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Marriage & Birth
If you are planning to get married in Geneva, while preparing for the event, do not forget the usual formalities:
- Marriage procedure in the Republic and canton of Geneva.
- Conditions and effects of civil marriage and registered partnership, as well as places of celebration in the city of Geneva.
- Frequently asked questions about marriage on the website of the Federal Office of Justice (OFJ): preparation of the necessary documents and cost.
- Extract from the Swiss Civil Code concerning Family Law : marriage (article 90 et seq).
Birth
The announcement of the birth of your child is compulsory. Information and procedures to follow for parents residing in the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
Procedure for registering a birth with the competent civil status office on the City of Geneva website:
- Expecting a child and becoming a parent.
- Declaration of birth.
- Recognition of a child.
- Parental authority.
Childbirth
- Where to give birth in Geneva (maternity, clinic, home, birthing centre)?
- Maternity of the HUG (University Hospitals of Geneva).
- The Sexual Health and Family Planning Unit (USSPF) of the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG): public service, free and confidential. It offers information, support and guidance on all questions relating to the different stages of relational, sexual and reproductive life.
- Midwives to accompany you, inform you, advise you during and after your pregnancy.
- The Geneva Institution for Home Care (imad). As soon as a child is born, you can receive a home visit from a nurse specializing in maternal and child health; she will bring you help, advice and support in your role as a parent.
Feeding with milk
- Breastfeeding information for mothers from the Association Genevoise pour l’Alimentation Infantile (GIFA).
Maternity leave
- Information notice on the conditions of maternity leave on the website of the Swiss Mission to UNOG.
- Maternity protection (State Secretariat for the Economy – SECO).
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