Gibraltar - Apply for Civil Partnership

ProcedureEdit

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To start the process you will, in the first instance, need to procure a booking for the civil partnership ceremony. You may do this either by going to the Civil Status Office in person or by submitting a request by email or by post, including all the required documents.
You will need to indicate in your application whether you wish to conduct the ceremony at the Registry or at one of the approved external locations.
Once your booking has been made and the required documentation found to be in order, payment will be required in order to secure your booking. However, before the licence can be issued and before the civil partnership can take place, the original documents need to be submitted to the registrar and accepted by him.
After confirmation of booking, parties must go to the Civil Status Office not later than 12.45 on any working day prior to the date of the ceremony to present the originals, complete the corresponding affidavits and apply for a special licence. This may be done at any time up to a maximum of 3 months in advance of the date of the ceremony, or as late as the working day before the date of the ceremony.

Required DocumentsEdit

In order to enter into a civil partnership at the Civil Partnership Registry by means of a special licence, you must provide proof to that you are free to do so by completing affidavits and signing them before a Commissioner for Oaths or a notary public of your choice in Gibraltar. A list of registered Commissioner for Oaths or notaries public can be provided by the registry. Please remember that Commissioners for Oaths and notaries public will charge you for their services.

Non-residents wishing to enter into a civil partnership in Gibraltar will need to provide the registrar with documentary evidence that they will either be staying in Gibraltar at least one night immediately prior to or, immediately following the ceremony.

The registrar will accept any of the evidence listed below:

a hotel bill covering the night before the entering into the civil partnership
a hotel booking form confirming that the night of the entering into the civil partnership is paid for
a statement by a resident of Gibraltar, confirming that the parties spent the night before the entering into the civil partnership or will spend the night that the civil partnership is entered into as their guest at the relevant address (which must be specified)
another form of proof that the parties were or will be in Gibraltar on the night before or of the date they are entering the civil partnership. Alternatively, a similar statement confirming, to the satisfaction of the registrar, that the parties of the proposed civil partnership have spent or will spend at least one night in Gibraltar immediately prior to or immediately following the entering into the civil partnership

All documents must be in the English language.

Documents that are not multi language certificates must be accompanied by an officially certified translation into the English language by one of the following:

locally approved translators in Gibraltar
British embassies, or
sworn translators approved and endorsed by British embassies

Proof of identification: Persons wishing to enter into a civil partnership will have to prove their identity by providing the registrar with originals of the following:

Single persons never having been married or never entered into a civil partnership:
- Passport or national identity card or other acceptable form of identity
- Full birth certificate
Widows/widowers/surviving partners:
- Passport, national identity card or other acceptable form of identity
- Full birth certificate
- Previous civil partnership/marriage certificate
- The death certificate of your late partner/spouse
Persons who have been previously married or who have previously entered into a civil partnership:
- Passport, national identity card or other acceptable form of identity
- Full birth certificate
- Final and absolute divorce decree or certificate of annulment of your previous marriage or a certificate of dissolution or annulment of your previous civil partnership
Change of name: If you have changed your name in any way, you should produce evidence of your change of name.
Other documentation: In addition to the above the registrar may, at his sole discretion, ask for other documents considered necessary.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

The Registry of Marriages & Civil Partnerships
Civil Status & Registration Office
Joshua Hassan House
Secretarys Lane
Gibraltar

Telephone: + (350) 200 72289
+(350) 200 51725 (switchboard)

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

EligibilityEdit

To be eligible to enter into a civil partnership both parties must:

be 16 or over (those aged 16 and 17 will require the consent of their parent/ guardian or an appropriate person as set out at Schedule 2 of the Civil Partnership Act);
not already be in a civil partnership or marriage; and
not be a within a prohibited degree of relationship (these type of relationships are set out in Schedule 1 of the Civil Partnership Act and include for example father/son and mother/daughter. Should you require more assistance in relation to this issue, please speak to the Registrar).
Under its provisions it is possible, by means of a Special Licence granted under Section 12 of the Act, for residents and non-residents alike to enter into a civil partnership in Gibraltar. It also enables a civil partnership ceremony to be conducted at approved locations outside the Registry outside working hours and at weekends.

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ValidityEdit

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InstructionsEdit

If you are resident in Gibraltar and your intention is to enter into a civil partnership at the Civil Partnership Registry without a Special Licence, you will need to give 21 days notice of your intended Civil Partnership to the Registrar in order to allow for the exhibition of notice.

Required InformationEdit

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Need for the DocumentEdit

A civil partnership is essentially the union of two people regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The Gibraltar's Civil Partnership Act recognizes civil partnerships between two people, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, ratified by a binding contract through the signing of an official register. This means that both same sex-couples and opposite sex couples have the option of entering into a civil partnership so long as they are eligible to do so. This procedure provides you information on how you can apply for civil partnership.

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External LinksEdit

Citizens Advise Bureau
Government of Gibraltar - Website

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