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Applying for a certificate of legal capacity to marry in South Africa

Are you a Dutch national living in South Africa and you need a certificate of legal capacity to marry? To get married in South Africa, you do not need a certificate of legal capacity. Read what documents you need to get married in South Africa.

Warning: Are you a Dutch national living in the Netherlands (or have you lived in the Netherlands previously)? You can get a certificate of legal capacity to marry from the Dutch municipality where you live or the last municipality you lived in before you left the Netherlands. Go to the website of the relevant municipality for more information.

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