Civil Partnerships

Our registration staff, based in The Grange, Mountjoy Road, Omagh, are happy to deal with any queries you may have. Call us on 028 82 256212 or email amy.smyton@omagh.gov.uk for more information.

Civil Partnership

Legal requirements

Any two people, regardless of where they live , can register a civil partnership in Northern Ireland, provided that they are:

  • the same sex
  • aged 18 or above on the day of your ceremony (consent is needed if either of you is aged 16 or 17)
  • unrelated to one another in a way that would prevent you from forming a civil partnership
  • free to marry, for example, neither of you is already a civil partner or legally married.

To make sure both parties meet these criteria, you must complete a civil partnership notice form, and supply the other necessary documents needed, before your ceremony can take place. These should be returned to the Registrar's office in the district where you plan to form your partnership.

Types of ceremony

In Omagh, civil partnership ceremonies can take place in the Registrar's office in The Grange offices or in another venue which has been licensed for partnerships. They are conducted by a Registrar and are non-religious.

 More Information

The General Register Office, based at Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4HL, provides help and advice about the following issues:

  • visiting Northern Ireland to form a civil partnership
  • immigrant requirements.

Detailed information about all these topics is available from the NI Direct website