Registering a civil partnership gives a relationship legal recognition. A civil partnership certificate is a legal document outlining the relationship which can be registered by two people who aren’t related to each other, available to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.
To register a civil partnership, you and your partner must sign a civil partnership document in front of two witnesses and a registrar.
There are two steps needed to register a civil partnership. The first step is to give notice of your intention to register and the second is to actually register the civil partnership.
For giving notice, you and your partner must give notice in person of your intention to register a civil partnership to your local register office. You will need to do this even if you are going to register your civil partnership elsewhere. When you give notice, you will need to provide the date and place where the civil partnership is to be registered, so you should contact the venue where you are going to register first.
You will need to provide your name, address, age, nationality and whether you have previously been in a civil partnership or married. You will be asked to provide documentary evidence of these details, for example your passport, your birth certificate, a divorce decree absolute, a final order or the death certificate of a former civil partner. If one of you is subject to immigration control, you may have to provide additional documentary evidence.
Once you have given notice of your intention to register a civil partnership, details from the notice will be made available in a register office. This will be in the area in which both of you live and the area where you’re going to register, if different.
This must be done 28 days before you can register your civil partnership. This is to give an opportunity for objections to be made. After 28 days, as long as there are no objections, the registration can go ahead. The register office must give you a legal document called a civil partnership schedule which you will need in order to register a civil partnership.
You must register within the next twelve months or you will have to start the whole process again. For the registration, you can register your civil partnership in any register office or anywhere that has been approved to hold civil marriages. Non-religious venues cannot choose whether to hold civil partnerships or not, if they hold weddings.
You and your partner have legally registered your civil partnership when you have signed a legal document, known as the civil partnership schedule or certificate.
In order for your civil partnership to be recognised overseas you will need to legalise the certificate via an Apostille. We can do this for you. Simply order via our online ordering portal for a simple and hassle-free service.
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