Marriage or civil partnership (PACS in France)

Trigger event date: PACS date

• Copy of birth certificate recording that a PACS civil partnership has been concluded
  • Or Certificate issued by the district court registrar or the notary who registered the formal statement
  • Or Copy of Paris high court register stating existence of PACS civil partnership (for foreign nationals born outside France)
  • Or Receipt for registration of a joint formal statement made by the civil partners issued by a notary, or by the French embassy or consulate that registered the formal statement of civil partnership

Trigger event date: marriage date

• Copy of family register (livret de famille)
  
  • Or Marriage certificate
  • Or Copy of marriage certificate issued by a local registrar

Trigger event date: marriage date

French national

• Copy of marriage certificate issued by a French embassy or consulate
  • Or Copy of marriage certificate issued by the central register office of France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Foreign (non-French) national

• Copy of international family register (livret de famille)
  • Or Copy of marriage certificate issued by a foreign authority, accompanied if necessary by a sworn translation into French

Civil partnerships concluded outside France are recognised in France if the partnership is registered by a competent authority in the country where the partnership was concluded and if it is not against public policy.