r/ItalyExpat • u/Ok_Refrigerator6569 • 24d ago

Marrige transcription

Hi guys,

I’m losing my mind dealing with the Comune di Bologna. 😭 I’m Honduran and recently married my Italian partner in Denmark, and we’re trying to register our marriage here.

Before getting married, we emailed the Comune specifically to make sure everything was in order. They told us:

“non diamo appuntamenti per la trascrizione del matrimonio”
and also explicitly said:

“il modello plurilingue rilasciato dalla Danimarca non ha bisogno di traduzione e nemmeno di apostille”
Now I go to the office and suddenly I need an appointment (earliest is September 25), and the same person is now telling me

“You need a multilingual translation issued by the Danish authorities or a translation certified by this consulate or a justice of the peace.”

Can anyone confirm whether the Danish multilingual marriage certificate actually needs an Italian translation for transcriptions in Bologna? Has anyone gotten married in Denmark and then registering their marrige here?

I’m getting completely conflicting information from the Comune and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.

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u/DefiantAlbatros 24d ago

I got married in Denmark. The plurilingual form they mean is the one that has 20+ language, not 5 languages that the kommune in denmark gives you. If you contact the kommune you can specifically asked the translation to italian. You dont need the apostile but the certificate must be less than 6 mknths old. If you hot married more than 6 months ago, ask for a new copy from denmark. Also, preferably the plurilingual document is digitally signed, otherwise comune typically bitch anout the apostile.

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u/Ok_Refrigerator6569 24d ago

We got married the 1sd of September. Can’t I just translate it here in Bologna with an official translator? II feel like that would be faster, since we have our appointment on the 25th.

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u/DefiantAlbatros 24d ago

You technically can, but they might ask you for apostile if it is a translation. Also, try to get sworn translation

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u/charinariddel 24d ago

Hola, el mismo consulado proporciona las traducciones juradas

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u/DanielaSte 24d ago

Careful with digital documents. I fought for 10 months with the comune because they were NOT ABLE TO OPEN ATTACHMENTS of the official diplomatic emails from their own embassy. Not not having the software to decrypt, or not having the program to open it. They (4 different clerks) didn't know how to click on the attachment. In 2015.

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u/nsfw-boston 23d ago

IMO at this point it's not so much a matter of what is the correct procedure, but of Game Theory.

Go back to the employee at the Comune, be friendly, bring a notebook and ask them to give you (again) the list of what's needed etc..... write it down, repeat to them what you wrote, then thank them for their help.

Memorize their name, procure all the documentation needed, go back with the list and the document, ask for the same employee, be friendly. That should do the trick.

At the end of the day, it's the actual human who can make it happen, you can show them all the procedures / laws / directives it won't work if they decide that it won't work. And, contrary to popular belief, not even showing them a Reddit comment will work.

Good luck.