Where you can legally get married abroad. Official registration of marriage in Greece
Preparing for the wedding is the most exciting and interesting time in the life of future newlyweds. Now you need to solve a lot of problems: «How to make my wedding abroad a bright and memorable event, where and how to get married, how many guests to invite?». Holding a wedding in the most beautiful and romantic place in the world, the island of Santorini, will give an unforgettable experience, a feeling of true happiness and delight.
5 reasons for planning your wedding abroad on Santorini
- You get a perfectly organized event prepared by an experienced wedding coordinator.
- Wedding trip to a foreign country will change the situation, helps you to enjoy the wonderful views, take a real break from everyday worries and present you the usual way of life.
- Comprehensive approach in the organization of the wedding celebration. Your wedding coordinator will help not only with the organization of the wedding, but also with the accommodation of guests, booking tickets, transfer, entertainment program, etc.
- Of course, a wedding abroad will be the brightest and most memorable event in your life.
- Wedding abroad is cheap and easy. Nowadays every couple who seeks to change the usual stereotypes in the wedding can afford to organize a budget wedding ceremony abroad.
Wedding ceremony on the island of Santorini
Have the most romantic marriage in Europe
The perfect place for a magnificent wedding ceremony. Any of the sites of this fabulous island is distinguished by a wonderful location, luxurious panoramic views, and the caldera and amazing surroundings will be a bright entourage for the wedding photo shoot.
Honeymoon destination on St. Irina Island
It is a real paradise for lovers, where you can hold a luxurious wedding with an official registration or symbolic marriage ceremony. The island has many ancient and modern Orthodox churches, with unique architecture and interior decorations, where you can hold an unforgettable wedding ceremony.
Documents Russians need for an official wedding registration
Copies of the bride and groom’s birth certificate, as well as their translation into Greek, certified by the notary and the Apostille stamp.
Passports and photocopies of the first 4 pages (without translation).
Copies of common-civilian passports (page stating Marital Status without translation).
Documents necessary to register a marriage abroad for Europe Union
- Birth certificate with both parents names inside, with an Apostille stamp, translated into Greek.
- Marriage license/Single status letter/Capacity to marry/Letter of no impediment with both of your names written on it, with an Apostille stamp, tranlsted into Greek.
- Divorce certificated if you have been married previously.
- Death certificate, Deed pool certificate or adoption certificate if appropriate.
- Photocopies of your passports.
Documents necessary to register a marriage abroad for Americans
There are two different options available. Study both of them below and choose one that works for you:
Option I. (Documents to be taken only from USA)
- Full birth certificate with both parents names inside, with an Apostille stamp, tranlsted into Greek.
- Single status letter or Letter of no impediment one for each of you with an Apostille stamp, tranlsted into Greek. Single status letter is a document issued from your local Registrar and insures that you are free to get married.
- Marriage license with Apostille (one license covers both of you), that is valid for a wedding outside, translated into Greek.
- Affidavit of Single status (no translation and no Apostille is required). We will email for you this form for comlpetion — it must be stamped by the Registrar’s office.
- Divorce certificated if you have been married previously.
- Death certificate, Deed pool certificate or adoption certificate if appropriate.
- Photocopies of your passports.
Option II. (You will pass by in person to the USA embassy in Athens)
- From the USA embassy in Athens you will take in person an Affidavit of Marital status to cover both the bride and groom instead of Marriage license or Single status letter as mentioned in Option I above.
Documents you need for a wedding in a Greek orthodox church
The certificates of baptism (issued in the church where you were baptized) and its translation into Greek, certified by the Apostille stamp. If such a certificate is absent you should go to the church where you were baptized, and your godparents can become witnesses.
Passports and photocopies of the first 4 pages (without translation).
A copy of the marriage certificate, as well as its translation into Greek (certified by the notary and the Apostille stamp).
A certificate that you both was not married in the church, with its translation into Greek.
Copies of the bride and groom’s birth certificates, as well as their translation into Greek, certified by the notary and the Apostille stamp.
Copies of common-civilian passports (a page stating Marital Status without translation).
Documents for the symbolic ceremony at Santorini
Copies of the bride and groom’s birth certificate, as well as their translation into Greek, certified by the notary and the Apostille stamp.
Passports and photocopies of the first 4 pages (without translation).
Copies of common-civilian passports (page stating Marital Status without translation).
A copy of the marriage certificate, as well as its translation into Greek (certified by the notary and the Apostille stamp).
What is included of the wedding ceremony cost?
The cost of a wedding abroad will depend of the price of the flight, hotel accommodation, the type of ceremony, the needs for legal registration and the number of your guests. The basic package of the official ceremony includes the booking and services of the administration representative, the wedding venue, the ceremony with the award ingesof, as well as background music, floral arrangements, services interpreter and wedding coordinator. The estimated cost of the basic wedding package of services is from 1380 euros.
The atmosphere of the beautiful romantic island of Santorini connects the hearts of lovers, and sincere words spoken in a place where the sea merges with the sky, gain strength in the present and the future. If you want your dream wedding to become a reality, marry on St. Irina’s Island, and we are happy to help organize it.