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by Friederike MeyerzuBentrup on February 18th, 2006

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I am a Canadian resident and would like to marry a Swiss citizen. I am living in Canada, he is living in Switzerland. Can I travel over to Switzerland and marry him, and does Canada need documents to accept this marriage?

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  • by Anonymous on June 12th, 2008

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    Do not even try. Hundreds of Swiss Francs and months later you would come to the conclusion that marrying under Swiss law is a night mare if one of the partners is non Swiss or has civil documents that are not written in the language of the local community that is handling the marriage.
    On the other hand, you could get married in Canada or any other place that has little administrative restrictions and once you have those documents, Switzerland will reckognize the marriage. To be on the safe side, check before with the Swiss Embassy in Canada whether the place you select for your marriage certificate is recognized in Switzerland.

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  • by Victoria on May 18th, 2008

    Victoria

    hI,

    my situation is the similar to yours. as far as I know (I checked with the Swiss Consulate in Canada), that you do not need visa for a touristic visit, and you can stay in for a period of 3 months. So, it's enough time to go to Swiss and to find aout everything you need. As in Swistzeralnd there are a lot of conton and the rules may vary.
    Good luck !

    p.s. as for the Canada, I think they accept and recognize any abroad marriage. The only thing we would nee to do - to re-apply for your new PRC, and to supply the Immigration Ofiice of the status (which chanhged from "single" - to "married"

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  • by vladbern on February 5th, 2008

    vladbern

    Hey, I have almost the same issue here. I am a US Citizen and I am planning to marry my girlfriend, whose holds a resident permit C in Switzerland, and will be apply for a Swiss passport. We are planning on staying and living in Switzerland, but we are not sure if I can just go there as a tourist with my US passport, sign a marriage promise, get married, apply for temp residency, and then get permanent residency: all of this without having to leave Switzerland and/or having to apply from within the US. Is this correct? Can anyone please clarify this a bit better. I guess that the answer to my question will most likely also apply to the original question posted. I would very much appreciate any feedback, thanks…

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  • by Anonymous on September 19th, 2007

    Anonymous

    i am a canadian marrying a swiss too. you can go to switzerland as a tourist. then u and your fiance can go to the town office and sign a marriage promise, saying u are planning on getting married, then u have to marry within 3 months after that. u will need some special papers from canada. your passport, birth certificate, a paper signed by a notar saying u are not married already, and a paper signed by a notar telling where your place of residence is in canada. i m not sure about how it goes with canada recognizing the marriage, i m just trying to find that out too! but once u sign the promise thing, u can apply for temporary residency until u are married, then u can get a permanent residency

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