Legalization Center offers a service of preparation a replacement Certificate of Marriage in Ukraine. The replacement certificate may be needed, when the previous certificate has been lost or damaged due to some reasons. In some cases certificate needs to be renewed through repeated preparation, since some government authorities abroad require the submitted certificate being dated at least half a year before submission.
Example of Certificate of Marriage in Ukraine.
Besides preparation of certificates as well as various extracts and statements, our center offers the following services:
- documents translation into foreign languages;
- translation verification at sworn translators or notaries;
- documents certification at Ministries and consulates.
General information:
In order to solemnize a marriage in Ukraine, you need to apply to a government body, named “a civil registry office” (hereinafter referred as the CR office). Citizens of Ukraine, in order to legalize their relationships, submit their passports and an application of a certain form to the CR office. A foreigner, in order to register a marriage, besides the application and a passport, has to provide a document, confirming the legitimacy of his/her staying in the territory of Ukraine. The documents provided by the foreigner should be translated into Ukrainian and notarized. If the foreign citizen does not know Ukrainian, the marriage registration should be conducted in the presence of a certified translator of the relevant language. Citizens, being in a marriage before, should additionally provide an attested copy of document, confirming that the previous marriage is invalid. Documents, according to which a marriage entry is canceled and the marriage is recognized invalid, are court judgement, certificate of death of one of the parties or certificate of divorce. In the process of marriage registration the CR office consummates a marriage case in a hard copy and registers the entry in electronic register. Newly-weds may preserve their surnames, may take a surname of a bridegroom or a bride or combine their surnames. A combined surname is called “double” and is recorded through a dash, for example, Akhmat-Novikov. If the parties or one of the parties at the time of marriage have / has already had a “double” surname, then one of the surname parts is changed. In conclusion of the marriage solemnization two Certificates of Marriage are issued, one for the bride and one for the bridegroom. Bridegroom’s and bride’s Certificates differ only by the serial numbers of forms. Until 2016 only one certificate was issued for newly married in Ukraine. Certificate of Marriage in Ukraine is issued only in Ukrainian. A replacement Certificate of Marriage in Ukraine is not issued, if the marriage was dissolved and the entry on marriage dissolution was registered in the Civil Registry Office of Ukraine. In this case CR offices issue an extract on marriage.
Statistics:
The Ukrainians started get married later as compared to the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. Now men more often get married at the age of 28 years old, and women — at the age of 25 years old. Before 30 years old 90% of Ukrainians are married or have been married. This index is the highest index of newlyweds among European countries, where citizens prefer to get married after 30 years old.
Number of solemnized marriages in Ukraine from 2001 to 2016:
- 2001 – 309.6 thousands of marriages,
- 2002 – 317.2 thousands of marriages,
- 2003 – 371.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2004 – 278.2 thousands of marriages,
- 2005 – 332.1 thousands of marriages,
- 2006 – 355.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2007 – 416.4 thousands of marriages,
- 2008 – 322.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2009 – 318.2 thousands of marriages,
- 2010 – 306.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2011 – 355.9 thousands of marriages,
- 2012 – 278.3 thousands of marriages,
- 2013 – 304.2 thousands of marriages,
- 2014 – 295.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2015 – 299.0 thousands of marriages,
- 2016 – 229.5 thousands of marriages,
- 2017 – 250.0 thousands of marriages.
The greatest number of marriages was solemnized in 2007. That year 416,427 couples received a Certificate of Marriage.
You may order a replacement (duplicate) Certificate of Marriage in Ukraine remotely, without visiting our office. The original of the Certificate of Marriage is sent to the client by a registered letter or a courier service.