Convert a Civil Partnership to a Marriage

The Standard Conversion: This is a simple process where you will both attend an appointment at any register office and complete a declaration with details about you and your civil partnership. The documents that you will need to produce include:

• Evidence of your name and date of birth: current passports or birth certificates
• Evidence of your address: recent Council Tax or utilities bill
• An original civil partnership certificate

A legal declaration will then be drawn up for you to both sign with the Superintendent Registrar.

If you wish you can choose to say the declaration wording aloud to one another before signing the conversion document. Your marriage is then registered, and a marriage certificate will be issued.

There are two stages to this type of conversion.

The first stage is where you will both need to attend an appointment at any register office and complete a declaration with details about you and your civil partnership.

The documents that you will need to produce include:

• Evidence of your name and date of birth: current passports or birth certificates
• Evidence of your address: recent Council Tax or utilities bill
• An original civil partnership certificate

The second stage is the signing of the declaration, which can be followed by a ceremony and can take place at venues where same-sex couples are able to marry.

For example

• Register office
• Approved premises
• Religious buildings that are registered for the marriage of same-sex couples
• Premises where a ceremony according to the Jewish faith or the Society of Friends is to immediately follow the conversion

The ceremony can be designed to suit you but we will provide an example ceremony for you.

Following the ceremony your marriage is registered, and a marriage certificate can then be issued. Your marriage certificate can either be collected or posted.

Fees and Charges

The fee you will need to pay will depend on whether you choose the standard conversion or the conversion followed by a ceremony.

Ceremony fees are the same as listed for Marriages and Civil Partnerships and will depend on which Room or Approved Premises you book.

The full fee for the standard conversion is £50.

Please contact the City of Nottingham Registration Service to discuss and book an appointment.