Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.
Czech citizens can register in the Czech system a birth, marriage or divorce that took place in Australia, and can ask for duplicate Czech birth, marriage or death certificates. Registered partnerships abroad are registered through the Special Registry Office in Brno.
Where to apply in Australia
Embassy in Canberra (ACT residents) and Consulate General in Sydney (NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, WA and NT per DFAT listing); honorary consulates in Australia are named by the embassy only as collection points for passports, not for other services.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of the Czech Republic.
How to apply
Contact the embassy or consulate; step-by-step requirements are on subpages that could not be read
Fees and processing time
- Official fee: registration of birth/marriage abroad CZK 200 (AUD 13)
- Official fee: duplicate birth/marriage certificate CZK 600 (AUD 40)
- Official fee: certificate plus translation and verification CZK 1,400 (AUD 93)
- Official fee: change of surname application CZK 4,000 (AUD 267)
Good to know
Document lists not published on the pages read. Fee amounts come from the Canberra embassy's consular fee PDF headed October 2026 (file dated 9 Oct 2026, fees updated monthly and converted from CZK); the page text had an obvious typo in the exchange-rate line.
Official sources
- mzv.gov.cz/canberra/en/consular_visa_information/citizenship_and_do…
- mzv.gov.cz/file/6307213/October_2026.pdf
- mzv.gov.cz/sydney/en/visa_consular_information/consular_information…
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Czech Republic's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.
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More services of the Czech Republic in Australia
- Cancellation of Czech permanent residence
- Certificate of Czech citizenship / declaration on citizenship
- Certificate of no impediment to marriage
- Czech biometric passport (adult and child)
- Czech criminal record extract
- Emergency travel document (Czech)
- Long-stay visa and residence (study and other purposes)
- Schengen visa (Czech Republic)
- Verification of copies and translations
- Verification of signature
- Voting from abroad (special voters' list)
- Work and Holiday Programme visa (Australian citizens)