Marriage in Switzerland
The following documents must be submitted to the representative office:
Japanese National
- Valid Passport
- Certificate of residence (Juminhyou 住民票)
- Japanese family register extract (Koseki Touhon [Zenbu Jikou Shoumei] 戸籍謄本全部事項証明)
- Marriage eligibility certificate (Youken Gubi Shoumeisho 婚姻要件具備証明書)
- If divorced, additionally: divorce decree (Rikon Todoke no Juri Shoumeisho 離婚届受理証明書) or family register excerpt, from which the legally effective divorce date can be seen.
- If widowed, additionally: death certificate of the former spouse (Shibou Todoke no Juri Shoumeisho 死亡届受理証明書) or family register extract in which the death of the spouse is recorded.
Swiss National
- If resident in Japan: valid passport, if not: copy of valid passport
§ Certificate of residence (Juminhyou 住民票). If this confirmation is missing, the representation can issue a nationality and matriculation confirmation instead of this document (CHF 40.- in JPY), which is subject to a fee.
- Civil Status Certificate (GE: Personenstandsausweis /FR: Certificat individuel d´état civil). If this document is missing, the civil status office of your home municipality will issue this confirmation for a fee.
The documents need to be issued within the last 6 months and must be submitted in advance scanned by e-mail to tokyo.kanzlei@eda.admin.ch for verification. Subsequently, an appointment will be made for the counter visit. After that, the representative office will send the application to the civil registry office of the municipality of residence in Switzerland, arriving in about 3-4 weeks.
Japanese citizens do not require a visa to enter Switzerland. However, an assurance of residence permit is required for entry. Your municipality of residence must initiate the necessary procedure for the entry of your fiancé(e) with the competent cantonal migration authority. For further information, please contact your municipality of residence directly.
Attention: All Japanese documents must be apostilled (The Hague Convention of October 5, 1961). The apostille is issued free of charge by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Certification at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Japan) (Authentication (of official seals) / Apostille).
