Démarche en ligne
Submit a pre-application for Civil partnerships
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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Comment faire ?
There are 2 scenarios:
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
You or your future partner must provide a birth certificate
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).