Greece is one of the most popular wedding destinations for couples from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and the rest of Europe. For a civil wedding<\/strong>, the Greek municipality that performs the ceremony must receive your documents in a form it can accept \u2013 usually with an Apostille<\/strong> and a certified Greek translation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Requirements differ from municipality to municipality and depend on whether you live in Greece or are visiting. Commonly requested documents include:<\/p>\n Public documents from countries that are party to the Hague Convention (for example the US, Canada, Australia and the UK) usually need an Apostille<\/strong> from the authority of the country that issued them. The Apostille is then translated together with the document. If your country is not part of the Hague Convention, the document is normally legalised through the Greek consulate instead.<\/p>\n Greek municipalities generally accept translations made by the translation service of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by a Greek consular authority, by a Greek lawyer<\/strong> who certifies the translation, or by graduates of the Ionian University translation department. Names must usually appear in both Greek and Latin characters, exactly as in your passport.<\/p>\n We translate birth certificates, marriage licences, certificates of no impediment, divorce decrees and other civil documents from English and German into Greek, with lawyer certification. After the wedding, we can also translate your Greek marriage certificate into English or German for use back home.<\/p>\n This guide is general information. Each municipality sets its own requirements \u2013 please confirm them with the town hall before ordering translations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Documents municipalities usually ask for<\/h2>\n
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Apostille first, translation second<\/h2>\n
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