Notice of civil partnership

If you want to form a civil partnership, you need to give notice of your intention to register a civil partnership. This notification must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the desired date. This is the statutory deadline. We recommend filing the notification a little earlier if, for example, you have lived abroad for a longer period of time. The notification of intended civil partnership is only valid for up to 1 year. We will then check whether you are allowed to form a civil partnership.

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Give notice of intended civil partnership
Form only in Dutch

Foreign documents?

If you provide foreign documents with your notice, approval will take longer than 14 days. Lodge your notice at least 1 month before the ceremony, particularly if one or both of you is not Dutch. 

The celebrant will help you plan the date, location, time and other options of your civil partnership ceremony. The package you choose dictates the range of available options. 

Civil partnership packages

Various packages are available if you are forming a civil partnership in Maastricht. The package you choose dictates…

  • …how long the ceremony will take;
  • …when the ceremony will take place;
  • …whether you can choose your own venue;
  • …whether you can choose your own celebrant.

You need to set a date for your civil partnership before you can give notice. Send an email to huwelijk [at] maastricht.nl (huwelijk[at]maastricht[dot]nl) or call 14 043 to set a date. 

 

  • You are allowed to form a civil partnership if…

    • …you are at least 18 years old
    • …you are not married to someone else
    • …you are not in a civil partnership with someone else
    • …you and your partner are not in a prohibited degree of relationship. You cannot form a civil partnership with your parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or (half-)sibling. However, you can form a civil partnership with a third- or fourth-degree relative: an aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin. You must both declare that you are voluntarily becoming civil partners.
    • …you are not under financial guardianship. Permission of your financial guardian or a sub district judge is required. 

  • Please go to 'Wedding packages' for more information