Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership concluded abroad
Upon request, the registry office will issue certificates and certified printouts from the civil partnership register. If your civil partnership was concluded abroad, this civil status must have been re-certified once by the registry office in Germany.
For a civil partnership certificate, you and your life partner as well as your direct ancestors and descendants can submit an application to the registry office. Under certain conditions and upon request, other persons will also receive your civil partnership certificate.
The civil partnership certificate proves the establishment of a civil partnership and contains the following information:
- Place and date of establishment of the partnership
- First names and surnames at the time of justification
- Place and date of birth of both persons
- Gender of life partners
- Information on religious affiliation
What happens if your civil status data or that of the other person changes, for example due to a name change or a dissolution of the civil partnership?
Then the responsible registry office supplements the civil partnership entry with a follow-up certification. Upon request, it will then issue you with a new civil partnership certificate.
Process flow
If you are entitled to apply for a civil partnership certificate or a certified printout from the register, you can submit the application in writing and electronically to the registry office that subsequently authenticated the civil partnership:
The registry office checks the application and the entitlement and then issues you the certificate or the certified printout from the register.
Who should I contact?
The issuance of a certificate is usually carried out by the registry office, which keeps the underlying register.
Requirements
- The civil partnership concluded abroad must have been subsequently certified in Germany and recorded in the civil register.
- Only you as your life partner can submit the application.
- A direct ancestor or descendant can only apply if both partners have already died.
Which documents are required?
as a life partner:
- Proof of identity:
- Identity card
- Passport or
- suitable identity document.
as a direct ancestor or descendant:
- Proof of identity:
- Identity card
- Passport or
- suitable identity document.
- Proof of eligibility
as another person:
- Proof of identity
- Identity card
- Passport or
- suitable identity document.
- Proof of legal interest or legitimate interest
What are the fees?
Fees apply. Please contact the relevant authority.
Fee: 15,00 EURPayment in advance: NoIssuance of a civil partnership certificate
Emission: 7,50 EURPayment in advance: NoFor each additional copy of the life partnership certificate, if it is applied for at the same time as the first copy.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You do not have to meet any deadlines.
Processing duration
The processing of the application usually takes 2 to 10 days.
Legal basis
Applications / forms
Forms:
Online procedure possible:
Written form required:
Personal appearance required:
Appeal
If the registry office rejects the application for the issuance of the civil partnership certificate, you can apply to the competent court to order the registry office to issue the certificate.
Technically approved by
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
Professionally released on
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
