Application for issuance of a German death certificate in case of death abroad
You can apply for the issue of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
Who should I contact?
Responsible authorities
Samtgemeinde Lathen - Standesamt
Transport Connection:
Station Lathen, Marktplatz
Bus: Linie 931
Parking:
Parking Place: „Erna-de-Vries-Platz“, Number: 10, Fees: no
Handicapped Parking Place: „Erna-de-Vries-Platz“, Number: 3, Fees: no
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Contact
Herr Dietmar Wilkens
Department:
Fachbereich Sicherheit & Ordnung, Bürgerservice
Room:
E.4
responsible for:
- Lathen:
- Application for exemption from presentation of the certificate of marriageability for foreign nationals.
- Application for issuance of a German death certificate in case of death abroad
- Application for the issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees with Habitual Residence in Germany
- Apply for a death certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership entered into abroad
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Birth certificate issuance at home birth
- Birth registers
- Certificate of miscarriage
- Death abroad - application for certification
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Declaration on the use of the name - Declaration on the use of the name of spouses without a domestic marriage or marriage entry
- Establishment of a civil partnership Notarisation
- Home Birth Ad
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with custodial partner
- Intended for deletion - marriage consummation with divorced or widowed partner
- Marriage consummation only for German citizens
- Marriage consummation with foreign partner
- Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
- Multilingual form for issuing death certificates
- Notification of a death
- Register marriage
Competent authority
You submit the application to the registry office that subsequently recorded the death that occurred abroad in the death register kept by it.
Requirements
- the prior subsequent certification of the death occurring abroad in a German death register.
- An application for the issuance of a death certificate can be made by:
- spouses and partners of the deceased person
- ancestors and descendants of the deceased person (e.g. child, grandchild)
- Siblings of the deceased person, if you can prove a legitimate interest, or
- other persons, if they show a credible legal interest.
- Applicants must be over 16 years of age.
Which documents are required?
- As the applicant, you must prove your identity (ID card, passport or copy of ID document).
- if necessary, the presentation of other documents is required.
What are the fees?
Fee: 15,00 EURPayment in advance: noIssue of a death certificate
Fee: 7,50 EURPayment in advance: nofor each additional copy, if requested at the same time as the first copy
Process flow
- You submit the application for issuance of the death certificate to the competent registry office and enclose the required documents.
- The registry office will check your details and the documents you have submitted and, if necessary, issue the death certificate.
- The registry office will send you the death certificate by mail, unless a personal pickup has been arranged.
- The fees are paid by you either in advance or after sending / upon collection.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The period of 30 years for keeping the death register by the registry office must not have expired .
