A birth, marriage or a death certificate can be requested online via The Latvian State Portal.
Requesting documents from public institutions in Latvia
- Civil Registry Department of the Ministry of Justice – civil status documents, multilingual language forms and reference statements.
- Information Centre of the Ministry of Interior – Certificate on (non-) criminal record.
- Sworn Notary – judgements on divorce.
- If the marriage is divorced at the sworn notary – to the respective sworn notary who has divorced the marriage.
- www.latvijasnotars.lv
- Court – judgements on divorce.
- If the marriage is divorced at the court – to the respective court where the marriage has been divorced.
- www.tiesas.lv
- National Archives – reference statements on the length of service, pension.
- Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs – reference statements from the Register of Natural persons.
If the document needs to be certified with Apostille, this should be indicated in the application to the relevant Latvian public institution.