Getting married in Tunisia
We invite all the ones who got married in Tunisia or who are about to get married in Tunisia to participate in this thread
What are the formalities to get married in Tunisia? Is it the same for a couple of foreigners of for a mixed couple (between a foreigner and a native of Tunisia)?
Are the procedures complicated?
How long does it take to carry out all the formalities?
Thank you in advance for participating,
Armand
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About the paperwork:
Every "municipalit茅" or city hall has its own paperwork. So you need to find one within months and see their specific requirements. Remember that Summer is preferred by Tunisians so you need to separate your spot in advance!!!Here are the websites of all city halls:
Municipalit茅 de Djerba Ajim
Municipalit茅 de Sbiba
Municipalit茅 de Oueslatia
Municipalit茅 de Teboursouk
Municipalit茅 de Sidi Bou Sa茂d
Municipalit茅 de Sakiet Ezzit
Municipalit茅 de Mornag
Municipalit茅 de Menzel BouZelfa
Municipalit茅 de Gremda
Municipalit茅 de Ghannouch
Municipalit茅 Elain
Municipalit茅 de Chihia
Municipalit茅 de Chenini Nahal
Municipalit茅 de Boumerdes
Municipalit茅 de Bembla Mnara
Municipalit茅 de zarat
Municipalit茅 de Bengardene
Municipalit茅 de Zaghouan
Municipalit茅 de Zarzis
Municipalit茅 de Teboulba
Municipalit茅 de Tejerouine
Municipalit茅 de Tataouine
Municipalit茅 de Tozeur
Municipalit茅 de Tunis
Municipalit茅 de Sidi el Hani
Municipalit茅 de Sfax
Municipalit茅 de Siliana
Municipalit茅 de Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Municipalit茅 de Sers
Municipalit茅 de Sbikha
Municipalit茅 de Souk Lahad
Municipalit茅 de Soliman
Municipalit茅 de Sidi Bouali
Municipalit茅 de Sahline Motamer
Municipalit茅 de Skhira
Municipalit茅 de Sidi Bouzid
Municipalit茅 de Sousse
Municipalit茅 de Raoued
Municipalit茅 de Rades
Municipalit茅 de Oued Ellil
Municipalit茅 de Nabeul
Municipalit茅 de Nasrallah
Municipalit茅 de Makthar
Municipalit茅 de Medjez Elbeb
Municipalit茅 de Moknine
Municipalit茅 de Mornaguia
Municipalit茅 de Mourouj
Municipalit茅 de Menzel Hayet
Municipalit茅 de Messa芒dine
Municipalit茅 de M'dhilla
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED (for my wedding)
First of all, the documents need to be translated to French.
For my marriage in Megrine, Rades I had to get the following documents for my dossier:
1. Birth Certificate and certified translation in French.
2. Letter from a consulate or official notarized letter indicating that you are single or your status allows you to get married. If you don't live in your home country, you need to get this letter signed by the consul or ambassador of your country's nearest consulate/embassy. (Translation in French required)
3. Copies of the passport, and visas (if applicable)
4. I am a woman so I didn't need to convert to Islam at that time. But if you are a man YOU NEED TO CONVERT TO ISLAM and get a certificate.
3. Doctor's certificate indicating you are in good health! you can buy this one in Tunisia, you don't necessarily need to go to the doctor.
4. Paperwork needs to be submitted within 15 days minimum before the wedding. It's important that you find the city hall with time! We struggled a lot because the City Hall of Carthage refused to accept our documents, they insisted that my letter needed to be signed in Egypt and not Washington, DC. This happened 3 weeks before the actual wedding...luckily the Municipalit茅 de Megrine received our documents, we paid the fees and got married.
This is mostly all concerned to a civil wedding, very simple and all. I decided to marry in la salle de fetes of the City Hall and we brought our wedding favors (dragees), the patisserie or traditional sweets, and beverages there. Then I had a simple reception with the closest friends and family. But if you want to have a full Tunisian wedding, it requires more time, money, and preparation. That depends on you
I am just helping with with the basics: listing the papers needed for the contract.Good luck!
Thanks for your contribution.

Harmonie.
Good luck to the future couples!
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Friends i am an Indian and next month i am marrying a Tunisian women and i work in Dubai so how much time it will take to marriage certificate and what document i have to submit.
I met my boyfriend last summer we talk all the time! I love him very much and we want to get married and start a family. I would like him to stay in Scotland with me if possible once we are married.
What documents do we need to get married in tunisia?
How long do i need to be in Tunisia for before we can get married?
If we plan to live in Scotland does that change what documents we need?
All links and info is welcome as this is new to me.
I posted all the links to the city halls of Tunisia and the documents I had to present to get marry in 2009. Check my post at the beginning of this forum.
Each city hall has its own requirements. Some are more complicated than others. I married in M茅grine, Rhades after the City Hall of Carthage, Tunis didn't approve one of my documents and made us find another city hall the last minute.
To start, you need your Birth Certificate translated to French; you need a doctor's certificate (you can buy it in Tunisia), a certificate of celibacy or an official letter that states you are single/divorced and you are free to marry. The most complete list is my former post. The Birth Certificate cannot be older than 1 month (if the clerks put a date stamp on it, make it recent).
My suggestion is that you always double check the information with the City Hall where you guys are planning to marry; sometimes they don't post all the complete requirements.
Good luck!
PS/ don't bring your wedding favors from the US. I did that mistake and we ended up paying double the price for everything and I was held by the police for about 3 hours until we were practically forced to pay to get my passport back.
I would like to speak to you privately if it is possible, I need some guidance in getting marry in tunis.
Thanks
I have two matters regarding serious relationship and/or mariage:
1. false mariage
I wont introduce bad moods to nobody but please allow me to ask if there is anyone which has considered that there is also this sort of mariage biz going on?
that means in particular, there are many cases reported that as soon the tunesian partner got married and lives in the more save world and got the permanent status or even a new passport of the "new home", they went off again and leave their partners.
did anyone considered such facts?
2. converting to islam
as it is obligatory that male partners which are seeking to get along with a tunesian girl, must convert to islam, I wonder if there are males around which converted to islam?聽
and how is about this proceeding? any experience?
It can and does happen, that is where trust or not applies.

I seen list of what is needed but i have a question regarding the seal proof of divorce there is an original seal on it at the time I was divorced is this not good enough ?
can I have everything translated in french from聽 United States or it has to be translated in Tunisia ?
after I am married in Tunisia is my marriage recognized here in america ?
and I don't understand this Affidavit of eligibility to marry it's called an Affidavit of Eligibility to marry i will have to go to the Embassy in Tunis and I hope I don't need an appointment and i will have to do this while in Tunis because when I leave airport travel from Tunis to聽 Kelibia is 2 hours ...and to come back would be a lot of extra driving聽 so anyone have to do this聽 Affidavit ?
i am nervous about the whole trip i planned a longer trip聽 now i will be able to stay over 31 days聽 so i will have more time now no rush.
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Me and my finace want to get married in Tunis, however shoe is telling me that apart from getting a certificate saying I'm muslim which is fine, I also have to snip off you know what!!! Which I am no way in hell willing to do, no matter how much I love her!
Is this a must, and what are the issues apart from the documents you mentioned to get married in Tunis?
Appreciate the help.
Kind regards,
Christian
I have a question to ask , my girlfriend is coming soon to Tunisia and we're planning to get marry here , she is American , and Im wondering what's the papers she have to get with her from the US or she could just take care of that from the american embassy here ? ps : she is never been married beforeI'm from Pakistan and want to get married with my Tunisian girlfriend and live with her there..
I need guidance about Tunisian nationality that how can I get it... is it possible via marriage???
please help me..
Thanks
the woman:
- 2 certified copies of birth certificate (have your fiance call a document translator in tunis, since your fiance already speaks the language, it's better if he does this)
- 2 certified copies of divorce certificate (that's IF you've been married before. these also need to be translated, take them to the document translator too)
- get a medical waiver from a doctor saying that neither you nor your fiance have any type of disease (these doctors have clinics on the main streets of tunis. we didn't even see a doctor, the receptionist took our passports and talked to the doctor while we waited in the waiting room. took about 10 minutes costed like 60 tunisian dinar.
- get a certificate from US embassy saying that you're not married and that you're free to marry. YOU MUST SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR THIS. alot of times, it can be the same day that you scheduled, if not, it'll be the very next day. make sure you print it off after you schedule it. the US embassy needs the print off. (you can go to any cyber cafe and log onto the US embassy's site and do this). you will enter the embassy, show them your paper that you printed off regarding your appointment. you will fill out a short form, with your information & your fiance's information and then you both will have to raise your right hands and swear under oath that what you wrote is true, then you both sign it & the embassy officer signs it, then you pay 82 tunisian dinar or 50 us dollars.
all these papers that you received... the translated birth certificates, translated divorce certificates, the medical waiver, the affidavit from US embassy saying that you're free to marry, go ahead and make a bunch of copies of them, there's copier places all over tunis.
now your fiance will have to call around to find a lawyer that will perform the marriage for you. there's lawyers that specialize in foreign marriages such as these, so it's not gonna be hard to find one. our lawyer charged around 300 tunisian dinar. it took about an hour to get married. the lawyer had to translate the marriage ceremony in his log book, which he translated into arabic. he was littereally writing it down. since i'm american, he had to translate all my information. it took awhile.
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