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Couples that got married in Ghana, Sierra Leone or Liberia can apply for the registration of their marriage in the German marriage registry and receive a German marriage certificate, if the wife or the husband has German citizenship.
When contracting marriage in Ghana, Sierra Leone or Liberia, a couple does not have the possibility to choose a common family name. This choice can be made later through a name declaration at the embassy.
If your (German) child was born outside Germany, you can still register the birth in Germany to receive a German birth certificate.
If the parents have different last names, they must choose a last name for their child prior to the first issuance of a German passport or a German birth certificate.
If a child is born out of wedlock, legal paternity for the German law needs to be established through paternity acknowledgement.
If a spouse after a divorce or death of partner, wants to revert to a former name, this can be done at the embassy through name declaration.
