Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions
Chapter 13 Annex 6 - Schedule 20 - a list of recognised overseas same sex relationships
| COUNTRY | RECOGNISED SAME SEX RELATIONSHIP |
| Andorra | unio estable de parella (stable union of pairs) |
| Australia: Tasmania | significant relationship |
| Belgium | cohabitation légale, wettelijke samenwoning, gesetzliches zusammenwohnen (statutory cohabitation) |
| Belgium | marriage |
| Canada | marriage |
| Canada: Nova Scotia | domestic partnership |
| Canada: Quebec | union civile, civil union |
| Denmark | registreret partnerskab (registered partnership) |
| Finland | rekisteröity parisuhde registrerad partnerskap (registered partnership) |
| France | pacte civile de solidarité (civil solidarity pact) |
| Germany | Lebenspartnerschaft (life partnership) |
| Iceland | staðfesta samvist (confirmed cohabitation) |
| Luxembourg | partenariat enregistré, eingetragene partnerschaft (registered partnership) |
| Mexico | In November 2006 the Federal District's legislature approved a law that reconises rights for "partners of the same-sex". It does not allow for adoption by same-sex cuples nor is it "equivalent" to marriage. The law grants inheritance and pension rights. |
| Netherlands | geregistreerde partnerschap (registered partnership) |
| Netherlands | marriage |
| New Zealand | civil union |
| Norway | registrert partnerskap (registered partnership) |
| Sweden | registrerat partnerskap (registered partnership) |
| United States of America: California | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Connecticut | civil union |
| United States of America: Maine | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Massachusetts | marriage |
| United States of America: New Jersey | domestic partnership |
| United States of America: Vermont | civil union |
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