According to Russian laws, marriage is a voluntary equal union of a man and a woman who have reached the age of majority and have registered their relationship with the civil registry office (registry Office). This is a civil marriage. It is a de jure mistake to call a relationship in which a couple just lives together that way. Civil means secular, recorded by state, not religious authorities.
To go through the procedure of official registration of marriage, you need:
The stamp in the passport will not be put if the bride or groom are in another registered marriage, are close relatives or have been declared legally incompetent by the court.
According to article 11 RF IC, Article 11 "Marriage procedure" According to the Family Code of the Russian Federation, marriage is concluded one month after the submission of the relevant application. 30 days are given to weigh everything once again and create a family consciously. By law, the registry office may extend this period, but not more than a month.
In practice, due to queues for ceremonial and exit ceremonies, couples are forced to book the necessary dates several months before the wedding. Please note: book. The application itself is still written exactly 30 days in advance. In other words, if you are interested in a beautiful date, you will have to contact the registry office more than once.
They can shorten the thinking time and even schedule a couple on the same day if there are good reasons. For example:
Any of these circumstances will have to be documented. So, the fact of pregnancy is certified by a certificate from the women's clinic with seals, signatures and deadlines. If you are not going to give birth soon, the registry office is unlikely to meet you halfway: you will have to wait 30 days.
The rule on applying for registration of one of the future spouses is not valid now.
Therefore, you can contact any department of the registry office (and even several at once) of any city, regardless of the place of permanent or temporary registration. The exception is marriage with a foreigner. Not all registry offices register such unions.
If the employees of the registry office of a foreign city or district refuse to accept the application, ask them to issue a refusal in writing with an indication of the reason. Then you can easily appeal it.
Here's what you'll need:
The amount of the state fee for marriage registration is 350 rubles. It is paid by one person.
Marriage is a purely personal matter. You cannot apply for registration through a lawyer or other legal representative. But you can do it in two forms:
1. Online — via "Public services".
2. Personally — through the registry office or multifunctional centers for the provision of state and municipal services (MFC). The possibility of submitting an application and an accompanying package of documents through the MFC greatly simplifies the process. After all, the registry offices are mostly open until six in the evening on weekdays, while many MFCs have an extended working day. And you can also not only apply through the MFC, but also get married there. Not all multifunctional centers provide such a service, however, this option is available in many places. Sometimes they even equip special beautiful halls for this purpose. But mostly we are talking about painting in a non-commercial setting, right at the employee's window.
The document is usually submitted in the presence of the bride and groom. But if one of them cannot visit the registry office or the MFC for a good reason, applications can be accepted from one of the future spouses.
It is the application, since in this case two documents are drawn up and the absent person must certify his copy with a notary public. The same should be done with copies of the attached papers.
The application for marriage has a unified form Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 201 dated October 1, 2018 "On Approval of Application Forms for State Registration of Acts of Civil Status and Rules for filling out application forms for State Registration of acts of civil status" , approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. You can take the form at the registry office and fill it out there by hand, or download it on the Internet and fill it out at home on your computer.
In any case, the applicants put the date and signatures with their own hands in the presence of an employee of the registry office.
The application for marriage consists of two columns: for him and for her. The bride and groom must indicate their personal and passport details, citizenship and nationality (optional), as well as make a note of which surname they wish to wear after the wedding.
The registry office employee must check the data, offer a free date for registration, make an application through the account books and put a seal.
To do this, the bride and groom must have verified accounts on "Public Services". The path is as follows: "Services" → "Family" → "Marriage registration".
Usually, the groom starts the procedure and, having entered his data, sends an invitation to the bride. She goes to the site and completes the design. After that, go to the payment tab. When applying for marriage registration through "State Services", the state fee will also amount to 350 rubles.
The bride and groom can change their minds at any time and withdraw the application for marriage registration both together and separately.
Before the state registration of marriage, neither man nor woman have any legal obligations towards each other and have no rights.
If the application was submitted in person, it is necessary to contact the registry office and document the refusal. You will need a passport and a statement. It is not necessary to name the reason for the refusal of the wedding. The state fee is not refundable.
If the application was made via the Internet, and the registry office is located in another city, you can simply call and say that the selected date is free. But most failed spouses simply do not come to register. There is no administrative or any other responsibility for this.
Moreover, after taking one application, you can immediately submit a new one with the same or another person.
This material was first published in August 2017. In January 2024, we updated the text.
