Marriage certificate

Jake101 New member

Member since 23 November 2016

Jake101New member23 November 2016 12:51:05

Iam a us citizen getting marry to an ethiopain. Dose any one knows if i need to get the form called (free to marry)from my us embassy or not ..since I was married before and i got divorce.

Any advice will help
Thank you

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Jake101 New member

Member since 23 November 2016

Jake101New member23 November 2016 13:15:57

Iam getting married in addis ababa

sturfc New member

Member since 25 January 2011

sturfcNew member02 January 2017 22:44:01

Jake101, you need your Decree Absolute AND the sworn document from the US Embasssy that you are free to marry.

Jake101 New member

Member since 23 November 2016

Jake101New member21 January 2017 01:13:27

Thank you that was helpful advice.

sturfc New member

Member since 25 January 2011

sturfcNew member21 January 2017 07:26:40

Jake

Yes you will. You will also need your Decree Absolute or whatever you were given to finalise the divorce.

Stuart

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GuestPoster10245Guest13 February 2017 10:20:09

Yes , if you are planning on marrying in Ethiopia .

You need to present single certificate issued in USA , authenticate by Ethiopian Embassy in USA, then Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ethiopia, then Documentation and Authentication office in Ethiopia.

Once you authenticate the certificate from these three agencies then it will be considered by Kebele office.