding fuss;
- solemn implies a touching and romantic moment , beautiful speeches from government employees, congratulations, flowers, poems, Mendelssohn's waltz, and in the Palace even a beautiful dance is possible after the painting;
- Your elderly relatives and people of the old school will most likely not appreciate the modest event;
- many acquaintances may begin to discuss behind your back the reasons for the lack of a magnificent wedding;
- interesting traditions, gifts, congratulations from loved ones are absent when choosing a non-ceremonial option, although many still celebrate the holiday with relatives and friends after the painting, sometimes even arrange a beautiful away registration with vows and dancing until the morning.
When and where to start submitting an application to the registry office online
The online application for marriage registration is submitted no later than 30 days before the desired wedding day.
However, it is worth considering that the required date may not be available due to the large number of people wishing to sign on that particular day.
After registering on the government services portal, you must wait for your identity to be confirmed, which may take about 2 weeks. Therefore, it is in the interests of newlyweds to submit an application earlier, approximately 1.5–2 months before the desired date.
The first step is registration on the resource.
For people who actively use the Internet, this procedure should not cause any difficulties. The first step is to fill out your full name and contact information.
After clicking the “Register” button, a confirmation code will be sent to the mobile phone number specified during registration; you will need to enter it in the “code” line of the window that appears and click the “Continue” button.
After this, you will be asked to create a password and then save it. Next, a form will appear for filling out personal data. Here you need to indicate:
- FULL NAME;
- floor;
- date and place of birth;
- citizenship;
- passport details;
- insurance certificate number (line “SNILS”).
You only need to fill in your personal information once during registration on the site. The next time you log into the government services portal, you will no longer have to do this - the program will pull up the data automatically.
After filling out all the necessary information, you need to click the “Save” button and, if there are no errors, the program will display a notification about checking the data:
The check usually lasts no more than 15 minutes, after which the following message will appear:
Next, you need to confirm your identity. This can be done in one of three ways:
The first confirmation method is necessary if you plan to use the site in the future. If you are not going to register on this resource, you can use the second method - receive a confirmation code in a registered letter, which will be delivered within two weeks.
Owners of a key with an electronic signature to confirm their identity have the opportunity to use a third method. After this, you should log in to the portal, and you can proceed directly to filling out an application for marriage registration online.
Emergency painting
There are circumstances that can speed up the processing of your application. If there are documents confirming these circumstances, you are required to sign up within 1 to 5 days after their submission.
You are eligible for expedited registration if:
- the bride is pregnant (valid if the pregnancy is more than 10 weeks, and with a certificate from a gynecologist);
- there is a danger to the life of one of the future spouses (serious illness or, for example, a contract in a hot spot);
- one of the newlyweds will have to go on a long business trip (diplomat, military man, astronaut);
- the couple has just had a child (in this case, registering the marriage makes it easier to register paternity).
What to wear?
There are no wishes regarding the appearance of the participants in the non-ceremonial registration. You can even come in jeans and T-shirts - some newlyweds choose just this option, appearing at the registry office in T-shirts with humorous inscriptions, for example, “my husband” or “my wife.” Casual clothes look no less creative, but with a flirty veil, or identical white shirts with jeans.
If you are going to be photographed after marriage, then the appearance should still be thought out more carefully. The bride can wear a cocktail dress, and any length and color are acceptable. You can get a more unconventional look if you choose a skirt and blouse or even a pantsuit. And, of course, good old casual would be a great option.
Hairstyle, accessories, makeup can be absolutely anything, depending on your taste. If you are planning to go to an outdoor or other celebration after registration, then nothing prevents you from coming in full dress; if not, you can get by with a regular bun or ponytail.
The groom can also wear either a formal suit or something more informal. An ensemble of trousers and a shirt will look great, perhaps with additional accessories - a tie, vest, suspenders. The combination of a jacket and jeans is very stylish, but at the same time looks free.
What is non-solemn marriage registration?
The non-ceremonial registration of marriage takes place in an official setting in one of the registry office offices. Only the bride and groom are present at the painting.
Advantages and disadvantages
Non-solemn registration of a marriage has its pros and cons. Let's look at them.
Advantages:
- Great cost savings. You can get officially married without extra costs. The couple needs to pay a small state fee. All other expenses for the wedding celebration are at the request of the future spouses.
- Possibility of quickly registering a family union. Such registrations are carried out on different days of the week and, as a rule, the registry office schedule often has free places for upcoming dates for quick registration.
- The optimal solution for modest people who avoid noisy companies and holiday bustle.
- Lack of regulations. The bride and groom can come in any clothes, without flowers, rings or other wedding accessories.
Flaws:
- Lack of a touching moment. The marriage is registered in an official setting without beautiful words and congratulations.
- You cannot invite guests to the ceremony.
