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Certified Marriage Certificate
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Professional translators · any language · signed Certificate of Accuracy

Married abroad? Ireland does not register marriages that took place in another country, so your foreign certificate, in certified English translation, is the proof Irish bodies work from. We prepare it for EU Treaty Rights residence, citizenship as the spouse of an Irish citizen, registering your baby’s birth and a passport in your married name. €29.95 per page, most certificates delivered in 24 hours, with a signed and stamped Certificate of Accuracy.

24-hour standard turnaroundBoth spouses’ details in fullStamped Certificate of AccuracyFree revisions
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Signed Certificate of Accuracy
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Human Translators
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100+ Languages
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Since 2010
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From Upload to Delivery in 3 Easy Steps

No account required. No commitment. Exact price in seconds.

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Upload Your Document

Send a photo, scan or PDF of your marriage certificate through our secure portal. We count the words and show you the exact price in euro straight away.

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We Translate & Certify

A professional translator completes your translation, and we attach a signed Certificate of Accuracy with our full contact details, company stamp and reference number.

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Download & Submit

Your certified translation arrives by email as a PDF, ready to submit. A hard copy by tracked post or an apostille can be added at checkout. 12-hour expedited service on request.

Every Marriage Certificate Translation Includes

No add-ons hidden in the small print. Everything below is standard.

Signed Certificate of Accuracy

Worded to mirror the format Irish bodies publish: a statement that it is a true translation of the original, the date, the translator’s name and signature, and our address, phone and email.

Word-for-Word Accuracy

We translate both spouses’ names before and after the marriage, their dates and places of birth, parents’ names where shown, the date and place of the marriage, the registry or officiant, the witnesses, any property regime or surname declarations, the entry number and every seal, stamp and marginal note.

Professional Translator

A native speaker with experience in your exact document type, never machine translation. The same translator across all your documents on request.

Stamp & Reference Number

Every certificate carries our company stamp and a unique reference number, which several Irish registration bodies and the Foreign Births Register ask to see.

Digital PDF, Hard Copy Optional

Emailed as a PDF on completion. Where the receiving body wants paper, add a hard copy sent by tracked post at checkout.

Free Revisions & Guarantee

Free revisions until you are happy. If a receiving body rejects the translation, we revise it free or refund you in full.

Marriage Certificate Translation Cost

Transparent, Flat Pricing

€29.95 per page. A typical marriage certificate is one page; a full register extract, or a Nikah Nama with its conditions, may be two or three. If you are using the translation abroad, we arrange apostille certification on our translation for €149.95 with digital delivery or €199.95 with a posted hard copy.

€149.95
Apostille
Per document, digital delivery, for use abroad under the 1961 Hague Convention. €199.95 with a shipped hard copy.
€14.95
Hard Copy by Tracked Post
A printed certified copy with wet signature, posted to you. Add it at checkout. A 12-hour expedited service is available on request.

Where Irish Bodies Ask for It

Because the Civil Registration Service does not register marriages that took place abroad, your original certificate remains your key evidence in Ireland. These are the offices that ask for it most.

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Top Languages We Translate Marriage Certificates From

Same €29.95 per page whatever the language. These are the languages we see most often from clients in Ireland.

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Country-Specific Knowledge

We Know Your Country’s Marriage Certificate Format

Marriage certificates record different things in different countries: surname choices in Poland, the property regime in Brazil, contract conditions in Pakistan. Here is what to watch for in the formats we see most.

🇵🇱 Poland · Odpis skrócony aktu małżeństwa

The Polish certificate records the surname each spouse takes after the marriage and the surname for future children. Those declarations matter when your Irish records use a married name, so we translate them word for word.

🇷🇴 Romania · Certificat de căsătorie

Romanian certificates list each spouse’s surname before and after the marriage, and older ones are handwritten. As an EU document it can come with a multilingual standard form, though many Irish bodies still prefer a full translation.

🇧🇷 Brazil · Certidão de Casamento

Issued by the Cartório de Registro Civil, it states the property regime (for example comunhão parcial de bens), and later divorces appear as marginal notes (averbações). A recently issued copy shows the current status.

🇪🇸 Spain · Certificado de matrimonio

The Registro Civil issues a full literal certificate (certificación literal) and a shorter extract (certificación en extracto). The literal version carries every annotation, so it is usually the safer one to translate for Irish use.

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Nikah Nama (نکاح نامہ)

The Urdu Nikah Nama sets out the dower (haq mehr), the witnesses and any delegated rights, and is often submitted with a NADRA marriage registration certificate. We translate every clause and the Union Council details.

🇨🇳 China · 结婚证

The red marriage certificate booklet is issued to each spouse by the civil affairs marriage registry. We translate the photo page, the registration number and the registry’s embossed seal, so either spouse’s copy can be used.

Every Language Routes Through the Same Trusted Pipeline

Send a scan or clear photo of the whole certificate, including any back page with stamps or annotations. Your translator is a native speaker of the source language, names are spelled to match both passports, and you receive a signed, stamped PDF by email. Add a hard copy by tracked post at checkout if an office wants paper.

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FAQs

Marriage Certificate Translation: Common Questions

How much does a marriage certificate translation cost in Ireland?+
€29.95 per page (1 page = 300 source words), the same for every language. Most civil marriage certificates are a single page, so most couples pay €29.95. A hard copy by tracked post can be added at checkout.
How quickly will I get it?+
Standard turnaround is 24 hours for 1–3 pages, and a marriage certificate almost always falls within that. If you have a tight deadline, a 12-hour expedited service is available on request.
Do I need a translation if my EU certificate has a multilingual form?+
If your EU certificate comes with a multilingual standard form you may not need a translation at all; many bodies still ask for one, and non-EU certificates always do. The HSE and ISD both say they accept the multilingual form.
Can our foreign marriage be registered in Ireland?+
No. The HSE Civil Registration Service does not register marriages that took place abroad; the record stays in the country where you married. That is why Irish bodies ask for your original foreign certificate and, if it is not in English or Irish, a translation.
We had a religious ceremony abroad. Will that certificate work?+
Possibly not. Citizens Information warns that a church marriage abroad is often a purely religious ceremony with no legal effect, so it cannot be recognised as a legal marriage in Ireland. If you also have a civil certificate, translate that one. We can translate both if you need them.
Can I use this translation for an Irish visa application?+
Yes. For an Irish visa application, our marriage certificate translation is certified and signed in the EU, inside the EEA, so ISD's visa rules do not need the translation itself attested or apostilled. ISD does want visa documents as hard copies, so add a hard copy by tracked post at checkout. A marriage certificate issued outside the EEA may still need an apostille or legalisation from the issuing country, which is a separate ISD rule.
How do you spell our names?+
We follow the spelling in each spouse’s passport, so the translation matches your IRP, PPS records and other documents. If a name appears in a non-Latin script, tell us the passport spelling when you order and we will use it throughout.
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