We prepare your entire marriage file, including your foreign documents and their translations, in your language. Whether you want to marry in Switzerland, have a marriage abroad recognised or bring your spouse to Switzerland.
Take the free checkNext step: the file check for CHF 90, with a written report within 48 hours.
Indicative result. The exact requirements depend on your canton and your country of origin.
Full birth certificate, certificate of single status, divorce decree, apostille: we order them in your country through our partners and the consulates, and make sure they are less than 6 months old on the day the file is submitted.
The civil registry requires a translation of any document not in French, German or Italian. We do it ourselves: translation is our trade.
Marriage, registration of a foreign marriage, family reunification: one file handled from start to finish, in French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Albanian, Serbian or Russian.
Your foreign documents, ordered and translated for you The documents you need, country by country
3 questions to find out which procedures apply to you: marriage, registration of a foreign marriage, permit for your spouse.
A written report within 48 hours: your documents country by country, what must be apostilled and translated, and the total cost. Deducted from your package if you continue.
We order the foreign certificates and apostilles, translate and check every document, and fill in the forms.
We submit the file and stay in touch with the civil registry or the migration office until the decision.
Four procedures, fixed fees shown upfront. Official fees and the cost of documents are passed on at cost, with no mark-up.
CHF 90
Deducted from your package if you continue with us
File ready and procedure opened
CHF 490
Order and pay onlineAll the way to your wedding day
CHF 790
Order and pay onlineBoth procedures, one point of contact
CHF 1’290
Order and pay onlineResidence permit for your spouse
CHF 690
Order and pay onlineYour marriage registered in Switzerland
CHF 390
Order and pay onlineTo get married abroad
CHF 290
Order and pay onlineABC fees only. Official fees, the cost of documents and translations are charged on top.
Responsible office, appointments, wedding venues, fees, migration office: here is how it works where you live.
The documents required depend mainly on the foreign partner’s country of birth. Here are the rules for the countries we handle most often.
Yes. Two foreign nationals can marry in Switzerland, provided the foreign partner proves their stay in Switzerland is legal until the wedding and presents recent, legalised and translated civil status documents.
Official fees come to around CHF 300 to 400: CHF 150 for the preparatory procedure and CHF 75 for the ceremony, plus any surcharges. On top of that come the foreign documents, their legalisation and their translation.
Anywhere from a few weeks to several months, depending on the canton and above all the country of origin. Verification of documents by an embassy can take several months. The wedding must take place within 3 months of the procedure being closed.
No. ABC Office is an administrative and translation service. If your application is refused or you need to appeal, we refer you to a partner lawyer.
Yes, the CHF 90 is deducted from your package if you then entrust your file to us.
In under a minute, you will know which procedures lie ahead and in what order.