Note: Please note that the following information is but a brief outline of the requirements of and procedures for getting married in Indonesia, taken from the website of Indonesian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. Generally, the procedures and requirements needed to get married in Indonesia, regardless of the nationality/es of the spouse, are stated here. Please bear in mind that you should always consult your Embassy or Consulate General in Indonesia as well as the marriage authorities in Indonesia for more detailed information before you make any further plans.
1. Valid passports (each passport being valid for a minimum 6 months as from the date of entry into Indonesia).
2. Valid visas to enter Indonesia.
3. Birth Certificates (if a copy, and not the original, then the copy must be legalized by a solicitor or by the individual's Embassy/Consulate General in Indonesia).
4. Minimum age to get married: females must be aged 16 years or over, and males must be aged 19 years or over.
5. Letter from both sets of parents/guardians, stating that there are no objections to the marriage.
6. Legalized written statements confirming the status of each individual (single/ widow/ widower/ divorcee etc.).
7. Letter from the couple's Church (if the couple are both Christians and members of a church and wish to be married in a church in Indonesia).
8. If one or both persons wishes to convert to Islam and be married according to Islamic Law, the marriage must be reported and registered with the Religious Affairs Office (Kantor Urusan Agama) in Indonesia. If the marriage is to be a Christian one, the marriage must be reported and registered with the Civil Registration Office (Kantor Catatan Sipil) in Indonesia.
9. The Offices in Indonesia authorized to perform such marriages:
a. The Religious Affairs Office (Kantor Urusan Agama) and the Mosque for Moslems;
b. The Civil Registration Office (Kantor Catatan Sipil) and the Church for Christians.
10. Please be advised that each region in Indonesia has different customs/ traditions when conducting wedding ceremonies.
11. To ensure that your marriage in Indonesia is valid and legal in your spouse's country or other country where you reside, after the wedding ceremony, you are given a marriage certificate or other documentation as proof of that you have been legally married in Indonesia. Since most of the documents will be written in the Indonesian language, please be advised that all documentation translated by a sworn and authorized languages translator in Indonesia.
12. Please also bear in mind that you should legalize your marriage cerificate and its translasion, in Ministry of Religious (Kementerian Agama), Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kementerian Hukum dan HAM) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kementerian Luar Negeri) before you return to the country you will reside.
13. If you wish your marriage document to be certified in your spouse's country, then following your arrival in your spouse's country, you may come to the Embassy/Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in that country, for translation and certification, before you take your document to local marriage registration office for registration.
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