Electronic marriage registration is one of the services, the provision of which became possible thanks to the emergence of the State Services portal. RU.
Future spouses can easily register on the website, fill out an application and send it to the registry office.
Submitting an application electronically is quite simple: you just need to carefully fill out the form provided, and after sending a joint application, wait for an invitation to official registration.
In the invitation, the registry office staff will indicate (confirm) the date and time of the ceremony.
Who can get married
The law generally does not create obstacles to marriage. If both future spouses are adults and agree to registration, no one will interfere with them. RF IC 14 speaks of only three exceptions, which in fact are very rare. It is prohibited to register a marriage if:
- one of the applicants is already legally married;
- the applicants are direct relatives;
- the applicants are the adoptive parent and the adopted child;
- if one or both applicants are found to be mentally incompetent.
Article 13 of the RF IC states that citizens whose age at the time of application is 18 years or more have the right to marry. But in some circumstances, marriage is possible from the age of 16, if the parents give their consent. An earlier marriage is also possible, but its conditions are already dictated by each subject of the Russian Federation individually.
How long before the wedding should an application be submitted?
By law, an application to register a relationship must be submitted in advance. RF IC Art. 11 says that from the moment of filing the application until the actual marriage, at least a month must pass. It is assumed that this time is needed to ensure that the decision made is correct. A couple can choose a date and more than a month later, for example, sign in 3 months.
There are circumstances in which you do not need to wait until 1 month has passed. Such circumstances are the pregnancy of the future spouse, the birth of a child regardless of his age, a threat to the life and health of one of the future spouses. They can sign it on the same day, but in this case the marriage registration at the State Services will not be relevant; you need to contact the registry office immediately.
Please note that you are simply submitting an application for marriage through State Services. The marriage registration itself is carried out later by the registry office. It is impossible to get married online.
Application review period
The response time for the application is 5 days. At this time, the following are included: verification of entered data, verification of the application itself, review. Upon completion of the verification, you will receive an email with the date and time of your personal appearance at the registry office. All that remains is to come with your passports on the specified day for registration at the registry office. If the application is rejected, log into the portal, double-check the data, make changes and submit the application again.
Typically, such systems do not allow errors, but if you doubt anything, after a week or two you can come to the registry office and find out if everything is correct.
To be on the safe side, you can go to the registry office in a few days or call, talk to the employees and make sure that everything is going smoothly and there is no reason to worry. After all, there is no trouble more impressive than an upset wedding.
No additional confirmation is required, all that remains is to wait for the cherished day and register the relationship.
How to apply for marriage registration through State Services
To submit an application to the registry office via the Internet, it is necessary that each of the future spouses have a confirmed account on State Services. The decision is made mutually, and both must confirm their intention.
Any party can submit an application for marriage through State Services, but the other party will, in any case, receive a notification about this in their personal account, after which they consent to the action. Only after the system has received both consents does it forward the citizens’ application to the registry office.
How to submit an application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services:
1. One of the future spouses goes to the state portal using their data and through a search finds the Marriage Registration page. After reviewing the information there, you can click the “Get the service online” button.
Please note that the opportunity to apply for marriage through State Services is not valid in all regions of the Russian Federation. If yours does not do this, the system will notify you about this.
2. Before proceeding to direct contact, the system will ask you to answer some clarifying questions:
- whether the applicant was previously married. If yes, is he currently divorced (there is an option - he is a widower);
- how the couple wants to register their relationship, in a simple or formal setting.
3. After the survey, the system will indicate what is needed to accept the application. If one of the parties was previously married, a divorce certificate is required. The need to pay state duty is also indicated. If you pay it online, the fee will be 245 rubles, if standard on a receipt - 300 rubles.
4. The system will display the applicant’s details on the screen, his phone number, email - all this needs to be confirmed. Next, he will ask you to indicate the details of the previous marriage certificate, which he previously registered:
5. The system will ask what last name the applicant will have after formalizing the relationship. You can stay with your own, choose the surname of your other half, or give yourself a double surname.
6. Next, the applicant indicates the SNILS number of the second future spouse and his email address. This is necessary for the system to send him a request to confirm his intention to marry.
7. The next step is to select the registry office where the marriage will be registered. To do this, the applicant indicates the city, the system opens a map of the region, where you can select any registry office. Choose it.
8. A form for selecting the month of marriage will open; you can select a convenient date within 7 months, starting from the next month. A calendar opens indicating available dates, select the date and time of registration, and reserve a place.
After this, the system will send a request to the second future spouse to confirm the action. The information will appear in his personal account, and a notification will also be sent to the e-mail specified by the applicant.
When the joint application has been finally submitted, the system will ask you to pay the state fee for registering the marriage. You can pay for it directly at State Services, the system will also give a 30% discount. If you submit an application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services, you need to pay 245 rubles. Payment is accepted from cards, electronic wallets or mobile accounts.
Submission of the application by the first spouse, its confirmation by the second and payment of the state fee must occur within 24 hours.
Is it possible to submit an application through the State Services portal?
One of the most popular services in 2022 is the State Services portal. Citizens can electronically apply for a range of services in various areas of life. For example, in the category you can apply for marriage registration. The procedure is quite simple, does not take much time, and most importantly, there is no need to take time off from work and spend more than one hour queuing outside the registry office.
You can submit an application and select a registration date from anywhere and in any city.
To submit an application, the bride and groom only need to have confirmed accounts on the State Services portal . For this:
- Each of them must register on the website, enter their personal and passport data, SNILS number and indicate their place of residence.
- After registering and completing the verification procedure, you must confirm your account in order to have access to all services on the portal. This can be done, for example, at the MFC (find out more about whether you can apply to the MFC and how to do it here).
- Once a citizen has a verified account, he gains access to all services that are provided in the region of his residence.
The application to the Civil Registry Office has been sent through State Services, what next?
After the state duty has been completed, information will appear in your personal account that the application to the Civil Registry Office through State Services has been accepted. This means that the date has been booked. At the time designated by the primary applicant, the couple will be waited for marriage registration.
You must have your passport with you, which has space for a marriage stamp. If a marriage was previously registered, the passport must have a stamp indicating its dissolution.
You can call the registry office in advance to clarify information. Upon arrival, a formal registration is carried out, the couple receives a marriage certificate. If you are planning on-site registration or marriage in the palace, you must discuss this in advance with the registry office employees.
