page_title: Marriage certificate
section_title: Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Marriage certificate / Russia
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Свидетельство о заключении брака в России, 2014 год Deutsch: Eheurkunde aus Russland, 2014 English: Marriage certificate from Russia, 2014 Français&#160;: Certificat de mariage de la Russie, 2014 Nederlands: Huwelijksakte, Rusland, 2014 Polski: Akt małżeństwa, Rosja, 2014
context_page_description: A marriage certificate is an official statement that two people are married. In most jurisdictions, a marriage certificate is issued by a government official only after the civil registration of the marriage.
  In some jurisdictions, especially in the United States, a marriage certificate is the official record that two people have undertaken a marriage ceremony. This includes jurisdictions where marriage licenses do not exist. In other jurisdictions, a marriage license serves a dual purpose of granting permission for a marriage to take place and then endorsing the same document to record the fact that the marriage has been performed.
  A marriage certificate may be required for a number of reasons. It may be required as evidence of change of a party's name, on issues of legitimacy of a child, during divorce proceedings, or as part of a genealogical history, besides other purposes.
context_section_description: A certificate of marriage is the only legally valid document on the registration of marriage in Russia. Issued in the certification of the fact of state registration of the civil status act, signed by the head of the registry office and is sealed with its seal.
  A state registration fee of 350 rubles is charged for state registration of acts of civil status.
  For the marriage, the couple must file a joint statement confirming mutual voluntary consent for the conclusion of the marriage union, as well as the absence of circumstances preventing marriage. Future spouses sign a joint statement and indicate the date of its compilation. Simultaneously with the application it is necessary to provide documents proving the identity of future spouses; documents confirming the termination of the previous marriage, if any; permission to enter into marriage before reaching the marriageable age, if the person (person) entering into marriage is a minor.
  The certificate of marriage contains the following information:
  Surname (before and after the marriage), name, patronymic, date and place of birth, citizenship and nationality (if indicated in the record of the act of marriage) of each of the persons married
  Date of marriage
  Date of compilation and the number of the record of the marriage certificate
  Place of state registration of marriage, namely the name of the registry office chosen by future spouses at will in the territory of the Russian Federation
  Date of issue of the marriage certificate
caption: A Russian marriage certificate, issued 2014.
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