Marriage/Registered partnership – Hongkong and Macau
New
Marriage for all − Law Reform on 1 July 2022
If you want to get married or enter into a registered partnership in Switzerland or abroad, your main contact is the registry office where you have decided to register your marriage or partnership. This is the office that determines the documents required and the conditions that apply. Please find out well in advance what formalities you will need to comply with and which civil status documents are needed.
If your marriage or partnership was registered abroad, it must be entered into the Swiss civil register by the proper authority in Switzerland. If it was registered in Switzerland, your change of civil status must be entered into the Register of the Swiss Abroad. In order to do so, you need to submit certain documents to your Swiss representation.
Until June 30th 2022, if you marry someone of the same sex abroad, your marriage will be recognised in Switzerland as a registered partnership.
Marriage/Partnership to be performed abroad – Hongkong and Macau
The individual civil status certificate for Swiss nationals is issued by the civil status authority competent for the persons’ place of origin. This document certifies the personal data of this person as recorded in the Swiss civil status register, such as surname, first name or civil status (single, married, divorced, widowed, etc.).
Marriage to be performed in Switzerland – Hongkong and Macau
A preparatory procedure is mandatory for having your union performed in Switzerland. Please find out well in advance what formalities you will need to comply with.
After your marriage/partnership performed abroad – Hongkong and Macau
After your union is performed abroad, this must be entered into the Swiss civil register.
After your marriage performed in Switzerland – Hongkong and Macau
The change of your civil status must be entered into the Register of the Swiss Abroad.
Marriage for all in Switzerland − Provisions in force
Switzerland recognises and permits same-sex marriage from 1 July 2022. As of the same date, registered partnerships can no longer be concluded in Switzerland.