Welche Urkunden brauche ich für die Heirat am Standesamt?

In der Regel Lichtbildausweis, Geburtsurkunde und Ledigkeitsbescheinigung, jeweils beglaubigt oder mit Apostille, und eine Übersetzung durch einen gerichtlich beeideten Dolmetscher. Je nach Staat kommen weitere Urkunden dazu.

Zählt eine religiöse Ehe in Österreich?

Nein. Nur die standesamtliche Ehe ist anerkannt. Für den Familiennachzug muss sie standesamtlich nachgeholt werden.

Bekomme ich durch die Heirat einen Aufenthaltstitel?

Nicht automatisch. Einkommen, Unterkunft, Versicherung und Deutsch A1 müssen passen, beide müssen mindestens 21 Jahre alt sein, und die Ehe muss gelebt werden.

Getting Married in Austria | Immigration Lawyer Vienna

In short

In Austria, only a civil marriage counts.
Documents usually need a certification or an apostille and a certified translation.
For family reunification, both of you must be at least 21 when the application is filed.
Marriage alone does not give you a residence permit.

Civil registry office

Well prepared for your appointment

Many couples have the same experience: every civil registry office (Standesamt) asks for something different, a certification has expired, and the next appointment is months away. If you prepare your documents correctly from the start, you save weeks.

Checklist

What the civil registry office requires from both of you

Photo ID (passport, identity card or asylum card)
Birth certificate, certified by the foreign ministry of the issuing country and super-certified (Überbeglaubigung) by the Austrian embassy (or Apostille)
Certificate of single status (Ledigkeitsbescheinigung), also certified; for non-Europeans no more than six months old
if you are divorced: your previous marriage certificate and the divorce judgment
depending on your nationality, further documents, such as a certificate of no impediment to marriage (Ehefähigkeitszeugnis)

Documents in a foreign language must be translated by a court-sworn interpreter. Asylum seekers whose proceedings are still pending benefit from simplified rules for the super-certification.

Traditional marriage

Does it count in Austria?

No. In Austria, only a civil marriage is recognised. A purely traditional or religious marriage is treated as cohabitation and is not enough for family reunification.

Residence

What the marriage means for the visa

Marriage is a requirement for family reunification, but on its own it does not give you a permit. Under the Settlement and Residence Act (NAG), both spouses must, as a rule, be at least 21 years old when the application is filed.

Income, accommodation, insurance and German language skills must also be in order, and the marriage must be genuinely lived: suspicion of a marriage of convenience.

Questions we get asked

Getting married in Austria: short answers

Which documents do I need to marry at the civil registry office?

As a rule, photo ID, birth certificate and certificate of single status, each certified or with an apostille, and a translation by a court-sworn interpreter. Depending on the country, further documents may be required.

Does a religious marriage count in Austria?

No. Only a civil marriage is recognised. For family reunification, you must also marry at a civil registry office.

Do I get a residence permit by getting married?

Not automatically. Income, accommodation, insurance and German at level A1 must be in order, both of you must be at least 21 years old, and the marriage must be genuinely lived.

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We tell you which documents you need and in which form, and we plan the marriage and the residence permit together.

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Your checklist

Which documents do you need for the civil registry office?

Answer a few questions about yourself. You will get a list to tick off. Fill in the list a second time for your partner.

Step 1: Your nationality

AustriaYou are an Austrian citizen.

EU, EEA or SwitzerlandAnother EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.

Another countryYou are a third-country national.

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For guidance only. This is not legal advice. The civil registry office decides exactly which documents are needed. It may ask for further documents. As of October 2026, source: oesterreich.gv.at (Anmeldung zur Eheschließung, Ehefähigkeitszeugnis; in German).

Residence after the marriage

Which route to a residence permit is open to you?

For this guide, we assume that you yourself come from a third country. Marriage alone does not give you a residence permit.

Who are you married to, or who are you marrying?

An Austrian citizen

A citizen of the EU, the EEA or SwitzerlandWho is using the right to free movement in Austria.

A third-country national with a residence permitAlso with asylum or subsidiary protection.

A third-country national without a residence permit

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For guidance only. This is not legal advice. Whether a permit is granted depends on all requirements in the individual case. As of October 2026, sources: oesterreich.gv.at, migration.gv.at, NAG (RIS).