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Civil Marriages

Civil marriages can be solemnized at Larnaca Municipality according to the relevant legislation (Marriage Law 104(i) of 2003).

Interested parties must apply personally to the Civil Marriage Office of Larnaca Municipality in order to be informed about the documents they need to produce in order to solemnize a civil marriage at Larnaca Municipality.

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 Offices, 38 Avenue Athenon (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 Larnaca Municipality. 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 Spouce.
4. Birth Certificate.
5. 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 Larnaca Municipality.

The fees for the above procedures of civil marriage are as follows:

Special Licence: 281.90 Euro
With Noticw: 128,15 Euro
Certfied Copy: 13,65 Euro
For not working hours: 85.40 Euro

For any further information concerning the procedure of civil marriage and in order to arrange an appointment for the application or the celebration of a marriage please contact the Civil Marriage Officer of Larnaca Municipality, tel. No. 00357 24653333, ext.564, fax no.00357 24653384 or e-mail: civilmarriage@larnaka.com