Getting Married in the Netherlands If You Live Abroad
What is it?
Even if you do not live in the Netherlands, you can still get married here or enter into a registered partnership. However, you or your partner must be a Dutch citizen. This also applies if you wish to enter into a registered partnership.
You must submit a written notification to the City of The Hague. You may submit the notification no earlier than one year before your wedding date. You have until no later than two weeks before the wedding date to do so. The City will verify whether you are eligible to marry or enter into a civil partnership.
How does it work?
The municipality will verify whether you:
- You must be 18 years of age or older. Are you under 18? Then you need permission from your parents or the court. If you have a child or are pregnant, you may enter into a registered partnership starting at age 16.
- you are unmarried and are not registered as someone’s partner.
- you are not a close relative of your partner (not a parent or child, not a grandparent or grandchild, not a brother or sister, and not a half-brother or half-sister).
- are under guardianship. If you are under guardianship, you need permission from the guardian or the subdistrict court.