Easiest route to civil partnership?

martyc5674

What's the quickest/easiest way of becoming civil partners?/common law husband/wife
No interest in any ceremony just want be recognised as civil partners for tax purposes.

GingerLily

Book a civil ceremony with the HSE

martyc5674

Cheers... is that just a walk in and sign or is there a bit more to it?
We've zero interest in typical weddings and we're non religious so simple is what we're after.

BlinkingLights

Civil Marriage - you've a ceremony which can be as small or as big as you like.

The state only offers and recognises civil marriage which is usually just completed as part of religious marriage ceremonies for convenience.

All you need is a licenced solnoniser. The can secular or religious.

There is no civil partnership.

Spanish Eyes

Civil Partnerships no longer exist. Marriage is for all including same sex couples.

There is no such thing as common law spouse in law.

You must give at least three months notice.

And google is your friend too, it's easy to type in Civil Marriage Ireland. LOL.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/civil_marriage_ceremony.html

GingerLily

martyc5674 wrote: »

Cheers... is that just a walk in and sign or is there a bit more to it?
We've zero interest in typical weddings and we're non religious so simple is what we're after.

You need to book an appointment first to register your intent, this is to make sure you can legally marry, and then three months later you can get legally married in a registry office, no frills required.

There's lots of official information online-
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/getting_married/getting_married.html

Peregrinus

Or if you don't want to wait the three months, you can get married in a jurisdiction that doesn't have this requirement. The minimum notice period in Northern Ireland, for instance, is only 28 days.

You say you're not interested in a ceremony, but note that marriage does involve a short ceremony (as did civil partnership, when it was available). But it can be very basic.

You'll also need to provide two witnesses for your ceremony.

jlm29

As above. You have to actually get married if you want the same rights as husband and wife. You don't need any bells and whistles, but you do have to have the legal bit, same as everyone else.

martyc5674

jlm29 wrote: »

As above. You have to actually get married if you want the same rights as husband and wife. You don't need any bells and whistles, but you do have to have the legal bit, same as everyone else.

Cheers... it's such a load of Horlicks!

jlm29

martyc5674 wrote: »

Cheers... it's such a load of Horlicks!

Unfortunately thems the rules! Head off to vegas on your holiers!