South African Embassy in Sweden, South African Citizen Services, Marriage certificate
Application for a Full Marriage Certificate
Full (unabridged) marriage certificates are issued
upon request to persons who were married in the Republic of South Africa and whose marriages were
duly registered in the Republic.
The following documents must be submitted when applying for a full
(unabridged) marriage certificate:
Form BI-130 to be fully completed in block letters and in black ink;
Certified copy of abridged marriage certificate, if available;
In the case of a marriage within the last six (6) months, dated and signed declaration from the
marriage officer that he or she has duly submitted the documents for registration of the marriage
to an office of the Department of Home Affairs – may be faxed or emailed as a scan;
Certified copies of the applicants’ South African passports or identity documents, or foreign
passports in the case of applicants who are not South African citizens;
A self-addressed A4-size envelope with postage paid for SEK 71 (registered mail), to return the
certificate after issuing, and any personal original documents; SEK 75, e.g. copy of the bank transfer slip.
Payment of the above-mentioned application fee may be made through an electronic bank transfer to the
following account:
Recipient:
South African Embassy in Stockholm
Bank giro:
606-4893
Banking institution:
SEB
Ref:
Marriage Certificate and Surname
Should you require clarification on completing the application forms or have any further enquiries about the
application process, please contact our office at your convenience.
NOTE (please read carefully):
Should the marriage certificate be certified with an apostille in terms of the 1961 Hague Convention (usually
required by Swedish authorities), please confirm this in writing when submitting the application.
Applicants are advised that applications submitted at our office are referred to the Department of Home Affairs
in Pretoria, where the documents are issued, with the diplomatic freight bag once every two weeks.
Unfortunately the intra-departmental movement of the application and tracing of original records in the register
held by the Department of Home Affairs is a time consuming task, with the result that these applications may
take up to six (6) months to process.
Applicants would be immediately notified as soon as the issued document has been received by our office from
Pretoria, and are kindly requested not to contact our office unnecessarily for progress reports. Applicants may
however contact our office in the event of the application taking longer than six (6) months.
Due to the long-term nature of such applications, applicants are kindly requested to keep our office informed of
any change of address during the processing period; in fact, applicants should also provide us with a valid
cellphone number and email address when submitting their application.
A complete application may be either mailed to our office, or submitted personally during the consular opening
hours: Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri; 09:00-12:30.
Application forms should not be folded, and applications that are submitted by post, should be mailed in an
A4-size envelope.
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (formerly, Department of Foreign Affairs) offers a
voluntary registration service for South African citizens that are travelling or residing abroad, ROSA (Registration of South Africans Abroad).
This service is provided in the event there is a need to contact you to offer urgent advice on a natural disaster or civil unrest or
a family emergency. Information may submitted by a South African citizen via the ROSA Online Registration form.
