Marriage and civil partnership
Fees
If you are an Irish Citizen resident in Sweden and need a Certificate of Freedom to Marry, find out how to begin your online application.
Making an application
Online questionnaire
To apply for a Certificate of Freedom to Marry, you must complete an online questionnaire about yourself and your upcoming marriage or civil partnership.
Statutory declaration
Based on this questionnaire, you’ll be presented with one or more statutory declarations to complete and a checklist of supporting documentation you'll need to submit with your application.
You need to:
- Print and sign your questionnaire.
- Print out a copy of each statutory declaration.
- Print out your checklist.
- Complete the declarations and have them witnessed.
- Post them to us with your supporting documentation, signed questionnaire and fee.
- Print off or save each form right after your online questionnaire, as you won't be able to retrieve them later.
When to apply
Submit your application a minimum of four months before the date of your marriage or civil partnership.
Your witnessed statutory declaration(s) cannot be dated more than six months before the date of your marriage.
Your application is not complete until we get hard copies of your questionnaire, statutory declaration(s), and all supporting documentation.
Supporting documents
Your checklist will tell you exactly what supporting documentation you'll need for your application, which may include:
- Your original long-form birth certificate
- Marriage and Death certificate of your previous spouse, if widowed
- Petition and final decree of your divorce, if divorced
- A photocopy of your current Irish passport
- Your original naturalisation certification, if naturalised
Translating your documents
You'll need to submit certified translations of any of these documents, if the originals are in a language other than English or Irish.
Getting replacement documents
We need original documents (except for the photocopy of your passport) to process your application.
Getting your documents back
We will return all your original documents to you after we inspect them.
Remember...
If you haven't included all the necessary documents, your application will be returned to you.
Witnessing your application
Your statutory declaration must be witnessed in the country in which you are ordinarily resident before you can submit it.
Who can be a witness?
Your witness must:
- Know you personally
- Know a third party personally who can identify you
- Be able to verify your identity through your official documents (e.g. a passport)
Applying in Ireland
Your witness can be:
- A notary public
- A Commissioner for Oaths
- A solicitor
Applying abroad
Your witness can be:
- A diplomatic or consular officer of Ireland
- A notary public
- A Commissioner for Oaths or someone authorised to administer oaths or declarations
Your witness needs to:
- Witness you completing and signing your Statutory Declaration(s)
- Complete and sign the relevant part of your Statutory Declaration(s)
Remember...
It’s against the law to make a Statutory Declaration that you know is false or misleading in any way.
Fees
Fees for making an application for Certificat de Coutume/Nulla Osta: 580 SEK per applicant.
We do not accept credit or debit cards.
Fees can also be paid by bank transfer to our bank giro account:
Account Name - Embassy of Ireland
Bank – SEB
Bank giro number: 694-0134
IBAN - SE8950000000052551012090
BIC – ESSESESS
If you choose to pay by bank transfer please include a copy of the bank transfer counterfoil slip with your application.
Cash payments are only accepted if an applicant applies personally at the Embassy; please do not send cash in postal application.
Apply now
We strongly encourage you to gather all the required documents prior to completing the online form – incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Send your completed application to:
The Embassy of Ireland Stockholm is located at:
Hovslagargatan 5,
111 48 Stockholm,
Sweden