A birth, marriage or a death certificate can be requested online via The Latvian State Portal.
Requesting documents from public institutions in Latvia:
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Civil Registry Department of the Ministry of Justice (civil status documents, multilingual language forms and reference statements) |
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Ministry of Justice (a certificate concerning judgments in matrimonial matters specified in the Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003) |
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Information Centre of the Ministry of Interior (Certificate on (non-) criminal record) |
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Sworn Notary (judgements on divorce if the marriage is divorced at the sworn notary – to the respective sworn notary who has divorced the marriage |
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Court (judgements on divorce, if the marriage is divorced at the court – to the respective court where the marriage has been divorced). |
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National Archives (reference statements on the length of service, pension) |
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Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (reference statements from the Register of Natural persons) |
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Requesting documents via Embassy:
Requesting documents via Embassy is only ensured if documents must be authenticated with a stamp of legalisation at the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This service is available only to persons residing abroad permanently and having declared their place of residence abroad with the Register of Natural persons of Latvia.
Visitors seeking this service are received at the Embassy by prior appointment only.
Further information can be found here. To request a document from Latvian public institutions at the Embassy, the person should submit an application and a document requesting form. The state fee depends on the type of the document requested, the consular fee is 40 EUR. For further information on requesting documents via the Embassy and the amount of fees and consular charges, please contact the Embassy via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
* The legal basis for the processing of personal data (given name, surname, personal identity number and other personal data indicated in the form) is Article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation. The legal obligation of diplomatic and consular missions of Latvia abroad is to process personal data in accordance with laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.