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Spain: certificate of no impediment and marital status certificate application packs

Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.

Updates to this page

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published:
10 August 2015
Last updated:
18 June 2026
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  1. We have updated the application forms for marital status certificates and certificates of no impediment.

  2. Guidance for applications updated. If your partner has been married before, you no longer need to provide evidence of this.

  3. Updated with additional application packs

  4. Updated details and replaced application pack with a CNI and MSC affirmation and notice to fill in and an example affirmation and notice.

  5. Pack reviewed and updated.

  6. Updated application pack.

  7. Updated application pack.

  8. Updated application pack

  9. Updated information for customers in Barcelona

  10. June 2018

  11. Document updated

  12. First published.

Documents

Spain: affirmation form with guidance for MSC-only application

PDF, 387 KB, 6 pages

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Spain: affirmation and notice of marriage forms with guidance for CNI-only application

PDF, 336 KB, 8 pages

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Spain: affirmation and notice of marriage forms with guidance for joint CNI and MSC applications

PDF, 466 KB, 12 pages

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Details

You must fill in one or more of these forms if you are a British national getting married in Spain. They are part of what you will need to complete an online application to get a marital status certificate (MSC), certificate of no impediment (CNI) or both.

You’ll need to:

  1. Download one or more of the forms on this page and fill them in.
  2. Sign them in front of a notary in Spain.
  3. Apply online for an MSC, a CNI or for both an MSC and CNI.

Which documents you’ll need will depend on where you’re getting married in Spain. Contact the civil registry office where you’re planning to get married to find out.

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