{"id":995,"date":"2023-05-12T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/riconoscimento-sentenza-di-divorzio-scozzese\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:01:50","slug":"riconoscimento-sentenza-di-divorzio-scozzese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/riconoscimento-sentenza-di-divorzio-scozzese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to register a Divorce granted in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong>: in order to register a divorce, marriage MUST be registered first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DIVORCE GRANTED BEFORE 31\/12\/2020:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Extract Decree of Divorce \u2013 in\u00a0<strong>original<\/strong> format <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">+ translation into Italian carried out by one of the professional translator in the Consulate list (see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/elenchi-dei-professionisti-di-riferimento-del-consolato-generale\/traduttori-e-interpreti\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/span>), the translation must be accompanied by a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cover letter<\/span> signed by the traslator<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li>Certificate referred to in\u00a0<strong>Article 39<\/strong> of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201\/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning judgments in matrimonial matters &#8211; signed and stamped by the Court \u2013 in\u00a0<strong>original<\/strong> format;<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDichiarazione sostitutiva dell\u2019atto di notoriet\u00e0\u201d (\u201cAffidavit for recognition of a Divorce sentence\u201d, (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/modulistica\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0duly completed and signed;<\/li>\n<li>copy of interested party\u2019s passport.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DIVORCE GRANTED AFTER 31\/12\/2020:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Extract Decree of Divorce &#8211;\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>original<\/strong> format <b>legalized<\/b>\u00a0by means of APOSTILLE by the UK Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">+ translation into Italian carried out by one of the professional translator in the Consulate list (see <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/elenchi-dei-professionisti-di-riferimento-del-consolato-generale\/traduttori-e-interpreti\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a>), the translation must be accompanied by a cover letter signed by the traslator<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li>Copy of origina <strong>writ of Decree\/Initial application<\/strong> (in the event of simplified procedure) certified by the <strong>Clerk Office<\/strong> of the relevant Sheriff Court &#8211; in <strong>original<\/strong> format <b>legalized<\/b>\u00a0by means of APOSTILLE by the UK Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">+ translation into Italian carried out by one of the professional translator in the Consulate list (see <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/elenchi-dei-professionisti-di-riferimento-del-consolato-generale\/traduttori-e-interpreti\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a>), the translation must be accompanied by a cover letter signed by the traslator<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Letter from the Court<\/strong> in <strong>original<\/strong> format <strong>legalized<\/strong>\u00a0by means of APOSTILLE by the UK Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">+ translation into Italian carried out by one of the professional translator in the Consulate list (see<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/elenchi-dei-professionisti-di-riferimento-del-consolato-generale\/traduttori-e-interpreti\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">), the translation must be accompanied by a cover letter signed by the traslator<\/span>. The <strong>Letter from the Court<\/strong> must indicate:\n<ul>\n<li>confirmation relating to the fact that the application had been effectively served to the Respondent (in the event of \u201cabsence\u201d of the Respondent and\/or Divorce by simplified procedure);<\/li>\n<li>Confirmation relating to the day the decree became effective in accordance with Scottish Law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDichiarazione sostitutiva dell\u2019atto di notoriet\u00e0\u201d (\u201cAffidavit for recognition of a non EU Divorce sentence\u201d,(see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/modulistica\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0duly completed and signed;<\/li>\n<li>copy of interested party\u2019s passport.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please send all documentation by post to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Registry Office<br \/>\nItalian Consulate General<br \/>\nItaly House<br \/>\n20-22 East London Street<br \/>\nEdinburgh &#8211; EH7 4BQ<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please be informed that in case of incorrect or incomplete documentation, your application will not be processed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">documentation without translation into Italian and without cover letter signed by the translator will be returned to sender<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware that, if the documentation is complete and correct and the application can be processed, in compliance with Italian norms,\u00a0ORIGINAL certificates must be kept in our records and shall not be returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IMPORTANT: in order to register a divorce, marriage MUST be registered first. &nbsp; DIVORCE GRANTED BEFORE 31\/12\/2020: Extract Decree of Divorce \u2013 in\u00a0original format + translation into Italian carried out by one of the professional translator in the Consulate list (see HERE), the translation must be accompanied by a cover letter signed by the traslator; [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":208,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4368,"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995\/revisions\/4368"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consedimburgo.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}