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Civil partnership certificate Issuance when civil partnership is established abroad
Service Description
The registry office issues certificates and certified excerpts from the civil partnership register. If the civil partnership was concluded abroad, the civil partnership must have been subsequently certified by the registry office in Germany beforehand.
Civil status certificates are to be issued to the civil partners, their ancestors and descendants upon request. Other persons have a right to be issued with civil status documents if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest. A certificate of civil status may also be applied for if a legitimate interest can be credibly shown and both civil partners have been deceased for more than thirty years.
Process flow
You apply for the issuance of a civil status certificate or a certified extract from the civil partnership register at the registry office.
The registry office issues the certificate or the certified extract from the register after checking your eligibility.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the registry office that subsequently recorded the civil partnership established abroad and maintains the civil partnership register.
If the register entry is kept at a Thuringian registry office, you can also contact any other Thuringian registry office for the issuance of the documents.
Requirements
The civil partnership concluded abroad must have been subsequently certified in Germany.
The person making the application must be one of the civil partners or an ancestor or descendant of the civil partner. Other persons are only entitled to apply if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest or if they can demonstrate a legitimate interest and both civil partners have already been deceased for more than thirty years.
Which documents are required?
as a life partner:
- proof of identity (identity card, passport or suitable identification document)
as ancestor or descendant of a life partner:
- Proof of identity (identity card, passport or suitable identification document)
- Proof of eligibility to apply
as another person:
- Proof of identity (identity card, passport or suitable identification document)
- Proof of legal interest or legitimate interest
What are the fees?
A civil partnership certificate costs 10 euros.
In individual cases, further fees may apply, such as for searching the register entry or translation assistance for the use of the certificate in other EU countries.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
none
Processing duration
Case-by-case
Legal basis
Applications / forms
Instruction by the civil status court according to § 49 PStG
Appeal
Various (depending on municipality)
Author
Thuringian State Administration Office, Department 200, Supervision of Registry Offices
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs
Professionally released on
01.12.2020
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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