Marriage Publications

Italian citizens who marry abroad before local authorities are NOT subject to marriage banns.

After the marriage ceremony, the interested party must register the marriage certificate directly with the municipality or through this Consulate General (see section on marriage certificate transcription).

Italian citizens residing in this consular district who wish to marry in Italy must, however, request the publication of banns.

In the case of two Italian citizens, one residing in the district of this Consulate General and one residing in Italy or in the district of another diplomatic-consular office, the publication procedure may be initiated at this Consulate General or at the municipality of residence/other diplomatic-consular representation of reference. The civil registry office where the request for publication is submitted will ask the other office responsible for the place of residence to also publish the notice on its electronic register.

If the publications are requested at the Consulate, the future spouse residing in Italy must also submit a certificate of no impediment to marriage, which can be requested from the municipality of residence.

Who can access the service: Italian citizens residing abroad and registered in AIRE who wish to get married in Italy.

How to make an appointment: send an email to statocivile.miami@esteri.it with the subject line “PUBBLICAZIONI DI MATRIMONIO” (MARRIAGE PUBLICATIONS). The appointment date must be between 180 and 30 days before the wedding date.

How to submit a request:

The request for marriage publications must be submitted in person, by appointment to be arranged by sending an email to statocivile.miami@esteri.it

What to bring:

1. A notarized affidavit completed in full and signed by both future spouses;
2. copy of the valid passport of both future spouses;

TYPICAL CASES:

1. A) Marriage between two Italian citizens: submit only the documentation listed in the “What to submit” section.

Cost: amount corresponding to the following items in the consular fees table (See chart at the end of the page) Art. 3 (fees for posting the publications) and 2c (fees for published publications) pay via 2 separate money orders

1. B) Marriage between an Italian citizen and a U.S. partner

In addition to the documentation listed in the “What to submit” section, the US citizen spouse must submit:

• long-form birth certificate, duly legalized and translated into Italian;
• a notarized affidavit (i.e., a sworn statement with four witnesses who are not related to the interested party and have stating that the U.S. citizen has no impediments to marriage, direct interest in the deed) drawn up before an Italian authority competent to receive it. The affidavit may therefore be drawn up before a court in Italy or before the notary office of this Consulate General, with which an appointment must be made by writing to notarile.miami@esteri.it.

If you have all the required documentation, you can make an appointment with the Civil Registry Office for the marriage publications on the same day as your appointment with the Notary Office for the affidavit. The affidavit must be drawn up before the publication of banns.

Costs: amount corresponding to the following items in the consular fees table (See chart at the end of the page) Art. 3 (fees for posting the banns) + 24 (authentication of the signature) and 2c (fees for the banns having been posted) to be paid via two separate money orders.

1. C) Marriage between an Italian citizen and a foreign partner who is not a US citizen

In addition to the documentation listed in the section “What to submit,” the foreign spouse must submit:

• A multilingual certificate of no impediment to marriage, which is exempt from legalization and translation, issued by the authorities of the countries that are signatories to the 1980 Munich Convention (Austria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey)

or

• Certificate of no impediment (or Nulla Osta), issued by the competent authorities of the country of birth of the foreign citizen no earlier than 6 months prior to the date of the appointment.

These certificates must:

• indicate the last name, first name, date and place of birth, citizenship, residence, marital status, first and last names of the parents, and the personal details of the Italian citizen with whom the person is marrying;
• include a statement that there are no impediments to the marriage according to the laws of the country of origin;
• (for divorced women, indicate the date of dissolution of the marriage);
• (for widowed women, indicate the date of widowhood);
• be legalized with an Apostille (for countries that are signatories to the 1961 Hague Convention) or with legalization by the Italian representative in the country where it was issued, except in cases of exemption provided for by the 1968 London Convention;
• be issued in Italian or English. If issued in another language, it must be translated into Italian or English and legalized with an Apostille (for countries that are signatories to the 1961 Hague Convention) or with legalization by the Italian representative in the country where it was issued, except in cases of exemption provided for by the 1968 London Convention.

To request a Certificate of No Impediment (Nulla Osta), you can contact:

• in Italy, the diplomatic/consular representation of the country of which the applicant is a citizen (in this case, legalization will be carried out by the competent Italian Prefecture);
• the diplomatic/consular representation of the country of which you are a citizen, in your country of residence;
• the competent authorities of the country of birth or origin.

PLEASE NOTE: For information on the exact type of certificate required, please contact the relevant diplomatic/consular representation in Italy or visit the website of the Italian diplomatic/consular representation in the country of the foreign partner.

Self-declarations or affidavits issued by the interested party in lieu of the nulla osta are therefore not acceptable.

Costs: amount corresponding to the following items in the consular fees table (See chart at the end of the page)  Art. 3 (fees for posting publications) + 24 (authentication of signature) and 2c (fees for publications) to be paid by two separate money orders

If one of the two parties cannot be present at the publication, they must issue the other party with a letter of authorization, if they are an Italian or EU citizen, or, if they are a non-EU citizen, a special power of attorney drawn up at the relevant Italian Consulate or at a local notary. In the latter case, the power of attorney must be apostilled and accompanied by a translation into Italian.

If both parties are unable to attend marriage publication, they must issue a proxy or power of attorney to a third party, in the same manner as above.

The publications will be posted on the consular notice board for eight consecutive days; after a further three days, a certificate of marriage publications with authorization to celebrate the marriage in Italy will be issued, which will be valid for 180 days. After this period, in order to get married, the publications will have to be repeated.

Consular fees until 09/30

Art. 2c = $6.80

Art. 3 = $6.80

Art. 24 = $22.70