Divorce Registration

Requirements to register an Australian divorce in Lebanon

All children must be legally registered in Lebanon before you can register your divorce.

Bring the originals and copies of all documents to your appointment.

The original Australian court divorce order, and its translation into Arabic by an accredited translator.

Each of the two documents must be authenticated separately by DFAT.
Use standard authentication, not an Apostille. Book your authentication appointment on the DFAT website.

It must show the name of the person the applicant is married to and is divorcing.

Appoint a Lebanese person living in Lebanon to legally represent you in registering your divorce. Provide:

A self-addressed, prepaid or stamped envelope, brought at the time of your application.

The divorce order and its Arabic translation each need DFAT standard authentication. Do not use an Apostille.

At your appointment, bring all the documents above (originals and copies), including both authenticated documents (the original and the translation). The Embassy sends them to Lebanon.
When you lodge the documents at the Embassy, you sign a special power of attorney for your chosen representative so they can complete the process.

Either spouse may, individually, request the registration of a divorce granted in Australia with the relevant registries in Lebanon. Neither party may claim lack of knowledge or consent: registering the divorce in Lebanon confirms and declares an existing, established legal fact rather than creating it, so it does not depend on the consent of either party.
Before you can register your divorce, all children must be legally registered in Lebanon.

Contact the Embassy for further assistance.

Divorce order authentication

$91.50

Original Australian divorce order

Translation authentication

$58.00

Per translated page

Special power of attorney

$72.50

For your representative in Lebanon

All fees are in Australian dollars and payable in cash only.

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Make sure all your documents are authenticated and ready before your appointment.

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