What is it?
It is a formal union that recognizes a couple as legally married and gives them the rights and duties of a conjugal union.
FAQs
- Civil marriage
Requirements
(requirements are the same for same ex and different sex couples)
Single people:
- Photocopy of citizenship card.
- Citizenship card.
- Marriage request.
- Authenticated copy of the civil registry, expedited less than 3 months before request.
Divorced or widowed persons must add:
- Authenticated copy of the civil registry, issued no more than 3 months before request and the respective marginal notes of divorce and liquidation of conjugal partnership.
- Copy in the pertinent book or the books of several (records book), where the divorce or cessation is recorded.
- Copies of the books of several where cessation of civil effects of marriage and liquidation of conjugal partnership is annotated.
- Civil registry of the spouse.
- Civil registry of death (widowed persons).
Foreigners (the documents must have been issued no more than 3 months before request) :
- Marriage request
- Passport or immigration card.
- Official translation of the birth certificate, certified by apostille.
- Single status certification or equivalent.
- Official translator if the person does not speak Spanish.