MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (Sobášny list)

What

The marriage of a foreigner in the territory of Slovakia is completed with the enrolment in the Registry office. Birth, marriage and death of citizens of the Slovak Republic, which occurred outside Slovakia, in:

  • the territory of a foreign state,
  • a representative office of Slovakia in a foreign state
  • a ship or an aircraft outside the country,
  • a non-state territory,

is entered into the Special Registry (Osobitná matrika).

Where

Registries (Matriky):
www.slovensko.sk/sk/institucie/_adede90f-56db-4462-b845-659801dcd654
Special Registry (Osobitná matrika) (in Slovak): www.minv.sk/?osobitna-matrika
The application for registration is filed at:

  • the embassy of the Slovak Republic abroad
  • the registry office in whose territorial jurisdiction the citizen has permanent residence
  • the registry office in whose territorial jurisdiction the citizen was last resident or
  • any registry office if the citizen did not have permanent residence in Slovakia.