Inclusion of marriage registered in a foreign state into record of Lithuania

Citizens of Lithuania who have registered marriage in foreign institutions must include it into record of Lithuania.

In order to include marriage into record of Lithuania, citizens of Lithuania shall submit documents to the Civil Registry Office by residence thereof, or to the Lithuanian Embassy or Consulate.

The following documents shall be submitted:

1. Document confirming the identity of a person;
2. Certificate of marriage issued by the foreign institution;
3. If one of the spouses is a citizen of foreign state, who is divorced or is a widower, a document issued by competent authority of the state thereof, approving his/her divorce or death of the former spouse shall be additionally provided.

Documents issued by foreign institutions must be legalized or certified with an Apostille certificate, unless specified otherwise by the International Treaties of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union legislation, and must be translated into Lithuanian.

After a submission of documents, the Lithuanian equivalent to this document shall be issued to citizens of Lithuania.

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