Catalonia stable couples registry: application (tràmit 21032)

“Sol·licitud d'inscripció al Registre de parelles estables” is the Generalitat de Catalunya Department of Justice application to enter a couple in the Catalan Stable Couples Registry (tràmit 21032). A stable couple (parella estable) is two people living together as a married couple who meet the requirements of the Catalan Civil Code.

Registration is voluntary and does not create the couple: it records it and needs the consent of both. The official form is an interactive Adobe form (XFA) in Catalan that only opens in Adobe Reader; FoxDocs reproduces its in-person pages and writes your data into the same boxes.

• both partners together: the in-person form holds the details of both and two signatures;
• the basis is living together for more than 2 years without interruption, or a common child born while living together (if both apply, the form says to choose cohabitation);
• in person at any Generalitat office that registers documents (filter “Registre de documentació i digitalització” in the office finder) or at the places listed in Art. 16.4 of Law 39/2015; by post in an open envelope so the clerk can date and stamp it;
• online, each partner fills in, signs with a digital certificate and sends the form separately;
• you can apply at any time and the procedure is free.

• for each partner: name, two surnames, document type and number (DNI, NIE, passport or foreign ID card), date of birth, marital status, country of birth (and province and municipality if born in Spain);
• phones and e-mail (at least one way of contact), consent to electronic notifications;
• the couple’s address, the basis for registration and, for a common child, the child’s name, surnames, date and place of birth;
• objection to the automatic data check, list of attached documents, data protection consent, place and date.

• identity documents of both partners;
• a full (literal) birth certificate of each partner from the Civil Registry, issued no more than 6 months before applying; with dual nationality including Spanish, the Spanish birth certificate;
• a historical certificate of joint municipal registration (certificat d'empadronament de convivència històric);
• if the basis is a common child, the child’s literal birth certificate or the family book;
• if you do not object to the check, the Department obtains the identity document, the padrón certificate and the child’s birth data itself.

1. Tell the chat about yourself, your partner and your shared address in any language.
2. The assistant picks the document type, ticks the basis and lists the attachments for your situation.
3. Download the PDF, check it, print it, both sign it and submit it with the attachments.

Generalitat de Catalunya procedure page: tramits.gencat.cat — Registre de parelles estables de Catalunya. Checked 2026-10-09. This is not legal advice.