Registration Of A Marriage Abroad

REGISTRATION OF YOUR FOREIGN MARRIAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY POST

To enable this office to register your marriage in South Africa download and complete the form “REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE” – CMO2 and submit it with the following supporting documents:

Your Apostilled/legalized marriage certificate.
You can obtain the Apostilled/legalized marriage document from legalisationenquiries@fco.gsi.gov.uk, tel. No. 03700 0022 44
Please Note: Apostille Certification can be obtained only from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.

Once you get the document legalised, submit 2 x Certified copies of your legalised document (make copies of both the sides of the document)

If the marriage certificate is not in English, submit an Apostille copy of the foreign marriage certificate accompanied by an English translation by a sworn translator.
Two certified copies of your and your spouse’s passport and ID document

Current legislation stipulates that female married applicants may elect to use their married surname/their maiden surname or a combination of both current married surname and maiden surname i.e. double-barrelled surname, without having to formally to apply for change of surname.

Person’s whose surnames have changed may apply for a passport and/or identity document, reflecting the married surname by submitting a letter confirming that she wants her passport/ID document to be issued in her chosen surname.

PLEASE NOTE:

There is no application fee for the registration of a marriage with the Department of Home Affairs
No marriage certificate can be issued from RSA if married outside RSA.
The purpose of the registration is to change your status on the National Population Register which is compulsory.

Please Note: Incomplete applications will not be processed.