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Submit a pre-application for Civil partnerships

  • Adults wanting to pass
  • Service free
  • 6 to 7 steps, depending on the situation
  • Connecting with your Public Service account by login (email and password) or by FranceConnect
  • Language French

Go to the online procedure

Comment faire ?

There are 2 scenarios:

  • Your municipality of Civil partnerships can directly access your civil status data from your municipality of birth: you (or your future partner) have no need to provide a birth certificate for your file.
  • Your municipality of Civil partnerships does not have access to it: in this case, you (or your future partner) must present a birth certificate.

A simulator allows know your situation :

Check whether to provide a birth certificate in a Civil partnership or marriage file

The approach depends on your situation:

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You and your future partner do not have to provide a birth certificate

  1. Access to the online approach by logging into your Public Service account (by login or by FranceConnect)
  2. Check if the Civil partnership town hall accepts the online pre-application
  3. Fill the form for yourself and your future partner
  4. Send pre-application
  5. Download and print the Civil partnership declaration form (and the standard agreement if this option is chosen)
  6. Recover a list of other supporting documents that may be necessary for your Civil partnership file

You or your future partner must provide a birth certificate

  1. Access to the online approach by logging into your Public Service account (by login or by FranceConnect)
  2. Check if the Civil partnership town hall accepts the online pre-application
  3. Fill the form for yourself and your future partner
  4. Add the birth certificate
  5. Send pre-application
  6. Download and print the Civil partnership declaration form (and the standard agreement if this option is chosen)
  7. Recover a list of other supporting documents that may be necessary for your Civil partnership file

Birth certificate if the simulator tells you to provide it

Prepare scan or photo of the document

The procedure depends on where your birth certificate was drawn up:

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Birth certificate established in France

The approach depends on your situation:

General scenario

If your municipality of Civil partnerships does not have access to your civil status data at your birth town hall, you must provide a birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage) of less than 3 months (on the date of registration of the Civil partnerships).

Please note

If your marital status or that of your future spouse was changed before the registration of the Civil partnerships (for example, change of first name), you must give a copy of the updated deed to the registrar in charge of registering the Civil partnerships.

You are French born abroad

If your birth certificate was transcribed to the Central Civil Registry Service (Scec), you must provide a birth certificate with indication of the filiation of less than 3 months (on the date of registration of the Civil partnerships).

You must request your birth certificate from the Central Civil Registry Service :

Application for birth certificate: full copy or extract (birth abroad) - Free service

Please note

If your marital status or that of your future spouse was changed before the registration of the Civil partnerships (for example, change of first name), you must give a copy of the updated deed to the registrar in charge of registering the Civil partnerships.

You are a refugee or stateless person or under subsidiary protection

If you are a refugee or stateless or under subsidiary protection, you must provide a certificate in lieu of a birth certificate, issued by theOfpra: titleContent, of less than 3 months (on the date of registration of the Civil partnerships).

You must provide the original of this certificate.

To request the Ofpra document, you can use an online service:

Request a copy or extract of a civil status document from the Ofpra if you are a refugee, stateless person or under subsidiary protection

Birth certificate issued abroad

The rules differ depending on whether the act was established in a country of l' or in another country:

Act drawn up in a Member State

You must provide a birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage or full copy) of 6 months maximum (on the date of registration of the Civil partnerships).

There is no time limit imposed if the birth certificate was issued in a country that does not provide for the updating of the birth certificate.

In this case, you must provide a certificate from your embassy or consulate (or other authorized authority in your country of origin) stating that no update has been made.

If the document is in a foreign language, you must have a sworn translator translate.

It is possible to provide a plurilingual birth certificate extract.

Act issued in another country

You must provide a birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage or full copy) of 6 months maximum (on the date of registration of the Civil partnerships).

There is no time limit imposed if the birth certificate was issued in a country that does not provide for the updating of the birth certificate.

In this case, you must provide a certificate from your embassy or consulate (or other authorized authority in your country of origin) stating that no update has been made.

If the document is in a foreign language, you must have a sworn translator translate.

It is possible to provide a plurilingual birth certificate extract.

Depending on the country of origin, the following formalities may also be necessary:

Nationals of certain countries are exempted from these additional formalities (e.g. Switzerland).

Et après ?

Your town hall contacts you again depending on your situation:

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Your file is complete

The town hall contacts you again to fix the date of registration civil partnerships.

Your file is not complete

The town hall contacts you again to recover the others necessary documents.

Once the file is complete, the date of registration is fixed.

The day of registrationbring your identity document (valid), the originals of your credentials (if necessary) and your Civil partnership agreement (signed by the 2 partners).

You must all the 2 be present.

FYI  

After the Civil partnerships have been recorded, the registrar returns your Civil partnership agreement, without keeping a copy. You must therefore carefully keep this document.

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Verified 08 June 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)