Civil Partnerships

Obtaining civil partnership certificates

Online

How to Apply for a certificate, including overseas certificates

By telephone

we accept Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, Solo, Visa Debit or Maestro. Please call +44 (0)845 603 7788 and have the details of both partners and the date and place where the partnership was registered to hand
our lines are open:
Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm
Saturday 9am – 4pm
please also have your credit or debit card ready
for costs see Certificate fees
for details of our priority service, see Delivery

By post / fax

when completing these forms, you need to supply the details of both partners and the date and place of where the partnership was registered

Important information - The Family Records Centre has now closed. Please can you post your application to the relevant address given below.

Civil partnerships registered in England & Wales	Civil partnerships registered abroad	Civil partnerships registered in Scotland & NI
Download:	Download:
Civil partnership application form (pdf, 63kb) Welsh application form (pdf, 142k)	Overseas application form (pdf, 32k)
Post to:	Post to:	Visit:
General Register Office PO Box2 Southport Merseyside PR8 2JD	Overseas Section General Register Office Trafalgar Road Southport Merseyside PR8 2HH	GRO Scotland website GRO NI website
Fax: +44 (0)1704 550013	Fax: +44 (0) 1633 652988

for details of our priority service, see Delivery; if you are applying by post, please do not send cash.

Payments by credit or debit card

Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, Solo, Visa Debit or Maestro are all accepted. Please don't forget to include your credit or debit card number and the three-digit security code on the rear of your card.

Payments by cheque

make cheques and postal orders payable to 'IPS' (Identity and Passport Service).

Payments from abroad

an international money order, cheque or draft (payable in London) made out to ‘IPS’ (Identity and Passport Service) and expressed in pounds sterling, quoting a UK clearing bank are accepted
for costs see Certificate fees

In person at your local registration authority

you will be asked to complete an application form providing details of both partners and the date and place where the partnership was registered
for a certificate with addresses you need to supply the full addresses of both partners as at the time they registered the partnership
if you can't supply both full addresses but can still identify the record you can be supplied with a certificate which will not contain the partner’s addresses
you can pay by cash, cheque, debit or credit card
for costs see Certificate fees