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Which kind of document I need to get married in Denmark?
Which kind of document I need to get married in Denmark?
In this section we have prepared a complete article about the documents you need to get married in Denmark.
We will explain each document step by step and what the most important characteristics are.
General enumeration of documents
- Valid passport or ID card
- A visa
- Residence Permit
- Death or Divorce Certificate
- Birth certificate of children
- Special permits (especially for members of military)
- Signed power of Attorney
- Signed declaration of truth
- Proof of address and civil status
- Signed Danish declaration spousal reunification (only for Danish people or resident in Denmark)
1. Valid passport or ID card
In order to have a valid passport for marriage in Denmark, it is important to mention what is required. Firstly, it must be valid for at least three months beyond your stay in Denmark. Second, it must have been issued within the last 10 years. Thirdly, it must have blank visa or stamp pages.
*Disclaimer: The period in which you can get married in Denmark will be limited if your passport has less than four months left on it.
2. Visa
As Denmark is part of the European Union, it may not be necessary for you to obtain a visa if you are in possession of an EU passport or EU identity card.
In case you need a visa because you are not an EU citizen, we explain which visas are available for marriage in Denmark.
a. Schengen C Visa (Tourist visa)
This visa is valid within the Schengen area. You can celebrate your wedding if the visa is valid on that day, it does not exclude travelling to Denmark and you have not exceeded the permitted stay.
b. Schengen D Visa
With this type of visa, you can celebrate your wedding if the visa is valid on that day, it does not exclude travelling to Denmark and the rule of 90 days stay is fulfilled with a period of 180 days between stays.
c. Visa – exempt
People who are included in this “Visa Exempt” category can get married if they have not overstayed their time in the Schengen area. Most of them can stay no more than 90 days in a 180-day period, but it depends on the rules of the country of origin.
In addition to the above mentioned it is important to consider:
- The stamps in your passport: Help people prove they have not overstayed their time in the Schengen area.
- The overstay mark could be a problem: it may affect your chances of getting your marriage application approved. In this case, you will need to prove that you have an exceptional reason for your overstay or that you have paid a fine.
3. Resident permit
This document allows you to stay in another country for longer than you can as a short-term visitor. Normally, the residence permit can give you unlimited or limited residence, either in Denmark or in another EU country.
If you have a residence permit issued in the European Union, it is valid as a document for getting married in Denmark.
4. Death or Divorce certificate.
- Divorce certificate
If you or your partner has been married in the past, it is essential that the marriage is legally terminated before your new wedding.
To prove that you or your partner are divorced, you will need a final divorce decree or divorce certificate.
People often confuse divorce with other legal methods of separation, so we think it is important to clarify them.
Divorce: Is the legal instrument that recognises the end of a marriage between couples. With it, the partners are legally separated and free to remarry.
Annulment: Is the legal instrument that declares a marriage invalid, as if the marriage had never taken place. This instrument is used when it is found that one of the parties to the marriage was already married to someone else or that the marriage was celebrated out of interest. With this document, the partners are also legally free to marry again.
Separation: It is not the same as the other legal remedies. It is not a legal remedy, it is just the fact that two partners are now living separately, but legally remain married. In this case, if you are separated but not legally divorced, you are not free to marry again until your divorce is finalised.
Further clarifications regarding divorce
We consider it is important to mention other issues relating to the need to obtain a divorce certificate because not all cases are the same and your case may be an exception.
You will need a divorce certificate if:
- One of the parties has been legally married before (it does not matter in which country the marriage was celebrated).
- One of the parties was divorced more than once, only the document of the most recent marriage is necessary.
You will not need a divorce certificate if:
– One of the parties was religiously married.
– One of the parties has registered a civil partnership with another person. A decree of dissolution is required, but it is a completely different legal remedy.
– One of the parties is dead. A death certificate is required.
- Death certificate
This is a legal document issued by the relevant authority certifying that a person is dead.
This document allows you to remarry if you were married to the person at the time of their death. But be careful, not all death certificates list the partner’s name as spouse or husband, in which case you will also need a marriage certificate with that person.
5. Birth certificate
By way of introduction, let us explain what a birth certificate is. This document is an official and legal document that certifies the birth of a person and is used to accredit the identity, date, or place of birth in case it may be necessary.
The authorities do not require a birth certificate for adults, but you will need to provide the birth certificate of your child or children if you and your partner have children together.
6. Special permits (military service)
In the hypothetical case that you, your partner or perhaps both are part of the military service and provide services within the Schengen Area, you will need permission from your commanding officer or your military orders if you want to get married in Denmark.
Even if you or your partner are a civilian member of the military services in the Schengen area, you will still need to show your SOFA stamp.
All these documents are necessary for the verification that your stay in the Schengen area is legal.
7. Signed power of Attorney
A signed Power of Attorney document will give us the authority to assist you with your marriage application and to speak and act on your behalf and with your permission.
This document will help us to represent your interests, to be able to submit your application for marriage, to keep you informed about the status of your application and to contact and deal with the Danish Family Agency.
8. Signed Declaration of Truth
This is a standard legal document issued for the Danish Family Law Agency that the couple must complete and sign.
When couples sign the declaration, they are declaring in legal form that all the information in the marriage application is true and correct and that all the documents are genuine.
This declaration, information and supporting documents must not be falsified, as this is considered a criminal offence and may result in imprisonment or a fine.
9. Proof of address and civil status
Normally, The Danish Agency of Family Law does not require a certificate of Civil Status, but in exceptional cases they could ask for it.
We know that normally this document might be complicated to find, but there is another possible resource available to replace it.
Known by different names in different countries (e.g. in Germany: “Erweiterte Meldebescheiningung”), the document contains information about people such as address, name, place and date of birth, and the most important item “civil status”.
10. Signed Danish declaration spousal reunification.
The complete name of this document is “Declaration under section 11b of the Danish Marriage Act on awareness of the rules on spousal reunification set out in the Danish Aliens Act”.
You must read, complete, and sign this document, called an 11b declaration, to confirm that you know and understand the rules that Denmark has on family reunification. This requirement only applies in the case where you are a permanent resident or a legal resident in Denmark and your partner is not a citizen of the EU.
Formalities of the documents
We have already explained in detail which documents the Danish government requires in order to get married in Denmark.
We will now tell you what the formalities are for the presentation of all the documents required and what you should be aware of.
- Language
The Danish authorities will only accept the required document in English, German, Danish or a Nordic language.
If your documents are in a language other than these, you may need to have them professionally translated before they can be submitted.
- legalization
It is likely that some of the documents required to get married in Denmark will need to be legalised before they can be presented.
The legalisation of documents is a process that is carried out in order to verify and certify that a document is in accordance with the relevant legal requirement.
The most common documents that need to be legalised are final divorce decrees, death certificates and divorce certificates. However, the Danish authorities may also require other documents to be legalised, but this is an exception.
- Apostille
The apostille is a universal legalisation certificate that can be used in all Hague Convention countries to verify the validity of a document without the need for additional legalisation procedures.
You will need an Apostille If the country where your document was issued is a Hague Convention country.
There is also a slightly different process for legalising your papers as part of your application if the country that issued them is not a Hague Convention country.
- Format
The document required by the Danish Family Agency must be sent in digital form. This means that you must send it in an image format (jpg or png). It is not possible to send the document in paper form by post.
Because of the requirement to digitise the documents, the Danish authorities are very strict about how the documents must be presented.
If you make any mistakes, you may cause unnecessary delays in the processing of your application.
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