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Marriage celebrated/certificate issued in Albania

Please submit the below-listed documentation:

  • APPLICATION FORM No.16 (editable pdf) duly completed with all requested information (place and date of the marriage, both spouses’ previous marriages and divorces) and signed by both spouses.

Please provide a legible email address where the Consulate will send a copy of the communication transmitted to the Municipality (Comune) via certified email (PEC). Moreover, please provide a postal address to be used in case incomplete and/or incorrect documentation needs to be returned to the sender;

  • ORIGINAL (not photocopy) of the marriage Certificate WITH HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE issued by the competent Albanian Registry Office;
  • APOSTILLE for the marriage certificate(s) issued by the competent Albanian Authority. To find it, please click here;
  • TRANSLATION into Italian ONLY of the marriage certificate(s) – NOT OF THE APOSTILLE.

It is advisable to use the services of professional translators in the country where the documents were issued;

  • APOSTILLE for the translation issued by the competent Albanian Authority. To find it, please click here.

Alternatively, a sworn translation (TRADUZIONE ASSEVERATA) issued by an Italian Court may be submitted. For further information, please click here

  • PHOTOCOPY ONLY of the page with photo and signature of both spouses’ In case of discrepancies in the personal details between the certificate and the current passport, please also attach a copy of the passport showing the corresponding personal data;
  • PRESTAMPED SPECIAL DELIVERY ENVELOPE which should include the FULL name, postal address in the UK to be used for the return of any incomplete and not-compliant documentation to the sender.

Please visit the Registry Office section of the website of the Italian diplomatic or consular Representations in Albania (Tirana and/or Vlorë), for clarification regarding the documentation to be submitted, the translation requirements, and the necessary legalisations as well as for instructions on how to submit the request to that Consular Office.