Reistering a De Facto Union

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:21am

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Herefordjack

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Communidad Valenciana, like some of the others, has an official register of de facto unions, or common law marriages, and a formal procedure for getting onto it.

Has anyone on this site done it and, if so, be willing to share their experience of the process, by PM if they prefer. I need to know the exact nature of documentation required, the pitfalls, etc. I don't need a link to the official site, I've already got it, but the process is still far from clear. In particular, they ask for a legal document less than six months old from your home country confirming your marital status. I have a decree absolute which is seven years old but nothing else. How do I get around that? Thanks.

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:30am

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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:30am

Hi Jack

I'm also interested in this.

I've never been married, so how the hell could I prove my marital status!!!!

Could you please let me know how you get on?

Cheers

Steve

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:50pm

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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:50pm

Herefordjack wrote on Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:21am:
Communidad Valenciana, like some of the others, has an official register of de facto unions, or common law marriages, and a formal procedure for getting onto it.
Has anyone on this site done it and, if so, be willing to share their experience of the process, by PM if they prefer. I need to know the exact nature of documentation required, the pitfalls, etc. I don't need a link to the official site, I've already got it, but the process is still far from cle...

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...ar. In particular, they ask for a legal document less than six months old from your home country confirming your marital status. I have a decree absolute which is seven years old but nothing else. How do I get around that? Thanks.

Write to the town hall where you were divorced in the UK and ask for a copy of your divorce document. That will be enough. Then it's just having your padron certificate and your NIE card/certificate. The Juzgado de Paz does the rest. They have a list of all the docs you need. But if you go in, someone will explain exactly what to do. I know that I needed a recent copy of my French birth certificate, so I emailed the town hall where I was born, and received the copy days later.