Marriage abroad: recognition

If you get married abroad you must have the marriage recognised in Belgium.

How?

Come after marriage to the City Office, by appointment.

Make an appointment

What must you bring?

  • Copy of the marriage certificate
    • After it has been recognised, do you also want the marriage certificate transferred to the city's registers? We need the marriage certificate with a sworn translation into Dutch.
    • Attention: foreign documents sometimes need to be legalised.
  • Your identity card
  • (Copy of) your partner's identity card or passport

Price

Free of charge.

Stadskantoor
Professor Van Overstraetenplein 1
3000 Leuven

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