Certification for marrying abroad

Due to the risk of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), electronic communication must be used instead of direct contact in population register proceedings.

Due to the restrictions of keeping the distance, the possibilities for filling the applications in the Tallinn registry offices are limited, please come with a pre-filled application, the forms can be found on this site.

OBLIGATION TO WEAR MASKS AND KEEP DISTANCE (2 + 2 rule) in the premises of the Tallinn registry offices!
NB! The departement has the right not to allow people with obvious signs of illness into the building.

Issuing a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage evidencing there are no hindrances to contract a marriage outside the Republic of Estonia.

According to Estonian Law, the prerequisites to contraction of marriage are the following:
- a marriage is contracted between a man and a woman;
- the marriage is contracted between persons who have attained the aga of 18 years (exception by Family Law section 1 subsections 3 and 4);
- prospective spouses must not be consanguines (blood relatives);
- a prospective spouse must not be already married.