You can register a civil partnership in England and Wales as long as you have both lived in a registration authority for at least seven days immediately before giving notice of your intention to register the partnership.
This applies to all couples, including those travelling from overseas to register a civil partnership in England and Wales.
As long as one person is resident in England and Wales, then the other person may also give notice in Scotland of their intention to register a civil partnership in England and Wales, providing neither party is subject to immigration control.
Officers, ratings or marines on board one of Her Majesty’s ships at sea can give notice to the captain or other commanding officer provided the person with whom they intend to register a civil partnership is resident in England and Wales.
