Civil status

For a marriage:

• true certified copy of your marriage certificate;
  If you were married in Israel: the certificate is certified true by the administration that registered your marriage (Rabbinate, Sharia Court, Patriarchate). It is possible to order a digital copy through the website of the Israeli government:
• copy of the passport/identity card of the spouse and their birth certificate which shows the date and city of birth (not just the country).

The marriage certificate needs to be legalised by an apostille, if you have a paper version, the apostille is obtained at Misrad Hachutz, if you have a digital version then you get the apostille at the Ministry of Justice.

The marriage certificate will also need to be translated into one of Belgian’s national languages (Dutch, French or German), the translation needs to be legalised by the Beit Mishpat.

For a divorce:

• true certified copy of your divorce certificate/judgement;
• if applicable, proof of when the divorce has become definitive;
• If you were divorced in Israel, copy of the divorce certificate certified true by the administration that registered your divorce (Rabbinate, Sharia Court, Patriarchate) or a true certified copy of the divorce judgement (for a civil divorce);
• If you were divorced in Belgium and the divorce was not registered in the Belgian national register, true certified copy of the divorce judgement + attestation of the administration services of the tribunal that pronounced the divorce, which shows when the divorce became definitive;
• IMPORTANT: If you were married in Belgium, no matter where you were divorced, we advise you to register your divorce at the Belgian municipality which registered your marriage.

The divorce certificate needs to be legalised by an apostille, if you have a paper version, the apostille is obtained at Misrad Hachutz, if you have a digital version then you get the apostille at the Ministry of Justice.

The divorce certificate will also need to be translated into one of Belgian’s national languages (Dutch, French or German), the translation needs to be legalised by the Beit Mishpat.

For widowhood:

• true certified copy of your spouse’s death certificate. A digital copy can be obtained through the website of the Israeli Governement.
• The death certificate needs to be legalised by an apostille, if you have a paper version, the apostille is obtained at Misrad Hachutz, if you have a digital version then you get the apostille at the Ministry of Justice.
• The death certificate will also need to be translated into one of Belgian’s national languages (Dutch, French or German), the translation needs to be legalised by the Beit Mishpat.

Please pay attention to the names: the names of the Belgian citizens that appear on the documents or their translations must be spelled the same way as on Belgian identity documents.

However, if you are Belgian and Israeli, and have a different name on your official Israeli documents than on your official Belgian documents, it is normal that your Israeli name (and not your Belgian name) appears on official Israeli documents. In this case you must prove that you have changed your name in Israel by giving the Consulate a certificate of name change, which must be apostilled. 

Legalization and translation of official documents from other countries

Documents that were not issued in Israel, must be legalised in the country/region where they were issued.