Yokohama City Partnership Oath System

Yokohama City will provide a “Partnership Oath Receipt” and a “Partnership Oath Receipt” and “Partnership Oath Receipt Certificate” for sexual minorities and actual marriages who have sworn that they are cooperating with each other as partners in their lives. (Only applicants) ".
As for the details, please see "procedure guidebook (PDF: 1,155KB)".

Two sexual minorities and true marriages who fall under all of the following:

• Being an adult
• Being a citizen of Yokohama. Or one is a citizen, and the other is planning to move in (within 3 months)
• Not married
• There must be no partnership with anyone other than the oather
• Not being a close relative

The documents required for the oath are as follows. Please prepare for 2 people.
In addition, we may ask you to submit documents that the mayor deems necessary.

1. Documents confirming current address (copy of resident certificate or certificate of entry on resident certificate)　

2. Documents certifying that you are not currently married (certificate of partial family register, etc./For foreign nationals, a certificate of singleness issued by the embassy, etc., certificate to contract marriage, etc., and a Japanese translation (with the translator specified))

3. Documents that can identify you (driver's license, my number card, passport, etc.)　

※1 and 2 are limited to those issued within 3 months. In addition, please be careful as issuance in city hall is not possible.
※3. If there is an expiration date, it must be within the expiration date.

• Documents to be issued are not legally effective.
• There is no charge for swearing or receipt issuance. However, fees related to the acquisition of documents to be submitted, such as copies of resident certificate, will be borne by you.
• A common name can be used if there is a particular reason due to gender differences. If you wish to use a common name, you can use a document that confirms that you use the common name in your daily life (such as an employee ID card, student ID card, ID card issued by a corporation, etc.) on a daily basis in social life Please present at the time of oath.

About various procedures such as oath, please confirm page of "Yokohama-shi partnership oath various procedures".

We have prepared a translation of the contents of the oath, oath receipt, and declaration form.
If you wish, please let us know at the time of booking. The office work related to the oath will be done in Japanese.

The number of members of the partnership oath is as follows.
476 groups (as of November 31, 2024)

No. 234 (as of March 31, 2023)

If Yokohama City is transferred to Yokohama City from a local government that has concluded a cooperation agreement, it will simplify the procedures for moving in and out.
For details, please refer to the "Partnership Oath System Intercity Cooperation" page.

• 「Outline of the handling of Yokohama City Partnership Oath (PDF: 641KB)」
• 「Yokohama-shi partnership oath system procedure guidebook (PDF: 1,155KB)」