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To have official or legal wedding in Bali is possible almost for all couples. Legal wedding registration in Bali is not expensive and procedure is quite clear and simple. Possessing both Religious and Civil (or Legal) wedding ceremonies in Bali is recognized as legal by most of foreign countries. Please note that the procedure of legal marriage in Bali can a bit vary depending on your nationality and whether your country has a consulate or embassy in Bali or Indonesia. That’s why we recommend you to contact us first and check all details before you go any-further.
If you want to get legally married in Bali you should follow only 2 conditions:
- to be the same main religion with your partner.
- to provide us with simple documents that listed below.
Based on Indonesian Marriage Law No.1 of 1974 concerning, couple must be the same main religion. If not, bride or groom should sign a letter that he or she intends to marry in one of the religion they agreed without force from his/ her partner; the letter should be legalized by the consulate office or local government. In Indonesia are recognized the following main religions: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. To get legally married in Bali you are required to have both a religious and legal ceremony (excepting Muslim couples). The religious ceremony and the legal ceremony must be held at the same location on the same day. That’s mean that at your wedding ceremony will be attended both representatives: from your religion (priest, monk, pastor etc) and from Indonesian Civil Registry Office (Kantor Catatan Sipil). And you will even get 2 certificates. In future you will need only legal certificate and religious can be for your memory.
Sample of Official certificate from Civil Registry Office Sample of certificate from Christian-Protestant Church
For Muslims is no need for an additional civil ceremony. The religious ceremony is held by a representative of the ‘Kantor Urusan Agama’ which translates like ‘The office of religious affairs’. And that ceremony is already considered as legal marriage in Bali or Indonesia.
Religious ceremonies under Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christian-Protestant can be held everywhere in Bali: in villa, hotel, beach, cliff, temple etc. If you intend to marry under Catholic religion you are required to do it in a Catholic church in Bali and for reception you can choose any other place.
How it works?
If you and your partner are the same religion and wish to legally get married in Bali, you need to do next:
Step 1. Sending documents. Around 1,5 months before planned wedding day to send us by email following documents of both bride and groom (it can be JPEG or PDF files):
For all religions:
For Catholic faith additionally must be provided:
For Muslim faith additionally must be provided:
For Buddhism faith additionally must be provided:
For Hindu faith additionally must be provided:
Step 2. Original documents. During pre-wedding meeting in Bali you should provide us with nex original documents:
Step 3. Legal wedding ceremony. Your legal or official wedding ceremony in Bali. As already noted above, at your wedding will be attended two representative: from Indonesian Civil Registry office and representative of your religion. You will get both Religious and Official marriage certificate in Indonesian and English languages and will become officially registered under Indonesian law. For most nationalities this certificate is valid in their countries.
Step 4 (optional). Registration process. For some nationalities (usually for those who have no consulate office in Bali) not registrated marriage certificate is not recognized in their country (for example, for russians). In our experience some newlyweds bring home their marriage certificates and registrate by themselves in their Civil offices. But some couple request us to handle procedure of registration. The procedure takes 2-3 month and held in newlywed’s embassy in Jakarta. After this process is completed, we send by DHL or Fedex registered documents that will be 100% valid in your country.
Price for legal wedding arrangement if you book a wedding package from us: 650$
Price for registration procedure (if needed) in Jakarta: 500$