Documents for a civil wedding in Cyprus

Order of things

1. 1
   Once your date is booked

   Get your office's own list

   Requirements depend on your nationality, where you live and your marital status, and each office words them a little differently. Paphos publishes a guide per nationality; Nicosia asks couples to contact its office to confirm exactly which documents to bring.

   Sources: Pafos documents guide (PDF) | Nicosia Municipality
2. 2
   Within three months of applying

   Order your proof of marital status

   Certificates of marital status, single statutory declarations and non-impediment certificates are valid for three months from the date they're issued. Order them so they're still valid on the day you apply in Cyprus.

   Sources: Pafos documents guide (PDF) | Nicosia Municipality
3. 3
   As soon as they arrive

   Translate and certify

   Documents in other languages need an official translation into Greek or English. Documents from outside the EU usually need an apostille, or a chain of legalisation if your country isn't in the Hague Apostille Convention.

   Sources: Pafos documents guide (PDF) | Nicosia Municipality
4. 4
   Before you fly

   Send them for a check

   Ask the marriage office to confirm your set is complete. Ierokipia says its officers help couples make sure they submit the right documents.

   Source: Ierokipia Municipality
5. 5
   In Cyprus

   Bring the originals

   Both of you apply in person with the originals, at least one working day before the wedding in Paphos. Each of you declares there's no reason you can't marry, and your two witnesses show their passports or ID.

   Sources: Pafos Municipality | Pafos documents guide (PDF) | Visit Cyprus

By nationality

From the Paphos municipality's 2026 document guide. Other offices may ask slightly differently, so check with yours.

Translations and apostilles

Every document must be in Greek or English. Anything else needs an official translation by a sworn translator, a consular authority of the issuing country or a competent government department.Source: Pafos documents guide (PDF)

If your country signed the Hague Apostille Convention, its public documents need an apostille. If it didn't, the document is certified by your own foreign ministry, then by the Cypriot embassy or consulate in your country, then by the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Without a Cypriot mission in your country there's an extra step through a third country, so ask the office.Source: Pafos documents guide (PDF)

Since 16 February 2019 an EU regulation exempts public documents issued in EU countries, such as birth and marital-status certificates, from the apostille.Sources: Nicosia Municipality | Union of Cyprus Municipalities

Where to apply

You apply at the marriage office of the municipality that will marry you. These are the offices most visiting couples use, with the lowest fee each one publishes.

• Paphosfrom €128.15
• Geroskipoufrom €128
• Peyiaask for the fee
• Polisfrom €128.15
• Limassolfrom €128
• Larnacafrom €128.15
• Nicosiaask for the fee
• Lefkarafrom €128.15
• Protaras & Paralimniask for the fee
• Ayia Napaask for the fee

Lowest fee each municipality publishes for a ceremony at its own office. Last checked 2026-10-27.