MOFA Registration of marriage & divorce Iraq : Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Name of the Organization : Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type of Facility : Registration of marriage & divorce
Country : Iraq

Official Website : http://www.mofa.gov.iq/en/consular-services/marriage-divorces-registration

Third – Registration of marriage and divorce :

Foreign directories issue contracts and a decision of marriage and divorce, according to the laws and these documents implemented for Iraqi citizens in the records of Civil Status in accordance with the legal requirements set out in Article 38 of the Civil Status Law No. 65 of 1972 and all Iraqis live outside Iraq have to notify.

Related : MOFA Obtaining Civil Status Card Iraq : www.statusin.org/5634.html

The Embassy or General Consulate about the event of marriage or divorce, or annulment, for the purpose of registration in the Department of civil Status the husband performs the following :
** Translate the marriage contract or divorce judgment
** it is in the foreign language by the Association of Iraqi translators or the Faculty of Languages at the University of Baghdad exclusively.
** Ratify the marriage contract or divorce judgment from the Consular Department / ratifications section.
** The husband submits a copy of the marriage contract or judge’s decision to divorce accompanied by a copy of the Arabic translation of the above mentioned with a certified copy of the Civil Status Card of the husband and the wife to the Civil Affairs Department, which issued the Civil Status Card of the husband for the purpose of marking the marriage and open a new page for a couple independent from the family and indicate the divorce in case it takes place.

Notes :
** It is not possible for the Embassy or the Mission to provide a confirmation letter for an unmarried citizen,
** only after providing a copy of registration from the Civil Affairs Department during the period of issuance of confirmation.
** It is possible for the citizen resides abroad to grant a private authorization for a person in Iraq authorizing him or her to audit
** the Department of Civil Status Affairs for the purpose of issuing a copy of registration.

FAQs :
Can an Iraqi Birth Certificate be issued to a child of a non-Iraqi father?
The Iraqi Birth certificate only can be issued to a child of an Iraqi father; it may not be issued in the event the child’s father is an Arab or a foreigner.

How the foreign marriage certificates / the judgments of divorce can be registered in the Civil Status registers of Iraq?
The foreign bodies in the Iraq mission’s territory shall issue marriage certificates / judgments of divorce according to their relevant laws.

To register such certificates / judgments in the Civil Status register of Iraq, according to the Law of Civil Status No. 65 for 1972, the following procedures shall be followed :
1- A counterpart of the marriage certificate, authenticated by the Embassy or the General Consulate, shall be sent together with authenticated copies of the Husband’s and the Wife’s Civil Status ID card to the Civil Status department which issued the Husband’s Civil Status ID card in order to record the marriage occurrence and open new separate family page.

The divorce occurrence will be registered in the family’s page in the Civil Status register.

2- If the marriage certificate / the judgment of divorce is in a foreign language, it shall be translated to Arabic by a certified translator and authenticated by the notary public and the Embassy.
3- The marriage c

What are the procedures to provide a citizen with a confirmation over being unmarried?
The citizen shall submit a Transcript of Record from the Civil Status department, authenticated by the Ministry of Internal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Authentications, during the period of issuing the confirmation.