Deadlines for submitting an application to the registry office for marriage registration

Couples who decide to tie their fates by the knot often face the problem of formalities. At first glance, it seems that it is enough just to write a statement, submit it to the relevant authorities and immediately sign. However, in reality it turns out that it takes some time to comply with all the formalities. It will also not be superfluous to find out the rules for submitting documents, since depending on a particular situation, the terms may differ.

It is important to note that in addition to the application itself, those getting married must pay a state fee. Today its size is 350 rubles. Considering that the marriage procedure is one for two, you need to pay a single fee. Also, you should think over the registration date in advance, choose one of the desired and most suitable ones. In this case, you can play it safe and choose not one number, but several, since on the desired day in the registry office it can be busy every hour.

In order not to waste a lot of time later, it is necessary to decide together what the ceremony will be. It is necessary to decide in advance whether it will be an abbreviated non-festive or a standard solemn type of marriage.

You can call the nearest registry office in advance and clarify the work schedule of this institution. Despite the fact that these institutions usually work from Tuesday to Saturday, some of them may have different working hours in which the couple will be asked to apply. In addition, in our country, on the fourth Thursday of the month, as a rule, there is a sunday on which there is no reception. In order not to waste your precious time, you need to decide on the most convenient watch.

While there is usually no difficulty in applying for the application, there are certain nuances that you need to know.

• This applies to information provided by passport data. You need to indicate the last name, first name, patronymic, date, place of birth, citizenship, as well as information about the passport itself (for example, its number, series). Nationality is filled in at will, the address of the place of residence is filled in upon registration.
• To understand how to fill out the F-7 form, you can download it from the World Wide Web in advance. This will eliminate the need for a preliminary trip to the registry office. In this case, the printout must be done with a turnover. You will have to fill out the document manually in legible handwriting. In this case, you can use a pen with blue or black ink.
• It is important to note that the document should not contain any abbreviations or corrections. In addition, it is important to take into account such a nuance: there can be no gaps in the line with the choice of surnames. If the bride does not want to change her surname, she must write her current one in this column. As for the method of filing an application, today, according to our legislation, this is done in person or online.

• If the couple has Russian citizenship, then in addition to passports (military ID for the groom in the absence of a passport), a receipt of paid state duty is required. When one person comes to submit an application, you need to provide a power of attorney certified by a notary, allowing the second to submit documents in accordance with all the rules. When couples are registered in which one has not reached the age of majority, the official permission of his parents or guardianship authorities is required.
• Those who were previously married need a certificate of termination. Accordingly, if a reduction in the time of the procedure is required, it is also necessary to justify this with documents based on a specific case. For example, it can be a certificate of the bride's pregnancy or the illness of one of the future spouses. In addition, other requests can be submitted.
• If you do not want to stand in line, it is not difficult to submit an application through the portal of public services. To do this, you must register there, and then find the registration of relations in the list of services. In addition to filling out the electronic form, you can decide on the location of the wedding. This can be a branch at the place of registration or another option that the couple will like, for example, the institution may be located near a restaurant where a significant event is planned to be celebrated.

Regardless of the fact that all registry offices are subject to certain instructions developed for all such institutions, they may have their own instructions. For example, in some institutions of marriage, it is allowed to submit the relevant documents several months in advance. However, the opinion that it is possible to submit documents a year before the wedding is erroneous. As for standard situations, on average, the date of the marriage is set one month before the wedding.

You can reserve your desired date when submitting your application today. Reservation of a specific time and day in our country is allowed by law in terms of two months to six months. However, in this case, a month before the desired booked date, you will have to come to the registry office and apply for marriage registration. Otherwise, there will be no reason for booking.

There is a special (freelance) situation in which the applicants (or one person, most often the bride) have barely reached the age of 14. However, in this case, despite the fact that there is the consent of the parents or guardians, one cannot do without the permission of the governor of a particular region. But at the same time, if registration is meant between the guardian and the child under his guardianship, it is impossible and receives a legitimate refusal. The same can be said for adopted children and their parents. In such cases, the application is simply not accepted.

When contacting the marriage institute, it is possible and especially important when a couple needs a specific day, meaningful for both of them, to book several dates. However, if the application is submitted through the portal of public services, the number of chances decreases. Only two dates are allowed here. Moreover, if for some reason the bride and groom do not come for registration on the first specified day and time, they will be able to do so on another booked day. The date will be transferred automatically.

If the wedding date is simply postponed to another day due to failure to appear for the wedding, a re-submission of the application is required and, as a result, another payment of the state fee. However, if the couple warns the registry office employees in advance that they will not be able to come to registration, and the need to postpone the date, they will not need to pay a second time for the painting.

Like any government business, the review will take some time. State institutions have strict deadlines that you need to know for those who decide to apply for marriage registration.

• The standard term is 30 days. This is the minimum period for consideration of an application from the moment it is submitted in normal situations.
• The abbreviated one is considered on an individual basis. Depending on the situation, the minimum processing time can be from one to five days.
• The extended waiting period can be up to two months. This is possible with a heavy workload of institutions. Here you will have to wait for your turn.

It is also possible an emergency situation in which employees of the registry office can register a marriage on the day the application is submitted. This decision is made by the head of the department on the basis of the submitted documentation and objective circumstances. As for the reservation, the maximum time can be expected by submitting an application through the public services portal (six months).

The time can be reduced if the newlyweds are not planning a solemn wedding. Then usually guests are not invited, and therefore there is no need to wait for a certain day. In the absence of workload, the registry office employees can schedule an appointment for the next Tuesday or Wednesday, since it is on these days that there is usually no shortage of free time. However, if the institution has strict principles, it will still take at least a month to wait for registration after considering the application.

In this case, when submitting an application and the presence of a paid state fee, a copy of the document proving the identity of the foreign citizen must be prepared. The information provided must be necessarily translated into our language and documented by a notary. Without them, it is useless to appear for filing an application. In addition, do not forget that you need to have a visa with you, which a foreign citizen must have. Also, if a foreigner was previously legally married, he must provide a document on its dissolution without fail.

There are cases when it is possible to reduce the time for consideration of documents. For example, the following:

• expecting a child for a period of more than ten weeks;
• applicants have a joint child;
• serious illness of the groom or the bride;
• a difficult life situation in which one of the registrants will soon leave.

If the bride or groom are minors, under no circumstances will they be able to apply for marriage registration on their own accord. In accordance with the law, you will have to wait for eighteen years. Occasionally, the processing time of the application may increase due to the holidays. For example, these may be the first days of the coming year.

Regardless of the desire of the couple, you cannot find any free dates, and even more so the time on specific days. Such information is not published on the portal of public services, it is not indicated by phone. Information can be obtained only in person, and then they will relate specifically to your registration.

As for the registration and submission of an application through the portal of public services, before filling out the form, you need to create accounts of the future husband and wife. After that, you must go to the marriage registration section and fill out an application.

Finally, it is worth considering a few unusual situations in order to know what to do in this or that case and why the registry office employee may refuse to register.

• If the bride turns 20 and needs to change her passport, but at the same time she is going to get married, you can immediately change the passport and surname.
• If the girl or guy is under 18, it is useless to submit an application without parental consent, it will simply not be accepted for consideration. In this case, you should not try to bypass the question online. Even if there is only a month until the age of majority, the application will not be considered, the couple will receive a justified refusal to register.
• As for the cost of registration, it can often become an unpleasant moment that will ruin the mood for both. If there is no money for a solemn wedding, you do not need to pay anything except the state fee. After all, in the absence of finance, it doesn't make sense to pay for live music and photography.
• Forced deportation of one of the future spouses from our country is not among the circumstances that make it possible to reduce the time for consideration of the application.
• If a couple is interested in a particular registration day that is of particular importance to the two of them, they can apply through the government services portal. In this case, there are more chances to get on the desired date.

With the standard procedure and compliance with all formalities, you need to submit an application to the registry office exactly one month in advance. However, due to life circumstances, this period can be changed both upward and downward.This decision is made by the head of a particular marriage department, based on the submitted documents and laws on registration in special cases. It is possible that it is not always possible to reduce the waiting period due to the workload of the registry office. In addition, any consideration must be lawful and cannot be expedited unless there are compelling reasons for it.

Under standard conditions, the application is made by two in any registry office on the territory of the Russian Federation. If this is not possible, use the option of filling out separate forms, each party writes a statement independently (it is categorically impossible for each other). In the future, the documents are certified by a notary and submitted to the registry office. Without assurance in this case, the employees of the Wedding Palace will not accept them, even if there are compelling reasons.

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