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01.12.2017 - Article

Here you can find answers to questions related to services provided to families

Registration of Marriage

Couples that got married in Ghana, Sierra Leone or Liberia may apply for the registration of their marriage in the German marriage registry and receive a German marriage certificate, if the wife or…

Married name declaration

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…

Registration of birth

If your (German) child was born outside Germany, you may still register the birth in Germany to receive a German birth certificate. Due to the number of cases at the central registrar’s office,…

Neugeborenes Baby wird zwischen zwei Männerhänden gehalten.

Name declaration for a child

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. This is also necessary even if…

German Child Passport: First Application

If a child is born out of wedlock, a legal paternity for the German law needs to be established through a paternity acknowledgement. This legal act consists of two declarations, one from the father and…

Name declaration after divorce or death of spouse

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. For information which documents need to be…