Civil marriages
can be solemnized at Nicosia Municipality,
Cyprus according to the relevant legislation
(Marriage Law 104(i) of 2003).
Interested parties
must apply personally to the Civil Marriage
Office of Nicosia Municipality in order
to be informed about the documents they
need to produce in order to solemnize
a civil marriage at Nicosia Municipality,
Cyprus.
Civil marriages
can be solemnized between Cypriot citizens,
Cypriots with foreigners and between
foreigners.
When the interested
parties present all the necessary documents,
the marriage can be solemnized either
by Notice of Marriage
(with this procedure the couple is allowed
to get married only after 15 days from
the day of their application but not
later than 3 months) or by Special Procedure,
in cases where the Marriage Officer
agrees that there are significant reasons
to speed up the process. In the case
of Special Procedure the marriage can
be celebrated from the first day of
their application or less than 15 days.
The Civil Marriage
ceremony takes place at the Municipal
Town Hall of Nicosia, Eleftherias Square
in a place especially arranged for the
ceremony.
Civil Marriage between foreigners Civil Marriage
can take place between foreigners, Cypriots
and Foreigners with Cypriots at Nicosia
Municipality, Cyprus. In order to file
an application for marriage the couple
has to obtain certificates of marital
status as follows:
Foreigners 1.
Recent Certificate of Marital Status
from Government Authority (i.e. Town
Hall, Ministry of Interior, Registry
Office, Embassy etc). 2.
Divorce Certificate. 3.
Death Certificate of Spouse. 4.
Passport.
All the above
documents must be recent, original and
officially translated into English.
There are two
procedures of Civil Marriage. The Special
Procedure and the procedure by Notice
of Marriage.
Special Procedure If the couple
has special reason for marrying early
it will follow the Special procedure
whereby they can get married the same
day of their application or less than
fifteen days.
Notice of Marriage In this case
the couple will sign the notice of Marriage
and can get married after 15 days from
the day of their application but not
later than 3 months.
Our working
days and hours are Mondays to Fridays
from 7.30 a.m. till 2.30 p.m. and Thursdays
from 3.00 p.m. till 6.00 p.m.
The ceremony
is very simple and takes about 10-15
minutes. After the celebration of marriage
the couple, the witnesses and the Marriage
Officer signs the certificates and we
give to the couple 1 original certificate
of marriage.
For certified
true copy of the Certificate of Marriage
the couple must apply at the Civil Marriage
Office of Nicosia Municipality, Cyprus.
The
fees for the above procedures of civil
marriage are as follows: By Special Procedure -
£165.- By Notice of Marriage
- £ 75.-. Certified Copy - £
8.-