Marriage without Birth Certificate

You simply send us the necessary documents by email, together with the completed forms, which you can easily download from the download area. We will check your documents for completeness and forward them to the Danish Agency for Family Law. After approx. 5 working days, we will receive confirmation from them as to whether the documents are complete and you can get married in Denmark. We then reserve your desired date at one of our partner registry offices. We will only send you the invoice for our service once we have also received confirmation of the date from them. After receipt of payment, we will send you a service package with all further information, such as a description of the process and how to get there as well as hotel and restaurant recommendations. Our service fee is only payable if we are successful. You can find more information in our general terms and conditions.

In Denmark, all couples who are legally resident in Germany or the EU can marry, with the exception of asylum seekers and foreigners who are only living in Germany with a “tolerated stay”.

Yes, this is actually possible!
Some registry offices even allow you to get married spontaneously – sometimes within an hour. Others require you to appear the day before to present your identity documents. In both cases, however, your wedding can take place within 24 hours.

Since 2012, same-sex couples have also been able to marry in Denmark. The couples need the same documents as all other couples. We cannot say to what extent same-sex marriage is recognized in the couples’ respective home countries.

Our partner registry offices are located both on the mainland and on islands in the Danish Baltic Sea. Which registry office is suitable for you depends on the capacities there and your flexibility in terms of dates.

Only the following documents are required for a marriage in Denmark:

• Passport or EU identity card
• Residence card or visa or entry stamp, if applicable
• Proof of marital status: All persons living in Germany or in the EU must submit a certificate of residence with marital status. In Germany, this is the “certificate of residence with notification of marital status”, available from the residents’ registration office. All other persons staying in Germany or the EU as tourists must obtain this certificate in their home country.
• legally binding divorce decree, if applicable; divorce decrees outside the EU must be legalized
• Birth certificates of joint children

All documents must be available in either Danish, English or German. Documents in other languages must be translated into one of the three languages by an official translator. The wedding ceremony itself is also conducted in Danish, English or German. For all other languages, an interpreter is required, which you must provide yourself.

Marriages contracted in Denmark are immediately recognized in Germany. This is confirmed by both the Federal Office of Administration and the German Embassy in Copenhagen. Due to a document agreement between Germany and Denmark, the Danish marriage certificate is immediately recognized here. However, German authorities may still require the marriage certificate to be legalized by means of an apostille. The apostille can only be issued by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen.

In addition to our service fee, you will incur the following costs:

• Travel to Denmark, it may be necessary to use a ferry
• Costs for accommodation in Denmark
• Fee from the Agency for Family Law in Denmark; this is currently 2,100 Danish kroner, the equivalent of approx. 285 euros

Important: Once you have received all the necessary information and the wedding date has been confirmed, you are responsible for keeping the date. The service fee will not be refunded if you do not show up on the wedding date.