IRN - How to Register a Marriage

IRN - Como registrar um casamento

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🔗 KEY LINKS

https://www.civilonline.mj.pt/CivilOnline/

https://justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Iniciar-processo-de-casamento

https://eportugal.gov.pt/en-GB/servicos/iniciar-o-processo-de-casamento

https://irn.justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Cidadao/Casamento/Organizar-o-casamento

☎️ KEY CONTACT

Citizen Helpline
Business days: 9 am to 6 pm

210 489 010 or 300 003 990

📍KEY LOCATIONS

Three options to initiate the marriage process:

  1. Go to any civil registry office- All over Portugal
  2. If you prefer to schedule the service, use: SIGA
  3. Online- Civil online
    Keep in mind, that to sign up you will need:

3.1) your Citizen Card, with an activated authentication certificate

3.2) a pin code for the Card’s authentication

3.3) a compatible card reader.
3.4) to be over 18 years old, be Portuguese or Brazilian with the general rights and duties equality status

WHAT IS IT?

The IRN registration process is required to be followed when a couple wants to register/legalize their marriage. 

WHY DO I NEED IT?

To be legally married / register your marriage in Portugal.



STEP BY STEP GUIDE

  1. Initiate the marriage process (at the registry office or online).
  2. The couple should indicate:

a. The marriage modality (civil, catholic or civil in a religious way).

b. Matrimonial property regime chosen:
i. The community of acquired regime, (applies by default), means that the patrimony as well as any heritage or donation acquired by the couple after the marriage will belong to both; however, the patrimony that each individual has before the marriage only belongs to that person.

ii. Separation of assets- each person is the owner of their own goods.

iii. General community of goods- The patrimony belongs to both, not mattering the time or the person acquiring them. As well as the goods and the debts are shared.

iv. You can also create a personalized property regime, as long as it respects the limits defined by law.

c. When and where the marriage will be.

3. Have the required documents.

4. Pay a fee of 120€.

5. Once the marriage authorization has been obtained, the couple has 6 months to marry.

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

    1. In all cases:

      (Submit the following documents of the engaged couple):

      • Citizen Card or identity document.
      • A prenuptial agreement certificate, if it has been prepared at a notary office (it’s a contract that established the matrimonial property regimes)

      2. If the individual is 16 or 17 years old:

      Authorization of the parents or of the individual who legally represents the minor (mandatory). 

      3. If the engaged party is foreign:

      3.1. the passport or residence permit

      3.2 the birth certificate (certified and translated into Portuguese, if the original certificate was written in a foreign language)

      3.3 the affidavit of eligibility to marry (certificado de capacidade matrimonial) in less than 6 months, if the home country of the foreign engaged party issues this certificate. If not, they should present a declaration saying that such certificate is not issued by the home country. 

      Other documents, which are found to be crucial for your process’ assessment, may be required.

      Also note: Foreign citizens do not acquire Portuguese nationality when marrying a Portuguese citizen. However, they may apply for Portuguese citizenship after three years of marriage. (However, keep in mind that marrying only for convenience of the nationality is a crime in Portugal, and when proved, the punishment varies between 1 to 5 years in prison, art. 186º Lei n.º 23/2007, de 04 de Julho). 

      4. If the engaged couple is represented by their representatives, it is necessary to submit the power of attorney.

      The power of attorney may be granted through:

      • an authenticated document
      • a public instrument (power of attorney written by a notary or by a Portuguese consulate officer)
      • a document signed by the represented, with a presential signature recognition.

      Note: The power of attorney must identify the other engaged party (with the name, age, place of birth, usual residence and parentage) and indicate the property scheme and the marriage modality (civil, catholic or civil in a religious way).

      Costs involved:

      Besides the cost of 120€, other amounts may be charged .
      Charge of 200€ if it is not deemed as urgent by law, and you opt to get married on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday; on a business day, outside the registry office or at the registry office but outside the operating hours.
      The marriage with a prenuptial agreement (the contract that stablishes a different regime that is not the one applied by default), has extra costs- check them here:

      https://eportugal.gov.pt/en-GB...

      FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

      Is “União de Facto” the same thing as getting married?

      “União de Facto” means that the couple is not married but has the same legal/financial benefits, if they meet all requirements. 







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