San Silvestro in Capite

THE CIVIL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR MARRIAGE IN ITALY.

FOR BRITISH NATIONALS.

Where both parties are resident in the U.K. they are required to apply to the Superintending Registrar in the district where they reside for a CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT.

This document should then be mailed to the Vice Consul, British Embassy, Via XX Settembre 80A, 00187 Roma, Italia, with photocopies of your PASSPORTS showing the number, your photograph, and the date and place of issue. You should also send copies of your BIRTH CERTIFICATES (the full version, showing the names of your parents). Photocopies of your BIRTH CERTIFICATES are not accepted. Please include a Eurocheque from your bank to cover the consular fees. Personal cheques are not acceptable. Fees are subject to change. The consular staff will advise you on the current cost of your documents.

The Vice Consul will then issue a CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT for both parties to the marriage. You should request that the documents be sent to San Silvestro Church. The telephone number of the British Embassy in Rome is: +390642200001 +390642200001
Note: A British national who is marrying an Irish citizen must first contact Nationality and Passports Section of the Consular Division for guidance.

Address: Old Admiralty Building, London SW1A 2AF. Tel: +442070080186 +442070080186

CIVIL REQUIREMENTS FOR IRISH NATIONALS:

Irish citizens residing in Ireland must apply to the Consular Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs for a CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT (also known as a Nulla Osta). The Department will send the appropriate application forms, which should be completed and returned ten weeks or so prior to the date of the marriage in Rome. The document will then be issued by the Irish Embassy in Rome to the priest who is to perform the ceremony.

The application form for a CIVIL CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT requests information about the name and address of the priest who is to perform the ceremony. In answer to this question, simply write: “The Rector, Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite”. The application form also requires information about the registry office where your marriage will be registered. “Rome” is the answer.

Irish citizens who live abroad should apply to the Irish Embassy in the country where they reside for a CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT. The document will later be issued to the priest who is to perform the ceremony through the Irish Embassy in Rome.

CIVIL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL OTHER NATIONALITIES:

A CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT (also called a CIVIL NULLA OSTA) is required for all foreign nationals who wish to marry in Italy. The Foreign Ministry of your country or your country’s embassy in Rome will best advise you on how to apply for this document.

IMPORTANT: When completing the application forms please write the information requested in block letters so that your replies to the questions are legible. Your name and surname should correspond to what is on your birth certificate. In order to avoid confusion you must give what is on the official record. Example: If your name is registered as “John O’Brien”, and you are known to your family and friends as “Sean” – you must still write “John O’Brien”, but you may add in brackets (also known as “Sean O’Brien”). Confusion over names causes us enormous headaches on this side, and it takes a court order to change the marriage record. Help us to avoid the headaches by getting it right first time!