Marriage registration through State Services: submit an application to the registry office online

Who can get married

The law generally does not create obstacles to marriage. If both future spouses are adults and agree to registration, no one will interfere with them. RF IC 14 speaks of only three exceptions, which in fact are very rare. It is prohibited to register a marriage if:

one of the applicants is already legally married;
the applicants are direct relatives;
the applicants are the adoptive parent and the adopted child;
if one or both applicants are found to be mentally incompetent.

Article 13 of the RF IC states that citizens whose age at the time of application is 18 years or more have the right to marry. But in some circumstances, marriage is possible from the age of 16, if the parents give their consent. An earlier marriage is also possible, but its conditions are already dictated by each subject of the Russian Federation individually.

What kind of certificate is this and why is it needed?

The legal name of this document is a certificate of state registration of marriage. The beginning of a marriage relationship is registered by an entry in the civil register. Information about this event is located in the registry office structures. Thus, a citizen can request the necessary extract.

It is required to process social benefits or assign a pension. This document confirms the change of surname as a result of divorce. Such an extract is issued if the marriage certificate is lost.

A spouse or guardian, as well as a relative or a person who has a power of attorney confirmed by a notary, have the right to receive a certificate.

How long before the wedding should an application be submitted?

By law, an application to register a relationship must be submitted in advance. RF IC Art. 11 says that from the moment of filing the application until the actual marriage, at least a month must pass. It is assumed that this time is needed to ensure that the decision made is correct. A couple can choose a date and more than a month later, for example, sign in 3 months.

There are circumstances in which you do not need to wait until 1 month has passed. Such circumstances are the pregnancy of the future spouse, the birth of a child regardless of his age, a threat to the life and health of one of the future spouses. They can sign it on the same day, but in this case the marriage registration at the State Services will not be relevant; you need to contact the registry office immediately.

Please note that you are simply submitting an application for marriage through State Services. The marriage registration itself is carried out later by the registry office. It is impossible to get married online.

On what days are applications accepted?

Since registry offices are government agencies, they are required to obey labor laws. Many people think that Saturday is a reception day, since weddings most often take place on Saturday.

But this is not true, most registry offices will register your application only from Monday to Friday, and Saturday and Sunday will be days off.

But there are other dangers; some registry offices have special days for accepting documents related to marriage registration. It could be Thursday or Tuesday, you can call the staff to clarify the day of the week more precisely.

There are also sanitary days on which outsiders are not allowed in at all; usually such a day falls from the 25th to the 30th of each month.

But there are exceptions in the opposite direction. In large cities there are now wedding palaces that can operate seven days a week, especially in the summer months. We recommend submitting your application on Tuesday or Wednesday as there are fewer queues on these days.

How to apply for marriage registration through State Services

To submit an application to the registry office via the Internet, it is necessary that each of the future spouses have a confirmed account on State Services. The decision is made mutually, and both must confirm their intention.

Any party can submit an application for marriage through State Services, but the other party will, in any case, receive a notification about this in their personal account, after which they consent to the action. Only after the system has received both consents does it forward the citizens’ application to the registry office.

How to submit an application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services:

1. One of the future spouses goes to the state portal using their data and through a search finds the Marriage Registration page. After reviewing the information there, you can click the “Get the service online” button.

Please note that the opportunity to apply for marriage through State Services is not valid in all regions of the Russian Federation. If yours does not do this, the system will notify you about this.

2. Before proceeding to direct contact, the system will ask you to answer some clarifying questions:

whether the applicant was previously married. If yes, is he currently divorced (there is an option - he is a widower);
how the couple wants to register their relationship, in a simple or formal setting.

3. After the survey, the system will indicate what is needed to accept the application. If one of the parties was previously married, a divorce certificate is required. The need to pay state duty is also indicated. If you pay it online, the fee will be 245 rubles, if standard on a receipt - 300 rubles.

4. The system will display the applicant’s details on the screen, his phone number, email - all this needs to be confirmed. Next, he will ask you to indicate the details of the previous marriage certificate, which he previously registered:

5. The system will ask what last name the applicant will have after formalizing the relationship. You can stay with your own, choose the surname of your other half, or give yourself a double surname.

6. Next, the applicant indicates the SNILS number of the second future spouse and his email address. This is necessary for the system to send him a request to confirm his intention to marry.

7. The next step is to select the registry office where the marriage will be registered. To do this, the applicant indicates the city, the system opens a map of the region, where you can select any registry office. Choose it.

8. A form for selecting the month of marriage will open; you can select a convenient date within 7 months, starting from the next month. A calendar opens indicating available dates, select the date and time of registration, and reserve a place.

After this, the system will send a request to the second future spouse to confirm the action. The information will appear in his personal account, and a notification will also be sent to the e-mail specified by the applicant.

When the joint application has been finally submitted, the system will ask you to pay the state fee for registering the marriage. You can pay for it directly at State Services, the system will also give a 30% discount. If you submit an application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services, you need to pay 245 rubles. Payment is accepted from cards, electronic wallets or mobile accounts.

Submission of the application by the first spouse, its confirmation by the second and payment of the state fee must occur within 24 hours.

Standard documents

an application filled out by both future spouses;
passports of the spouses;
a receipt confirming payment of the state duty, the amount of which is 350 rubles. You can pay at any bank or at Gosuslugi.ru;

On the State Services website it will cost you 245 rubles, since there is a 30% discount on state fees, which is very convenient and will allow you to save a little.

Applying in person

This method will require personal presence at the registry office or at the MFC.

The form that you have to fill out consists of two columns, the first for the guy and the second for the girl. There the couple writes their last names, first names and patronymics, dates and places of birth, citizenship, nationality, place of residence, passport details and information about divorce, if any. One of the main questions that will be at the end of the document is your last name after registering the marriage. Most often, wives take their husband's surname, but sometimes men also decide to do this. In rare cases, there are double surnames or people each remain with their own.

Advice. It is better to agree on a change of surname in advance, so as not to waste time on disputes on the spot.

There are situations when one of the future newlyweds cannot come and submit an application, then the employees meet halfway and allow one person to appear at the registry office and take special separate forms to fill out the data. Anyone who will not be present in person at the time of filing can fill it out at home, have it certified by a notary and transfer it through his significant other.

Online method

Technology in the modern world does not stand still, and now an application can be submitted via the Internet. This is done very simply, on the portal Gosuslugi.ru already mentioned above.

The only caveat is that you will need two verified accounts for both the future husband and wife.

There it is convenient to book both the desired date and the hour of the upcoming ceremony, which will help save time and avoid standing in line.

In some regions, the form can also be filled out on the personal websites of civil registry offices or on city portals.

The application to the Civil Registry Office has been sent through State Services, what next?

After the state duty has been completed, information will appear in your personal account that the application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services has been accepted. This means that the date has been booked. At the time designated by the primary applicant, the couple will be waited for marriage registration.

You must have your passport with you, which has space for a marriage stamp. If a marriage was previously registered, the passport must have a stamp indicating its dissolution.

You can call the registry office in advance to clarify information. Upon arrival, a formal registration is carried out, the couple receives a marriage certificate. If you are planning on-site registration or marriage in the palace, you must discuss this in advance with the registry office employees.

How to get a certificate

Procedure:

make an application;
prepare documents that establish whether the applicant has grounds for making this request;
submit an application with documents to the registry office;
get a certificate and sign in the journal.

The application must reflect the following information:

the name of the specific registry office department;
information about the applicant: full name, registration and residence address, passport details;
request to issue a certificate (form 28 or 27 indicating the full names of the spouses;
the name of the registry office that registered the civil status of the spouses;
registration date, registration number;
why do you need a certificate - for example, for work;
date of writing the application, signature of the person applying.

Corrections, cross-outs and errors are unacceptable - the application is drawn up in compliance with the rules of business correspondence.

Form of certificate of marriage according to form 27.doc Form of certificate of marriage according to form 28.doc

Requested documents attached to the application may include the following:

passport;
a document establishing the existence of a family relationship with one of the spouses (a note in the passport, a birth certificate, a court order recognizing paternity);
death certificate of the spouse, documents recognizing him as deceased or missing;
documents establishing guardianship, guardianship;
a court ruling on incapacity, a medical report on the person’s physical condition;
power of attorney;
a receipt establishing payment of the state duty.

The specific package of certificates and papers depends on the prevailing circumstances.

If you change your mind about registering your marriage

If, during the time allotted for reflection, the couple changes their mind about getting married, one of them can initiate the cancellation of the procedure. That is, it is not necessary to do it together, it can be a personal desire.

If the marriage was registered at the registry office through State Services, you can cancel the action in your personal account by finding the submitted application there. You can also contact the registry office where the registration was planned and write an application. The state duty is not refunded.

In general, if you do not come to the ceremony at the designated time, the marriage registration will also not take place. But it’s still better to cancel the appointment so that another couple can use it.

Form and content

The document can be drawn up on Form 27 or 28:

Form 27 is issued in a situation where a marriage is registered and valid between a man and a woman.
Form 28 for marriage registration is issued after a divorce, that is, when the marriage is dissolved, taking into account current legal norms.

The contents of these certificates are almost identical. Form 28 differs only in the presence of information about the fact of divorce. The document includes the following information:

Serial number.
The name of the archive of the civil registry office that issued the certificate.
Full name of each partner before and after registration of the marriage relationship.
Date of marriage.
Date of issue of the certificate.
Signature of an authorized person and seal of the organization.

Upon receipt of the document, you must immediately check that your personal data is filled out correctly, so that you do not have to order it again later.

FAQ

Is it possible to submit an application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services from someone else’s account?

The application is accepted only from the account of the future wife or husband. Moreover, the other party must confirm consent to register the marriage - he will receive a notification about this in his personal account. Both the groom and the bride must have confirmed accounts on State Services.

Is it possible to postpone the registration date indicated in the application?

Can. To do this, contact the registry office indicated in the application.

Can I sign quickly if I'm pregnant?

The bride's pregnancy is a circumstance in which registration is possible even on the day the application is submitted; there is no need to wait a month. But for an urgent marriage, you need to submit an application at the registry office, and not through the State Services.

What happens if one of the parties does not come to the registry office?

In this case, marriage registration will not take place.

Can a minor apply for marriage?

It is possible, but not through State Services, but through the Civil Registry Office. The consent of legal representatives for marriage will be required. This is true even if the bride is pregnant or already has a child in her arms. Individual regions may have their own rules on this issue.

Sources:

RF IC, Chapter 3: Conditions and procedure for marriage.
Public services: Marriage registration.

about the author

Irina Rusanova - higher education at the International East European University in the direction of "Banking". Graduated with honors from the Russian Economic Institute named after G.V. Plekhanov with a major in Finance and Credit. Ten years of experience in leading Russian banks: Alfa-Bank, Renaissance Credit, Home Credit Bank, Delta Credit, ATB, Svyaznoy (closed). He is an analyst and expert of the Brobank service on banking and financial stability. [email protected]

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Various situations

Apply in person

As we wrote above, newlyweds choose any registry office, just find out the opening hours and address in advance.

5 times we were asked what the difference is between a registry office and a wedding palace. The registry office registers marriages, divorces, and births of children. But the wedding palace deals only with weddings; it has a special hall for celebrations, places for guests, and good musical equipment.

If you visit in person, you will have to wait in line, especially if you are submitting documents in the summer. In addition, you need to call the registry office in advance to find out when they accept the application.

Apply alone, without a fiancé

A common situation is that the groom cannot come to the registry office with the bride to submit documents. This happens when a man goes on a business trip, serves in military service, is in another country, or is serving a sentence in prison.

The bride can submit documents alone; to do this, the groom goes to a notary and has the application certified. It is then given or mailed to the bride. At the same time, the girl fills out a second application with her data.

After both steps are completed, go to the registry office. If the groom is seriously ill or is in the hospital, then call a notary or a civil registry office employee to see him at the hospital or at home.

If the bride or groom is a citizen of another state, then have the application certified at the consulate.

During pregnancy

If the bride is pregnant, the registry office staff will register the relationship even on the same day. You just need to bring with you a certificate from the antenatal clinic, which will confirm this fact. The document states:

the name of the hospital where the girl was examined;
passport information of the bride;
gestational age in weeks;
date of receipt of the certificate;
information about the doctor who conducted the examination;
stamp with signature;

The certificate is issued on a special form so that it cannot be falsified. If the pregnancy is short, 2-4 weeks, then you will have to wait 1 month. But this is not certain, it all depends on the date when you apply to the registry office. But if the girl is already 5-9 months old, then the wedding will be allowed to take place as quickly as possible.

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Oleg
08/29/2021 at 15:23 Is it possible to register a marriage if the bride or groom does not have a residence permit in their passport?
Reply ↓ Olga Pikhotskaya
08/29/2021 at 15:30
Oleg, good afternoon. It is not prohibited to marry without permanent or temporary registration.
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Kinds

At the civil registry office it is possible to obtain two types of certificates that are evidence of the conclusion of a family union: a duplicate certificate or a certificate in forms No. 28 or No. 27 (the first confirms the existence of a marriage union, and the second confirms divorce).

Important: Persons who have filed a divorce have the right to receive only the second version of the document.

Both papers confirm the civil status of the person - the presence of family relationships or their absence.