Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
Civil partnerships can no longer be established in Germany since 01.10.2017. With the opening of marriage, same-sex couples have been able to marry domestically since the above-mentioned date.
Who should I contact?
The registry office of the municipality, the Joint Community and the city in which you or your future spouse have his/her domicile or habitual residence are responsible for registering the marriage.
If neither you nor your spouse have his/her domicile or habitual residence in Germany, the registry office of the municipality, the Joint Community and the city before which the marriage is to be concluded is responsible for the registration.
Every German registry office is responsible for the marriage.
Responsible authorities
Standesamt
Contact
- Haren (Ems):
- Application for a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with habitual residence in Germany
- Apply for a civil partnership certificate
- Apply for a death certificate
- Apply for a marriage certificate
- Apply for an International Mortuary Passport
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership entered into abroad
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Establishment of a civil partnership Notarisation
- Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Recognition of paternity
- Marriage consummation with foreign partner
- Notification of a death
- Register marriage
Requirements
- Majority
- Capacity
- no existing marriage or civil partnership with a third person
- no relationship in the direct line and between full-born and half-born siblings
Which documents are required?
Documents are required. Please contact the competent authority.
What are the fees?
Fee: 40,00 EURPayment in advance: noIf the marriage is performed in a registry office other than where the parties are domiciled.
Emission: 100,00 EURPayment in advance: nooutside the normal office hours of the registry office, except in case of life-threatening illness of one of the spouses
Process flow
The intended marriage must be registered.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.