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# Practical Guide
I want to marry a foreigner.
A marriage celebrated abroad is recognized in Switzerland if it was celebrated validly according to the law of the place of celebration (art. 45 LDIP). Registration is carried out with the civil status office of the Swiss domicile. The foreign marriage certificate must be presented apostilled or legalized, translated by…
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Applicable Law Articles
- PIL 45 — Recognition of a Marriage Celebrated Abroad
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English. However, I notice that the text to be translated only contains "CC 105", which is a protected token that should be preserved exactly as is. Since there is no actual legal text content to translate (only the protected token), here is the translation: CC 105 Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will apply the preferred glossary terms you've specified (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly. — Grounds for nullity of marriage
Critical Deadlines
- File Compilation — immediate
- Deposit with the civil register office — in the 30 days following the establishment of the file (PIL 45)
- Cantonal processing period — 4 to 12 weeks
- Appeal to the cantonal supervisory authority — 30 days from notification of the refusal (CC 90 al. 3 / cantonal procedural law)
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