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WEDDINGS
ITALY - MARRIAGE LICENSE LEGAL PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS:
UNITED
STATES CITIZEN'S WEDDING
- Marriage Paperwork Requirements
WEDDING
PAPER WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MARRIAGE OF US CITIZENS IN ITALY
DOCUMENTS
NEEDED BEFORE STARTING:
1) US passport
2) Birth certificate
3) If previously divorced, your divorce decree
Translations
Required:
2)
and 3) above must be translated into Italian and Apostilled through
the Secretary of State's Notary Public of
the state the document originated in. The translations are authenticated
by the Italian Consulate.
Our company does provide translation services $30 per document.
ATTO
NOTORIO
You
must order the form from the Italian Consulate and/or call and find
out when an appointment
can be set up for this to be done. Some Consulates require only
2 witnesses per couple (not relatives) to witness the Atto while
others can require up to 4 PER PERSON to appear (total of 8).
PLEASE
BE SURE THAT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE OF THE ATTO NOTORIO THE DETAIL
“ REPUBBLICA ITALIANA” AND “CONSOLATO GENERALE
D’ITALIA” ARE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN, OTHERWISE THE ATTO
NOTORIO IS NOT VALID.
The
ATTO NOTORIO in some cases MAY BE DONE IN ITALY, but we prefer
it be done in the US unless time does not permit.
The last declaration is done in Italy before the US Consulates in
Florence, Rome, Milano, Trieste (near Venice), Genova or Naples,
and we set up the appointment for you.
The cost is approximately $55 per person
to be paid in cash.
If
the woman has been divorced less than 300 days from the proposed
wedding date, it is not possible to have a civil ceremony in Italy.
UNDERSTANDING
THE PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS…..
At
first sight the paperwork requirements appear to be a confusing
maze of bureaucratic nonsense, but in fact there
are only 3 items that are necessary to marry in Italy.
Here
are some clarifications for the most frequently asked questions….
1. ATTO
NOTORIO – what it is.
It
consists of a meeting in front of the Italian Consulate with witnesses
in which a declaration relative to the civil status (single, divorced
etc…) of the couple is made.
An official document is then drawn up to present to us for
filing purposes here in Italy.
You
need to set up an appointment yourselves with the Consulate and
ask how many witnesses are requried – it varies from location
to location.
2. APOSTILLE
of a DOCUMENT
This
peculiar word means that the original documents (birth and, if applicable,
divorce) presented to the Italian Consulate have been:
ยท
sent to the
Secretary of State’s Notary Public of the state from which
the document originally is from for authentication (or Apostille
seal).
The
APOSTILLE is simply the seal of the Notary Public of the State in
accordance with the Hague Convention, which means that the documents
can be used officially even in a foreign country. Example:
Jane Smith was born in Miami, Florida.
She therefore sends her Birth Certificate to the Secretary
of State’s Notary Public office in Tallahassee requesting an
Apostille. It is returned to her with the Apostille
and Seal. TRANSLATIONS
All
birth and/or divorce certificates must be translated into Italian.
The translations are then authenticated by the Italian Consulate
in the U.S. We
offer translation services.
3. NULLA
OSTA (To be done in Italy)
Is
the final declaration to be made IN ITALY before the US CONSULATE
or EMBASSY stating that you are free to marry. Cost is approximately $55 per person.
Then this declaration must be authenticated in any Prefect’s
office. The 2 procedures do not take more than
1 morning most of the time, but we require that your arrival be
at least 3 week-days
prior to your wedding date to be safe. The requirement can vary
from city to city, so ask us specifically.
Basically
these are the main procedures, but we always advise you to contact
the Italian Consulate in the US or relative country directly since
each Consulate can vary slightly the timing and scheduling of all
the above.
U.S.,
British Embassy, Canadian Embassy, Australian Embassy.
We handle weddings for ANY CITIZENSHIP. There are NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
to marry in Italy
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