To draw up your marriage certificate and "reconstitute" your situation (name of the husband or wife, your dates and place of birth, the date of the marriage), OFPRA uses the administrative documents from your country of origin (if you have any) and the statements made during your asylum application interview.

If there is any doubt about the authenticity of certain documents, or if there is any inaccuracy or absence of documents, OFPRA may ask the French embassy or consulate in the country of origin to carry out an investigation.

Once your marriage certificate has been reconstituted, you can request it on the OFPRA website.

There are three different documents:

- a full copy: i.e. the entire marriage certificate

- an extract with filiation: information on the person concerned (surname, first name(s), date and place of birth) and information on his parents

- an extract without filiation: only the information on the person concerned by the marriage certificate.

Then, you can apply on this link: https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/demander-un-acte

• Click on "Marriage certificate", then on "Next".
• Then on "Me" or "Someone in my family".
• Complete the forms.

To find out how your request is progressing, go to the online procedures page and write your tracking number in the “Track my request online” section.

If there is an error or omission in your marriage certificate , you can dispute the information (say that you do not agree).

You must send a letter with an explanation of the error or omission to this address:
OFPRA
201 rue Carnot
94136 Fontenay-sous-Bois Cedex

For other disputes, you must send a letter to the Court of Paris at this address:

Court of PARIS
court forecourt
Section AC1 - Marital status
75 859 PARIS CEDEX 17

If you change your postal address, telephone number, or e-mail address (contact details), you must send your new contact details to OFPRA in order to receive the marriage certificate.

To read: the Refugees.info sheet "Inform OFPRA of a change of contact details "