It’s not necessary for a visa in a lot of places. Canada uses common law partnership, for example.
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etchinghillside@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Taxes. Health Insurance.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
brewbart@feddit.org 7 hours ago
Actually, marriage is one of the founding circumstances why we actually have laws. Although it is reasonable to assume that every marriage ritual in early societies had some kind of ‘blessed be this couple’ aspect, it originated out of civil necessity (structuring inheritance) before the Jesus Club took over and changed the meaning
vzq@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That really depends on your jurisdiction. There are places where domestic partners have a different status. Mostly because of the long arm of the Catholic Church.
fishpen0@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Two words “Accredited Investor”