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You’ll need one of the following:
You can order a UK decree absolute or final order from a divorce, dissolution or annulment. You can also order a UK death certificate.
If your divorce or dissolution was outside the UK, you may be asked for evidence you, or your ex-partner, were a national of or resident in that country when it took place.
If you have a paper document to show the marriage or civil partnership has ended you can post the original document to the embassy, or a copy of the document certified in the country where it was issued.
If you only have a digital document to show the marriage or civil partnership has ended, you can upload it when you apply online, but you’ll need to post further evidence to the embassy. For example an email, letter or other document from a court confirming they issued the document.
You’ll need to post the original UK death certificate. It’s against copyright law to make a copy of a UK death certificate, so a certified copy will not be accepted. If your relationship to your husband, wife or civil partner is not on their death certificate, you’ll need to post your marriage or civil partnership certificate too. All original documents will be posted back to you with your.
To marry your civil partner you’ll either need to convert your civil partnership into a marriage, or end (dissolve) the civil partnership before you get married.
If you registered a same-sex civil partnership in the UK you can convert it into a marriage. Otherwise, check the laws in the country where your civil partnership was registered to find out what you need to do.
You cannot get a CNI while you‘re still in a civil partnership.