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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Marriages and civil unions - Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate

62: Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate may be provided to Registrar-General

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"Send overseas divorce papers to the Registrar-General"

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You can give a certificate from outside New Zealand to the Registrar-General. This is if the certificate is about a divorce or dissolution that happened outside New Zealand. It must be about a New Zealand citizen or someone who lives in New Zealand. You must give the certificate in English or with an English translation. You also need to pay the required fee. This is so the Registrar-General can accept the certificate.

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Part 2Registration of information
Marriages and civil unions: Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate

62Overseas divorce or dissolution certificate may be provided to Registrar-General

  1. A person may provide a certificate issued outside New Zealand in respect of a divorce or dissolution of a marriage or civil union that occurred outside New Zealand to the Registrar-General if the certificate relates to a New Zealand citizen or a person ordinarily resident in New Zealand.

  2. The certificate must—

  3. be in the English language or accompanied by a translation of the divorce or dissolution certificate in the English language; and
    1. be accompanied by the prescribed fee.