For Inside a US Embassy Diplomacy at Work The

For Inside a U.S. Embassy Diplomacy at Work, The Essential Guide to the Foreign Service

For Inside a U.S. Embassy Diplomacy at Work, The Essential Guide to the Foreign Service


a pair of) The ZAGS official (speaks Russian solely) can offer all the knowledge concerning the papers needed, and conjointly offer a checking account number, where the marriage registration fee of 100 R ($3.three US) ought to be transfered (through any SberBank workplace — there is one simply next to ZAGS, Savelovskaya metro).

But even if you were refused — don’t worry. The certificate to no impediment is valid for a minimum of 3 months, therefore you’ll always book a later date and return back to Russia particularly for wedding.

It is important that some embassies will need some documents (in addition to your passport) to be ready to issue the Certificate. As an example, a French embassy needs a Birth Certificate of your future spouse and an affidavit of the future spouse saying he / she sincerely desires to marry (will be made in any Notary workplace, prices concerning one hundred twenty R ($4 US), takes concerning 10 minutes). Each papers should be translated in French and apostilled.

In case you do it through your embassy (in Russia), you must apply at your embassy for the marital status paper. (See the addresses and contacts of embassies within the Moscow guide / Practicalities section). The embassy can issue a ‘publication’ at the place of your usual residence and if throughout a 14 to 21 day period (varies for different countries) nobody objects to the present ‘publication’ then the embassy problems the required paper. Add another week for the embassy to send this publication to your country.