A wedding is the most important event in the lives of many couples in love. If they want to get married, a potential husband and wife visit the registry office, which serves the territory where one of the couple lives.
A joint application is submitted to the registry office: the registrar, accepting it, sets the date and place of the solemn event. The state fee can be paid at the terminal located in the registry office or at a branch of PJSC Sberbank of Russia. Conclude a marriage in accordance with Art. 12 of the RF IC, possible with voluntary consent and reaching a certain age. It has now become possible to apply for marriage registration online.
Pros and cons of applying for marriage registration online
Currently, you can register from the comfort of your home. Has this method of registration gained many fans among the population?
Among the undoubted advantages of electronic registration are:
- speed of registration;
- saving time (at the initial stage there is no need to visit the registry office);
- the ability to book the desired date and time.
In the modern world there is a constant lack of time. Many couples in love, experiencing an ardent desire to officially register their relationship, cannot do this due to banal busyness. For them, electronic registration of applications is a way out of the situation. There are no downsides to submitting an application through the website.
In addition, applicants will be able to book their own wedding date . This day may be associated with another memorable event in their life: by booking it, they can be sure that the wedding will take place when they wish! Electronic registration for filing an application for marriage is a definite plus for couples who want to remember their wedding day for the rest of their lives!
Moscow registry office opening hours
The operating hours of each individual registry office in Moscow are practically no different. The shift can be a maximum of an hour in both directions. This is not critical if you are not going to arrive at the beginning or end of the working day.
Main schedule:
- Application deadline: Tue. — Fri: 10:00-16:00; break: 13:00-14:00;
- Weekends: Mon - Sun;
- Every last Thursday of the month is a day for sanitary work.
Changes in the work schedule of registry offices on holidays must be clarified on the official website of the Civil Registry Office Office - https://zags.mos.ru/zags_moskvy/otdely/ , or by phone in advance. On our website, in the questionnaires of each institution, information is available on the addresses, telephone numbers and work of state institutions for recording acts.
How to register on the State Services portal and send an application
How to submit an application to the registry office via the Internet? Take advantage of the opportunity of electronic registration by visiting the website Gosuslugi.ru . Gosuslugi.ru is an Internet portal on which registered users can perform legally significant actions, from submitting readings on water meters to drawing up various questionnaires, including filing an application with the registry office online.
Interface of the main page of the site
Navigating the site is not difficult: if the user has difficulty registering and cannot confirm it, the site’s support service will give him detailed instructions on how to work with the Internet resource. Electronic marriage registration is included in the list of services in demand among the population. You can find it in the general search bar, as well as by moving through the list of those indicated on the site.
Algorithm for using the site
Step one: go to the site, come up with a password and login. Typically, the login is an electronic mailbox number or SNILS number. We come up with a password arbitrarily, but taking into account the requirements of the Internet resource.
Step two: enter your data during registration, the system will definitely ask for your SNILS number. After checking it, the user will have access to all the site’s services, including electronic marriage registration.
Step three: among the many services, we find the one that is needed in a particular case. The service is called “state registration of marriage” , click on it, a tab with the application opens.
The bride and groom must fill out an application on the website separately!
That is, the future newlyweds fill out the fields of the questionnaire one by one. In particular, each of them indicates the following data:
- surname;
- Name;
- surname;
- Date of Birth;
- passport details;
- previous marriages – supporting documents of divorce;
- possibility of changing surname;
- what surname will be after registration;
- date and time of the marriage ceremony.
Step four: you need to choose the registry office where you would like to hold the wedding ceremony.
Step five: choose a convenient date and time for the wedding.
The form is filled out, the first applicant must send the second person (bride or groom) a link to the application. It's like an invitation to register a marriage in this way. To send an invitation, the first applicant must enter the SNILS number, date of birth, and email address.
Step six: the second applicant enters personal data into the second application - questionnaire.
But the person who was the first in line to formulate the application sends both applications to the registry office. He will be the initiator of registration.
Step seven: sending applications to the State Services portal, waiting for the application to be reviewed. After a certain time, usually several hours, the applicant receives a message that his application has been accepted. If the application does not pass the verification on the portal, in the applicant’s personal account, which contains all the information about him, you will see a refusal to provide the service. The reasons for the refusal will also be written there.
Payment of state fees for marriage registration through government services
After confirmation from the second applicant, it is necessary to pay the state fee for registering the marriage.
This can be done from the personal account of one of the applicants. A payment link will appear in your notifications feed.
On the portal you can pay the fee for registering a marriage online through government services with a 30% discount - 245 rubles instead of 350. Detailed instructions for paying the fee online with a discount.
Attention! Payment of the fee is a mandatory condition for sending an application for marriage registration. This confirms the reservation of the place, date and time.
After paying the state fee, do not forget to return to the application page to send it to the registry office.
Is it possible to pay the fee directly on the State Services portal?
From January 1, 2022, you can pay the state fee with a 30% discount directly on the Gosuslugi.ru portal. According to the amendments made to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (No. 221-FZ), the state provides such a bonus to potential newlyweds until 2019.
To pay the state fee at a discount you must:
- Submit an application on the State Services portal;
- Wait until the registry office issues an invoice for the state fee in the applicant’s personal account;
- Select a non-cash payment method:
- bank card of the Mastecard and MIR payment systems;
- webmoney;
- mobile phone.
Instructions
The registration application procedure consists of three steps:
- Filling out information about the applicant. Choosing a place and date for the wedding ceremony.
- Filling out personal information by the bride/groom (second applicant) in his personal account. Confirmation by him/her of the location and date of the ceremony.
- Checking and confirming the entered data. Mandatory payment of the state fee by one of the applicants (245 rubles instead of 350 when paying through government services online). Payment of the fee confirms the reservation of the selected date and time.
To apply for marriage registration through the government services website at the registry office, go to gosuslugi.ru and select the appropriate service.
Before registering a marriage through government services, read the rules for submitting an application, select the “Electronic application” type of submission and proceed to filling out the form using the “Get service” link.
Do I need to come to the registry office after submitting an electronic application?
After electronic submission of the application, you must come to the registry office in order to confirm your intention and provide the original documents to the employees of the marriage institution. This requirement for a personal visit to the registry office, despite the fact that there is an electronic record, could be attributed to the disadvantages of registering on the site. But the registry office employees must understand that a couple in love, taking a reservation, will come to register. In addition, Art. 27 of the IC establishes that a joint application from citizens is required to enter into a marriage.
At the registry office, potential husband and wife are required to provide the following documents:
- passports;
- statement;
- a document confirming the dissolution of a previous marriage;
- receipt for payment of state duty.
The law allows for official on-site registration of marriages, but only for a good reason. For example, in the case of a serious illness of one of the spouses. In this case, the registrar (an employee of the registry office) goes to the place of the wedding ceremony.
Article 13, paragraph 2 of the RF IC establishes that boys and girls can get married before they reach the age of 18 for good reasons. The law does not list these reasons. In practice, this is a girl’s pregnancy, emancipation, as well as other life circumstances. Legal representatives must give written permission to minors to marry.
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How to submit an application to the registry office: step-by-step instructions
Have you already received a marriage proposal, given your consent and decided on the date of the celebration? Great! Then it's time to book a date at the registry office and submit an application. And so that you don’t have to collect information bit by bit, we’ll tell you how to do it quickly and easily.
If 15-20 years ago unfortunate brides and grooms had to stand in line for days at the registry office to apply for the chosen date, now such a problem does not exist.
You have 3 ways to do this quickly and easily: - appear at the registry office in person;
— submit documents through the district MFC;
— fill out an application on the website gosuslugi.ru.
By the way, according to the law, if both the bride and groom are citizens of the Russian Federation, they can register the marriage in any registry office in our country. If one of the future spouses is a foreign citizen, such a marriage is not registered in all registry offices. Check the working days and hours of the registry office department to which you intend to apply - some institutions accept applications for marriage registration on certain days. We recommend coming to the registry office on Tuesday or Wednesday - these days, according to statistics, have the fewest visitors.
How to book a wedding date
First, decide on a date. The ceremonial registration of marriage at the registry office is carried out only on Saturdays, and you can sign without honors on any day from Tuesday to Friday. Wedding palaces are open daily.
In standard situations, you can submit an application at least 30 days before the celebration (on the website gosuslugi.ru - 45 days), and the maximum period before the wedding day has been increased to 12 months.
In some cases, you can submit an application even a week before the date (if one of the future spouses is seriously ill, is leaving for service or on a long business trip), and a bride who is heavily pregnant or with a newborn child at the registry office can be “married off” on that same day.
Both at the registry office and when applying online, you will need to select the desired date and time on the calendar, which will display the available options.
After submitting an application, the date can be postponed only for a good reason, supporting the facts with certificates.
What documents are needed
- Application in the prescribed form (it indicates the passport details of the bride and groom and information about whether they plan to change their surnames after registering the marriage)
- Passports of the bride and groom
- Certificates of dissolution of previous marriages, if any
- Death certificates of previous spouses, if the couple has a widow or widower
- Notarized consent to marriage from parents, if one of the couple is under 18 years of age
- Receipt for payment of state duty
This package of documents will be required for any method of filing an application. If you decide to submit an application on the State Services website, you will need to attach scanned copies of documents to it or bring the originals to the registry office.
How much does it cost to register a marriage?
The state fee for a simple marriage registration this year is 350 rubles (245 if paid on the State Services website).
If you choose a formal Saturday registration, you can order the services of a full-time photographer and videographer for an additional fee.
The most expensive option is an official outdoor ceremony. In Moscow, depending on the registry office, site and range of services, it will cost from 10 to 100 thousand rubles.
How to apply online
Applying for marriage registration on the website gosuslugi.ru is the easiest and most convenient: this can be done at any time of the day and from anywhere in the world where there is Internet. The main thing is to have all the necessary documents on hand to include information about them in your application.
First, one of the lovers must enter their data, then use a special button to send the link to their partner. After both the bride and groom fill out the application, you can select a date on the calendar and pay the state fee online. The procedure must be completed within 24 hours from the start of filling out the application, otherwise the reservation will be cancelled.
You can only submit one application through the site.
How to apply in person
Both future spouses must come to the registry office or MFC and bring documents. The date and signatures on the application are placed directly at the registry office or the “My Documents” service in the presence of an employee.
In some cases, it is possible for only the bride or groom to submit an application (for example, if one of the couple is seriously ill or is on a long business trip or in military service). Then the absent partner must collect his package of documents, write a separate statement and have it certified by a notary, and then hand over all the documents together with his significant other.
If you cannot decide on the location of the celebration, by law you have the right to submit several applications at once to different registry offices, but in each you will have to pay the state fee again.
