Check-in Procedures

Military Personnel Services Branch

Striving to provide the highest quality of timely and accurate Military Personnel Service to our units, tenant organizations, service members, Civilians and their Family members assigned to the USAG Wiesbaden footprint.

Important phone numbers:

• Welcome Center CPF Manager: 548-1610
• In & Out-processing ITC Coordinator: 548-1617
• Command Sponsorship: 548-1604
• Military Member of Household: 548-1604
• Reassignment Orders: 548-1607 or 1608
• Sponsorship Coordinator: 548-1615
• Team Lead MPD Reassignment/Personnel Action Section: 548-1007
• Transition Services Manager (TAP Program): 548-1201
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Commercial: +49 (0611) 143-548+l

• Sunday: Closed
• Monday: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Thursday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Friday: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Saturday: Closed

BLDG 1023 West, Rm 106 & 119  Wells Avenue, Clay Kaserne 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim

NOTICE: Additional contact numbers: DSN: 548-1610 or 548-1611/1612 548-1613/1617

What is the marriage procedure in Germany? Please refer to the LEGAL SERVICES section of the Garrison website for your questions. 

If you have further questions, please make an appointment with the legal assistance office by emailing us                                                                                                                  at: USARMY.WIESBADEN.USAREUR.MBX.OJA-WLC-LEGAL-ASSISTANCE-CALENDAR@MAIL.MIL 

German law applies to all U.S. citizens who desire to get married in Germany. Soldiers and their fiancé must meet with the local Standesamt.

What documents do I need to get married in Germany?

This depends on what the registrar’s office (Standesamt) requires and may vary from case to case. The first step is 
to make an appointment with the Standesamt to give notice of the impending
marriage (Antrag auf Eheschlieβung formerly known as Aufgebot, § 4 PStG). At that time, you will receive a detailed list of all documents required in your specific case. The 
following standard requirements usually apply in almost all cases:

Your birth certificate. It is a German requirement that all documents must have been issued within the last six months; therefore you may have to obtain a new copy of 
your birth certificate. The embassy or consulates cannot obtain documents on your behalf nor provide translations of documents. Birth certificates for any children you may 
have had with your fiancé(e) prior to the marriage will also have to be presented. 

If your fiancé(e) cannot be present when you register for the upcoming marriage then you need to present a written statement indicating that he/she agrees to 
the initiation of the registry process (Beitrittserklarung). It is done very easily by simply having your fiancé(e) sign the power of attorney form on the marriage 
questionnaire provided by the Standesamt.

All foreigners marrying in Germany require an official Affidavit of Eligibility to Marry or Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage (Ehefähigkeitszeugnis) or Certificate
of Single Status (Ledigkeitsbescheinigung) to obtain a marriage license at a Civil Registry Office (Standesamt). No such government-issued document exists in the United 
States. The U.S. embassy or consulates cannot attest to your marital status.

As of January 2021, U.S. residents in all 16 German states may now take an oath swearing to their eligibility to marry (eigene eidesstattliche Erklärung über
den Familienstand) directly at their Standesamt. If you do not have legal resident status in Germany, you must obtain a notarized marriage affidavit from your home state in the United States. Neither the U.S. Embassy nor the U.S. Consulates General can request/obtain the marriage affidavit on your behalf.

Note: German authorities might also require that you provide an apostille for some of your documents (birth certificates, court orders, etc.) issued abroad. See next 
question. Once you have submitted all necessary documents to the Standesamt, the paperwork is then sent off to the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht), in order to 
obtain an exemption from having to produce a certificate of eligibility to marry (Befreiung vom Ehefähigkeitszeugnis).

All of the these documents must be translated by a certified translator to be accepted. Additionally, if one of the parties is German then all the necessary documents will be done by the Standesamt. However, if one of the parties is non-German and non-U.S., but of an European Union country, the Standesamt will assist and point out what is needed.

Standesamt Wiesbaden: Altes Rathaus Markt Strasse 16 65183 Wiesbaden or call 049- 611-31-3406-2 and ask for an English speaking representative. If the people have married in Wiesbaden, you can order a marriage certificate online. 

If you would like to order a marriage certificate from another person, please contact the Registry Office Wiesbaden (Altes Rathaus, Marktstraße 16, 65183 Wiesbaden; Phone: 0611 31 3406; E-mail: urkunden@wiesbaden.de).

CENTRAL IN- AND OUT-PROCESSING 

Primary: 314-548-1617  or Commercial number: +49 (0611) 548-1617 

BLDG 1023 West, Rm 106 & 119  Wells Avenue, Clay Kaserne 65205 Wiesbaden -Erbenheim , GERMANY 

NOTICE: Additional contact numbers: DSN: 548-1610 or 548-1611/1612 548-1613/1617 or 0611-143-548-1610 or 548-1611/1612 548-1613/1617

Please use the following website for current information for Inprocessing to USAG Wiesbaden: 

https://home.army.mil/wiesbaden/my-fort/newcomers