Santorini legal Wedding documents

We only organize civil weddings and symbolic ceremonies.

Contact us at my personal email  santorininikos@gmail.com

Before you read the below legal requirements, it is important to understand that the these requirements are from the Greek government and not by us, therefore they might change so you have to contact your wedding planner 3 months before your wedding to get any updates and visit often our website.

If you think that gathering all this paperwork is too complicated for you, know that many couples that happens to find difficulty with their paperwork as well, they are getting married back home with by just signing the papers at their town hall without taking the ceremony part and then they come here and they have the actual ceremony with the views of the ocean and the breathtaking sunset and all these times, their guests don't even know about it!

FOR UNITED KINGDOM

1. Bride's and Groom's copy of their passports and you must be older than 18 years old. (If you will have your own witnesses, we require a copy of their passports as well).

2. Birth certificates for both with all the information in print and not handwritten.

3. Non Impediment form for both, not older than 3 months from the date of your wedding.

4. Divorce Certificate or Death Certificate if any.

5. If you have changed your name, we need the court certificate for that.

6. Apostle stamp for ALL your papers from :

The Legalization Office
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
The Mall
London SW1A 2LG (for more information please click here

7. ALL papers must be translated and authenticated ONLY by a Greek Embassy or Consultant OR via our agency. NO OTHER SOURCE IS ACCEPTABLE.

8. You have to be in Santorini 1 working day after the wedding to register the wedding and the Town Hall will send you the marriage certificate by post.

If you want to see samples of the papers you have to gather please click the links below:
birth certificate non impediment form divorce apostille stamp
 

FOR AUSTRALIA

1. You have to be in Santorini 1 working day after the wedding to register the wedding and the Town Hall will send you the marriage certificate by post.

2. Bride's and Groom's copy of their passports and you must be older than 18 years old. (If you will have your own witnesses, we require a copy of their passports as well).

3. Birth certificates for both with all the information in print and not handwritten.

4. Certificate of Non Impediment for both from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, not older than 3 months from the date of your wedding.

5. No Records Result from the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for both, not older than 3 months from the date of your wedding.

6. Divorce Certificate or Death Certificate if any.

7. If you have changed your name, we need the court certificate for that.

8. Apostille stamp for each Australian paper separately from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. For more information please click here.

9. ALL papers must be translated and authenticated ONLY by a Greek Embassy or Consultant OR via our agency. NO OTHER SOURCE IS ACCEPTABLE.

If you want to see samples of the papers you have to gather please click the links below:
birth certificate non impediment certificate no records result divorce apostille stamp

FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

There are 2 different ways to gather your paperwork:

*First way*

Send your birth certificates and your divorce if any for Apostille stamps (total 3 stamps) to your Secretary of State and contact your US Embassy in Athens to give you an Affidavit, 2 papers in total, 1 for you and 1 for your fiance. You can contact the embassy here 91 Vasilissis Sophias Avenue, Athens 10160, Greece, Telephone: 30-210-721-2951 and email them here AthensAmEmb@state.gov

*Second way*

1. Marriage license from your country (we know it is valid only in the USA but we still require this)

2. Bride's and Groom's copy of their passports and you must be older than 18 years old. (If you will have your own witnesses, we require a copy of their passports as well).

3. Birth certificates the long form for both with all the information in print and not handwritten.

4. Single Status letter from your State registrar.

5. A notary public statement saying you are free to marry. To see how it looks like, please click here.

6. Divorce Certificate (final decree) or Death Certificate if any. (If the bride and/or groom have been divorced, a divorce decree is needed. The bride may not marry if she has been divorced for less than 10 months.)

7. If you have changed your name, we need the court certificate for that.

8. Apostille stamp for each US paper separately from your State Department. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BIRTH CERTIFICATES NEED THE APOSTILLE STAMP FROM THE STATE THEY ARE ISSUED AND NOT FROM THE STATE YOU LIVE. For more information please click here.

9. ALL papers must be translated and authenticated ONLY by a Greek Embassy or Consultant OR via our agency. NO OTHER SOURCE IS ACCEPTABLE.

10. You have to be in Santorini 1 working day after the wedding to register the wedding and the Town Hall will send you the marriage certificate by post.

Because in every State the certificates and apostille looks different, we didn't publish samples to avoid confusion.