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Switzerland contributed 427 licenses across 2021 to 2025. The annual table retains the published years.
Couples from Switzerland took out 210 licenses in 2011, the highest published annual count; the low was 17 in 2020.
The annual fall for Switzerland was 84.5% in 2020, from 110 to 17 licenses.
The Switzerland annual rebound brought 205 licenses in 2010, up 32.3% from 155.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 118 |
| 2008 | 136 |
| 2009 | 155 |
| 2010 | 205 |
| 2011 | 210 |
| 2012 | 204 |
| 2013 | 198 |
| 2014 | 165 |
| 2015 | 196 |
| 2016 | 153 |
| 2017 | 161 |
| 2018 | 117 |
| 2019 | 110 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2021 | fewer than 10 |
| 2022 | 101 |
| 2023 | 118 |
| 2024 | 109 |
| 2025 | withheld |
The recent Switzerland group includes 283 couples marrying for the first time and 144 with a previous marriage for at least one partner. The first-wedding share for Switzerland was 66.3%, compared with 50.2% across all origins, a gap of 16.10 percentage points above that benchmark.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 283 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 144 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The most common published ages among Switzerland partners were 30-34, a group of 209 people. Second place in the Switzerland age profile went to 35-39, numbering 154 people. The Switzerland share aged 30-34 was 24.5%, above the 19.3% countywide share for those ages. Compared with the countywide 42.7%, Switzerland had a lower under-35 share of 38.9%. The next largest published Switzerland age band was 40-44 at 115 partners, then 25-29 at 105, following the first two groups in the recent window.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-29 | 105 |
| 30-34 | 209 |
| 35-39 | 154 |
| 40-44 | 115 |
| 45-49 | 89 |
| 50-54 | 60 |
| 55-59 | 50 |
| 60-64 | 36 |
| 65-69 | fewer than 10 |
| 70-74 | fewer than 10 |
| 75-79 | fewer than 10 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
The busiest month for couples from Switzerland was September, with 64 licenses and 15.0% of the recent count. The quietest published month was March at 18, 46 fewer than September. April followed with 44 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 26 |
| February | 25 |
| March | 18 |
| April | 44 |
| May | 41 |
| June | 32 |
| July | 44 |
| August | 37 |
| September | 64 |
| October | 41 |
| November | 31 |
| December | 24 |
Switzerland's September share of 14.99% was above the 9.08% of all licenses issued in that month, a difference of 5.91 percentage points. July matched April at 44 Switzerland licenses, sharing second place behind September. Across September, April and July, couples from Switzerland collected 152 licenses, making up 35.6% of their 427 recent total; across all couples, those months supplied 26.8% of licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Across the recent window, Switzerland recorded 427 licenses and its neighboring overseas origin, Brazil, recorded 422. The latest-year overseas rank for Switzerland was 16th; over the recent window, it stood 16th in the published overseas list. The pooled Switzerland count averages 85.4 licenses for each file year in 2021 to 2025; 2022 contributes dates only through 22 December to that recent record.
For Switzerland, the annual chart records 118 in 2007, 110 in 2019, 17 in 2020, 118 in 2023. Out of 375,664 recent licenses countywide, 427 carried a Switzerland address, accounting for 0.11% of the 2021 to 2025 total. The opening 2007 file placed Switzerland at 0.11% of the total, with 118 licenses within the county's 107,901 for that year.
Plan the $102 license visit
Before leaving Switzerland, use the marriage license guide to check identification and plan the joint license visit, which costs $102. For your return to Switzerland, the certified-copy guide explains requesting proof after recording, at $20 for each certified certificate; the officiant has 10 days after the ceremony to return the completed document for recording.