The registration runs in Georgian, from the application to the certificate. Our interpreter makes sure you understand every question, every line you sign and every detail on your certificate, wherever you marry.
Last reviewed 21 October 2026 against the Law of Georgia on Civil Status Acts.
Interpreting at a wedding is not only about the words spoken in the hall. Most of the value is in the minutes before and after, when names, surnames and dates are checked.
We go through the joint application with you: the confirmation that there is no bar to your marriage, whether you have children, and your choice of surnames. You know what you will be asked before you are asked.
The interpreter stands with you and interprets the registrar's questions, your answers and the text you confirm, so that your consent is given knowingly. Nothing is signed until you understand it.
Before you leave, the interpreter reads the Georgian record and certificate with you: spelling of names, dates and places of birth, surnames after marriage. A typo is easy to fix on the day and slow to fix later.
The law does not ask you to bring an interpreter in so many words. It does make Georgian the language of the whole procedure, and it makes your informed consent a condition of the marriage. For couples who do not speak Georgian, that combination makes an interpreter necessary in practice.
Source: Law of Georgia on Civil Status Acts.
All of these are avoidable with one professional interpreter and ten minutes of preparation.
We interpret between Georgian and the languages our couples speak most, and we travel to the venue.
The most requested language at registrations, for couples from Europe, the Americas, India and Asia. See our English interpreters.
For couples from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. See our Russian interpreters.
For couples from the Gulf, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. See our Arabic interpreters.
For couples from Israel and Iran, two of the largest groups marrying in Georgia. See Hebrew and Persian interpreters.
Turkish, Chinese, Hindi, German, French, Italian, Spanish and other languages on request. See all interpreter services.
The Public Service Hall and Wedding House in Tbilisi, hotels, wineries in Kakheti, mountain venues, and Batumi and Kutaisi through our Batumi and Kutaisi offices.
If both of you speak the same foreign language, one interpreter is enough. If you speak different languages, for example one of you Russian and the other Hebrew, we either send an interpreter who works in both or two interpreters who share the registration. Tell us your languages when you book and we will plan it.
Your two witnesses take part in the registration too, so they need to understand what they confirm. If your witnesses are foreign friends, the interpreter covers them too. If you use the witnesses we provide, they speak Georgian and the interpreter briefs them on your names and the plan for the day.
See also our guide to registration at your venue.
The law lets you register the marriage at the place you choose. When the registrar comes to a hotel, a winery or a mountain venue, the interpreter travels with the plan for the day, arrives before the registrar and stays until the certificate has been checked. For outdoor ceremonies we agree in advance where the signing table will be, so you are not interpreting over music.
Some couples also sign documents at a Georgian notary: a marriage contract before or after the registration, or a power of attorney that lets us collect the apostille after you leave. A party who does not speak Georgian signs these through an interpreter as well, so we schedule both appointments on the same day where we can.
The interpreter meets you before the appointment, usually at the entrance of the Public Service Hall or at your venue, and stays until the certificate is in your hands. After the registration we translate the certificate into your language the same or the next day.
The law does not name an interpreter as a separate requirement. It does make Georgian the language of the records and the certificate, and it requires your informed consent. If neither of you speaks Georgian, an interpreter is the practical way to meet that condition, and the registrar will expect you to understand what you sign.
A friend who is fluent in Georgian and your language can help, but the formal questions, the surname options and the reading of the record need precise interpreting. A professional interpreter who knows the procedure also checks your certificate before you leave, which a friend rarely does.
English, Russian and Arabic most often, plus Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, Chinese, Hindi, German, French, Italian, Spanish and other languages on request. If the two of you speak different languages, we send one interpreter who works in both or two interpreters.
Yes. The law lets you register the marriage at the place you choose, and the interpreter comes there: a hotel, a winery, a mountain venue, or the Public Service Hall and Wedding House in Tbilisi. We also cover Batumi and Kutaisi.
From the meeting before the appointment until the certificate has been read back and checked. For an off-site ceremony that includes arriving before the registrar and agreeing the plan with the venue.
Yes. Witnesses take part in the registration too, so the interpreter makes sure foreign witnesses understand what they confirm and briefs Georgian witnesses on your names and the plan.
Yes. If you sign a marriage contract or a power of attorney at a Georgian notary, you sign through an interpreter there as well, and we try to schedule both appointments on the same day.
As soon as you know your date and place. Weekends in the wedding season fill up, and for rarer languages we need time to confirm the right interpreter.
Send your passports and your planned date. We reply with a document checklist and a timeline for your wedding.
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