How do I get a certificate of Civil partnerships?
Verified 30 October 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you are a foreign-born foreigner, you may be required to produce a Civil partnership statement to justify your situation.
If you are in another situation, your birth certificate enough to justify your Civil partnership.
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You're French
You were born in France
You do not have to provide a Civil partnership certificate.
Your birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage or full copy) is sufficient.
This document indicates whether you are married, past, divorced.
You were born abroad
You do not have to provide a Civil partnership certificate.
Your birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage or full copy) is sufficient.
This document indicates whether you are married, past, divorced.
You must apply for a birth certificate online:
Application for birth certificate: full copy or extract (birth abroad) - Free service
You're a foreigner
You were born abroad
You can request a certificate of Civil partnerships.
This certificate contains the history of your Civil partnership (registration, modification, dissolution).
You must apply to the Central Civil Registry Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nantes by one of the following means:
- Postal Mail
You must complete the document template and attach it to your application.
If you make the request by email, copy and paste the template into your message.
Civil partnership Attestation Request Template
Who shall I contact
Central Vital Statistics Service - Application for Civil partnership Certification
By email
attestationpacs.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
By mail
Central Civil Registry Service - Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
Civil partnerships Section
11 White House Street
44941 Nantes Cedex 09
If you have passed, the Civil partnership certificate is a certificate of non-dissolution.
If your Civil partnership is broken, the Civil partnership certificate is a certificate of dissolution of the Civil partnership.
You were born in France
You do not have to provide a Civil partnership certificate.
Your birth certificate (extract with indication of parentage or full copy) is sufficient.
This document indicates whether you are married, past, divorced.