Divorce between Portugal and Switzerland
A Portuguese divorce is registered in Switzerland via the embassy, free of charge. The other way round, a Swiss divorce must be confirmed by a Portuguese court.
- Portuguese divorce → Switzerland
- Original decision with the date it became final, acta de conferência (record of the hearing) in national format with carimbo branco (embossed seal), custody decision, embassy form; free of charge
- Ordering certificates
- Conservatória or civilonline.mj.pt
- Swiss divorce → Portugal
- ‘Revisão e confirmação de sentença estrangeira’ (review and confirmation of a foreign judgment) before the Tribunal da Relação (court of appeal); a lawyer is mandatory
- Documents for Portugal
- Swiss judgment with certificate of finality, apostille, certified translation into Portuguese, marriage certificate
- Timescale in Portugal
- Often 6 to 12 months, followed by an annotation (averbamento) on the marriage certificate
What we do
We prepare the Swiss file and the translations into Portuguese; for the proceedings in Portugal, a Portuguese lawyer is needed.
Sources: Swiss embassy in Portugal, FFMS.