Marriage

Getting maried in New Zealand

Anyone with the Dutch nationality who would like to get married in New Zealand will need to contact the Department of Internal Affairs and the Immigration Department for the required documents and information. Please check out www.dia.govt.nz and www.immigration.govt.nz for more information.

For persons with a nationality other that Dutch, the page 'How to get a Marriage Licence' contains more information also.

Upon return to the Netherlands it is compulsory to register the marriage with the local Town Hall and we advise registering the marriage certificate in The Hague also, please see www.denhaag.nl.

For more information on registering a marriage in the Netherlands, please also see the page 'Wijs op Reis' (under 'Hints for travellers'), at www.minbuza.nl.

All foreign certificates will need to be legalised, for information on New Zealand certificates, please see www.dia.govt.nz,  email: authentication@egs.govt.nz