Marriage with Ukrainian Citizen
24-HOUR MARRIAGE SERVICE IN UKRAINE
Marriage with Ukrainian
Ministry of Justice launched a 24-hour marriage registration service in major Ukrainian cities. The Justice Minister admitted that the pilot speedy marriage centers have proven to be a success, and now this service will be spread all over Ukraine. 1-day marriage registration was initially available in Kyiv, Oddesa, Lviv, Kherson, Mariupol, and Severodonetsk. Starting from January 2017, service also be used in Vinnytsya, Dnipro, Lutsk, Mykolayiv, Rivne, Kamyanets-Podil’Skyy, Zhytomyr, and Kharkiv. A Ukrainian/Foreign citizen had to file an application at least 30 days before their desirable date to register the marriage.
The new law allows you to save time from 1 month to 1 day. The term of marriage registration with the participation of foreign citizens is the same as for citizens of Ukraine. The set of documents for foreign citizens is almost the same as before, except that all documents must be translated into Ukrainian and notarized.
THE STATE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, WHICH ARE NOT CITIZENS OF UKRAINE (OR ONE OF THEM)
The list of documents:
- Travelling passport (or passport document) of a foreigner and translation into the Ukrainian language, notarized according to the established procedure;
- If a foreigner has a residence permit, a temporary or permanent Ukrainian residence permit with the indication in a travelling passport about the issuance of such permit shall be additionally provided;
- If one of the newly-weds has already been married, a document, confirming dissolution of a previous marriage (divorce certificate, judgement of divorce, death certificate), with the translation into the Ukrainian language, duly legalized (apostle) and notarized according to the established procedure, shall be provided.
