Urgent marriage registration, or how to register a marriage on the day of submitting an application to the registry office

According to Russian law, it is not necessary to wait the 30 days required for documents to be verified by civil registry office staff to get married. There are several reasons for urgent registration of the newlyweds' relationship. It is necessary to provide an expanded package of documents to obtain the right to marry in a short time.

Standard waiting periods after filing an application for marriage

According to the Law “On Civil Status Acts”, standard periods vary from 1 to 6 months. A minimum period of 30 days is required for specialists to verify all documents.

Professionals must ensure the following:

• receipt of duties to the state budget;
• the applicants are not registered with the police;
• validity of submitted passports;
• the applicants have no marital ties.

Typically, a response from the relevant departments comes within this period. However, 30 days is often not enough to prepare for a wedding.

Also, sometimes newlyweds want to coincide the celebration with another event. That is why they can choose any day available for registration within the next 6 months. However, you need to approach the issue of choosing a date responsibly.

If the newlyweds decide to change the day, they will have to withdraw one application and submit a new one. Registration for the summer months opens in early January. This is a peak period, so it is necessary to submit documents in advance. Other seasons are less popular.

If it is impossible to register a marriage on the desired day in a particular registry office, then the newlyweds can contact another department. They are not tied to the place of actual residence or registration, having the right to apply to any registry office within the Russian Federation.

If the parties live in another country, then they can sign at the consulate or embassy. There are specialists there who are vested with these powers.

How long to wait if the wedding is not formal

40 percent of newlyweds choose a non-celebratory wedding. This means that they do not invite guests and do not celebrate their wedding in any way. But they just come to the registry office, sign and receive a certificate.

Therefore, the first conclusion.

In this case, there is no need to wait for the day off, because usually weddings are held on Saturday so that all relatives and friends can come.

One more example.

Example: Alexey and Natalya are students, they have no extra money at all. They decided to get married very modestly, invited 2 friends, parents, and instead of a photographer, relatives filmed the wedding on a smartphone. They did not need formal registration, so their marriage was formalized on Thursday, when there was no line.

And in this case, the registration date is set for Tuesday or Wednesday, when the registry office is least crowded. In addition, you have to wait much less after submitting your application. After all, the employee does not need to look for free time; the whole procedure takes 5 minutes.

In addition, no time is wasted turning on music and photographers. Therefore, if speed is important to you, choose this option and you will not have to wait 2 months for your turn; you will definitely be married in 30 days.

Reasons why urgent marriage registration is allowed

All exceptions that allow newlyweds to register their relationship urgently are specified in Article 11 of Federal Law No. 143. These include the following:

• bride's pregnancy;
• recent birth of a child;
• the presence of a serious illness in one of the newlyweds or a threat to life;
• urgent long-term business trip of one of the parties;
• conscription into the army.

It is necessary to provide an extended list of documents to obtain the right to urgent registration.

Their list varies depending on the reason for using this right. Typically, the period for document verification is reduced to several days. But in exceptional cases, it is possible to get married in a non-ceremonial setting on the day the application is submitted.

Where to pay?

Couples have several options for paying state fees for marriage. We invite you to familiarize yourself with them to help you decide on the one that is most suitable for you.

Sberbank Online

A great idea to save time and make calculations while staying at home. This can be done in Sberbank’s “Personal Account” or in its application. You will need to enter your details on the payments tab. After transferring the money, save and then print the receipt, because this is what is presented at the registry office to submit an application.

Detailed instructions:

1. Go to the site and enter your username and password, or register first.
2. Then we wait for the SMS, there will be a code that needs to be entered. Next, click on the green “Continue” button.
3. Select the section with payment of taxes, fines, duties, etc. In the TIN line, enter the recipient's number. Such data is provided by the registry office itself or can be taken from its official website.
4. After clicking the “Find” button, suitable organizations will appear.
5. Next, select the recipient, that is, the desired government agency.
6. Now we mark the write-off card and the required service - marriage registration.
7. At the end of all completed procedures, a window will appear with the details you entered. Check that you have filled out everything correctly.
8. Select a document from the menu below, for example, it could be a passport.
9. Click “Continue”.
10. In the next tab, enter your full name, passport information and click “Continue” again.
11. We enter the established amount for the wedding, which today is 350 rubles.
    The amount of state fees often changes, so it is better to clarify its cost by calling the registry office.
12. After you have entered the required numbers, you will be asked to check everything thoroughly again.
13. Then a password will be sent to your phone number, which you enter in the field.
14. Ready! The fee has been paid.

In the bank

When you come to any bank branch, you can easily carry out this procedure. In this case, you will only need an identification document and money. The bank manager will fill out the necessary information and give you a check for payment for the service.

Public services

The best option is to pay on the popular State Services website. This is very convenient, because you don’t need to leave home, stand in line, and all the necessary numbers are filled in automatically, and the amount will be less than everywhere else, only 245 rubles .

After filling out all the information in the application, go to the “Payment” section, which you will find at the top. You will be offered 3 ways to deposit funds for the state fee, choose any convenient one. Money for registering a civil marriage can be transferred using bank cards, electronic wallets or directly from the account of your gadget.

If your choice is a plastic card , a window will appear in front of you in which you need to fill in the card details. Then click "Next".

When paying by phone , select the picture with the desired operator and enter the number from which the funds will be debited. After that, click “Done”.

Attention! The discount is only valid if you submit an application on the Gosuslugi portal.

"Qiwi" or "Yandex-money"

The state duty can also be paid using special payment systems on the Internet. First, you need to be authorized on one of the services and top it up with money, which you will subsequently transfer. Next, select “Payment by details” and enter them accordingly. Then, confirm the action via SMS. Afterwards, you will need to print out the check; you can find it in the history of financial transactions.

The amount from your virtual wallet will be debited with a commission.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Go to the service, click on the “Receipts” tab and enter the TIN of the institution you need, and then the rest of the data.
2. Then the “Continue” button. You will be taken to a section where you need to fill in information about you: last name, first name, patronymic, your TIN, and also indicate the service for which you are going to pay, i.e., the state fee for registering a marriage. And the payment amount is 350 rubles.
3. Click “Continue”, this completes the operation.

Terminal or ATM

Another way to pay marriage fees is at a terminal or ATM. Money can be either cash or on a card. Select the “Public Services” section in the device menu, indicate the desired registry office and about, and then enter the details.

ATMs do not give out change, so prepare the required amount in advance. You can transfer the remaining funds only to your mobile phone.

Detailed instructions:

1. In the proposed options at the ATM/terminal, find the “Services” item. Click on it and select the TIN search section.
2. Enter the details that you previously requested from the government agency.
3. If the TIN was specified correctly, the required registry office will appear on the screen. Click on it.
4. Next, another window will appear in front of you to enter the remaining data.
   Modern terminals have a convenient function - you can swipe the barcode of your receipt in front of the glowing strip, and all the information is thus counted.
5. After completing the procedures, you need to enter your last name, first name and patronymic, and also enter the amount of the state duty, in our case - 350 rubles.
6. Then enter the bills into the special window.
7. The ATM will count your funds, credit them to your account and issue you a check. Be sure to save it, because you will need it when applying for marriage.

Is it possible to register a marriage on the day of application without a ceremony?

This possibility is present if the parties cannot wait 30 days for standard marriage registration. But you need to have a serious reason for this. The registry office employee cannot make a decision on marriage on the day of application; it must be mutual between the future spouses.

To register a relationship on the day of application, you will need:

• provide passports of both spouses;
• to write an application;
• pay the state fee and attach the receipt;
• provide documents confirming the impossibility of waiting for the standard period established by the state.

You must be prepared for the fact that the wedding will take place in a non-ceremonial atmosphere.

In this case, the newlyweds will need to enter the office, familiarize themselves with the grounds for registering the relationship, sign in a special book located in the registry office, and receive a marriage certificate. Everything happens within a few minutes. Passports are stamped in the presence of the newlyweds.

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Minimum age

Each of the future spouses must be at least 18 years old, this is the age of majority. This legal requirement is specified in paragraph 1 of Art. 13 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation.

But it also states that in exceptional cases it is possible to formalize a relationship at 16, and sometimes even at 14 years old. To do this, you will have to contact the city administration and get permission from them. It can be issued if:

• The girl is pregnant from the groom;
• The newlyweds had a child together;
• One of the spouses is seriously ill;

Again an example.
Example: Elena recently turned 17 years old and she found out that she was pregnant from Alexey. According to the law, at the age of 17 it is forbidden to get married. But Elena's case is an exception to the rule. If she receives permission from the city administration, then their marriage will be formalized.

How to quickly register a marriage at the registry office?

To register a relationship, you need to perform several standard steps. If the marriage is urgent, then you will need to fulfill some conditions to obtain consent from the registry office specialist.

Application form and sample

It is standard, regardless of whether accelerated or regular registration of relations is required. One form must contain the information of both newlyweds.

The newlyweds write the following information:

• the name of the registry office department where the marriage will take place;
• Full names of the parties;
• date of birth and age at the time of registration of the relationship;
• Place of Birth;
• citizenship;
• nationality (specified as desired);
• location;
• passport details;
• details of previously issued divorce certificates (if any).

At the end, you must indicate what surname the spouses plan to take after the wedding and sign. According to the provisions of the RF IC, they can take the surname of one of the spouses, make a double one (prohibited if one of the newlyweds already has a double surname at the time of marriage) or choose any other.

List of required documents

Their list directly depends on the reason for an urgent marriage.
For normal applications, you only need a passport and a receipt for payment of the state fee. If someone was previously married, then you must additionally provide a divorce certificate. It is recommended to clarify in advance with a specialist from the Civil Registry Office what exactly is required in a particular case, since each situation is considered separately.

But when some situations arise, the actions have already been worked out, and the list of documents is known.

Thus, in order to immediately provide all the necessary papers, it is worth contacting the specialists of the Civil Registry Office. They are always ready to provide full information support in person or by phone.

Expedited marriage procedure

The procedure is standard and boils down to the following:

1. appearing on the appointed day and at the appointed time;
2. checking the information on the marriage certificate;
3. placing the signatures of the parties in the record book of the registry office;
4. affixing stamps to the passports of the spouses and issuing a certificate.

The entire process takes less than 10 minutes. If the health status of one of the parties does not allow registering the marriage within the registry office, then it is possible to conduct on-site registration.

To do this, you must place an appropriate order. The cost of this service depends on the locality and the registry office itself. You will also need to transport a specialist to the wedding venue and back to the place of work.

Price

It is difficult to say definitively how much the registration in question will cost you. After all, everything depends on the choice of outfits of the future spouses, how many guests will be invited, what they will arrive with, and whether a photographer and cameraman are needed. And also prices vary in different cities of the country. The only thing is that all lovers, regardless of place of residence, must pay a state fee in the amount of 350 rubles, as mentioned above.

Employees of government agencies, including registry offices, do not have the right to charge a couple any amount for the ceremony. An exception may be cases if you wish to order a full-time photographer, for whose services, of course, you will have to pay.

But in Wedding Palaces, things are completely different, and in some it is common practice to collect a certain amount from the newlyweds for providing some services. So it’s best to find out the price of your chosen Palace right there, by going there in advance or calling.

In what cases can an application for express marriage be refused?

There are several grounds for refusal to provide expedited marriage services. All of them are prescribed in the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status”.

The grounds for refusal include the following:

• incomplete package of documents;
• being married at the time of filing a new application;
• an error in the payment document for payment of state duty;
• lack of grounds for expedited marriage registration;
• lack of Russian citizenship for both newlyweds;
• the presence of a close relationship between the spouses;
• minors at the time of application;
• one of the parties is incapacitated;
• the presence of diseases in one of the parties that make marriage impossible;
• filing an application while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

If the newlyweds are sure that the refusal to register the marriage is illegal, then the decision of the specialist from the registry office can be appealed in court. To do this, you must request a written refusal indicating the reason and contact a judicial authority. If abuse of authority is revealed, the employee will be fined, and the plaintiff’s rights will be restored.

State duty

In 2022, the state duty for registering relationships is 350 rubles. If you submit documents via the Internet or government services, then pay 245 rubles (with a 30% discount).

This amount may change; details are specified in clause 1 of Art. 333.26 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. Remember that only one person from the couple pays the state fee.

Note.

Sample receipt for payment of state duty

If one of the newlyweds has a benefit, then you don’t have to pay your part of the fee. Payment is made at any branch of Sberbank. Remember that banks charge a commission of 20 rubles for this operation. After payment, bring the receipt to the registry office along with the application.

Ask the registry office employees for payment details, but most banks also have this information. If you change your mind about applying, the money will not be returned.