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Certain overseas countries require a 'Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage' before allowing you to marry. This proves that you are not already legally married or in a civil union in your country of citizenship or residence, and according to New Zealand laws you are eligible to be married.

For marriages in some countries, the representative of that country in New Zealand must endorse the Certificate of No Impediment before it is sent. The fee for this service is in addition to the fee payable in respect of the notice.

Once Births, Deaths and Marriages has received and processed the application, a Certificate of No Impediment may be issued after a statutory period of 14 days, but as a general rule, you should allow four weeks.

Please note that some countries may treat a Certificate of No Impediment as valid only for a certain period after its issue date.

For information about the process, fee and timeframe to apply for a Certificate of No Impediment in the country you plan to marry please click on the appropriate country link below. Alternatively please contact Births, Deaths and Marriages or the appropriate Embassy/Consulate for further details.

You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or higher installed on your computer to view the forms below, the forms are between 14kb - 100kb in size. You can download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe site.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

B
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil, Federative Republic of
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

C
Cambodia, Kingdom of
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic, The
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros Islands
Congo, Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic

D
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic E
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

F
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia

G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
GuyanaH
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary

I
Iceland
India
Indonesia (Bali)
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast

J
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan

K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of
Korea, North
Kuwait
KyrgyzstanL
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg

M
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
MyanmarN
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands, The
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway

O
Oman

P
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico

Q
QatarR
Romania
Russian Federation, The
Rwanda

S
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
St Helena
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Pierre and Miquelon
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
SyriaT
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu

U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands of the United States
W
Wales
Wallis and FutunaY
Yemen

Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe