Requirements To Get Married In Uganda

Requirements To Get Married In Uganda

A commonly accepted and encompassing definition of marriage is the following: a formal union and social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally.

Requirements To Get Married In Uganda

Article 18 of the Constitution mandates the Government of Uganda to register all Marriages that occur in Uganda. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is the Government Agency responsible for this function. URSB administers all the laws relating to marriage in Uganda.

HOW TO APPLY

  1. After, the marriage ceremony, the couple is supposed to appear with all the required documents and two witnesses before a sub-county chief of the area where the ceremony took place or the town clerk, if the marriage took place in a town or municipality
  2. Approach the service desk and inform the attending officer your request to register your marriage
  3. Fill in the registration form and you should all sign the form for affidavit, i.e. the couple plus the witnesses
  4. Pay the recommended registration fees
  5. A certificate of marriage will be issued on payment of a fee. Thereafter, a copy of the certificate and a cover letter from the sub-county chief or town clerk, are brought to URSB offices for the marriage to be registered and entered onto the Marriage Register.

Required Documents

  • Proof of nationality for example a voters card, passport or national identification card.
  • An LC 1 letter to prove residence in Kampala district for at least 15 days.
  • A passport size photograph for identification.
  • Marriage affidavits that conform with S.10 of the Marriage Act
  • In case of foreign nationals, a letter from your Civil Registration or Vital Statistics Office confirming that the party is not married.

Where parties are between 18 and 21 years, they should in addition to 2 above submit:

  • A birth certificate to prove parentage.
  • A consent letter from the father or mother or legal guardian
  • A photocopy of the identification of the consenting authority

Office Locations & Contacts

Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Plot 5 George Street, Georgian House
P.O.Box 6848 Kampala Uganda
URSB General Line: +256 414 233 219
Registrar General: +256 414 235 915
Fax: fax Line: +256 414 250 712
E-mail : ursb@ursb.go.ug
Website:  URSB
 

Other branches
Kampala
Posta Uganda Main office
Kampala Road Booth 2 & 3.
UIA Offices, Twed Plaza
(1st Floor) Lumumba Avenue.
 

Nakivubo – Sekaziga House Floor 1, Nakivubo mews.
Mbale – Plot 3, Park Crescent.
Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Mbarara– Plot 1, Kamukuzi Hill
Gulu – Plot 6B Princess Road
Arua – Plot 42/44 Packwach road
 

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
P.O BOX 7279
KAMPALA(U)
TEL: 0417-442054
E-mail: info@ura.go.ug 
Website:  http://www.ura.go.ug