Getting married in Peru

[gibboinperu]

trying to get documents together to marry in iquitos,got my british birth certificate,waiting for my soltero document from british embassy...do i need copies of everything in spanish and english??? does every document have to be legalsied by embassy and ministry of foriegn relations in lima??

[summerside]

Hi I am Lee from Canada and I got married in Peru two years ago. I was living in Canada prior to the marriage so I had to have all documents notorized first by a recognized notory designated by a Peruvian consulate or embassy in Canada. Then send the documents to the Peruvian consulate or embassy with the appropriate fee and prepaid return courier or mail. This included birth certificate and passport. Once you arrive in Peru you must have official spanish translations made and then take them to the ministry of foreign affairs for authenitication. Also remember that in Peru you must post bands for a week or two prior to the marriage. As you may already know marriages are only recognized that are performed by civil authorities ie. a judge. Religious weddings are not recognized. If you have any other questions please feel free to contace me. summerside80@hotmail.com best wishes Lee

[guest]

Gib, I got married in Peru 12 years ago. I found it extremely less of a hassle to just get married again in a very simple civil ceremony back in the US for the papers. No problems at either end. She got her big church wedding with her family in Lima and we got the required paperwork stateside.

[tarainjapan]

HI Lee. I tried to mail to your email but got no reply. I am also from Canada and want to get married next month in Lima and was wondering if you could clarify what documents you had to get notorized. Was it just the 'yes, Im single' document and your passport and birth certificate. I am living in Japan and can get these things done here I hope. Also what is the bond you were referring to???? Any help from you or any other member with experience would be great!!! Tara
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[tenorhead]

I got married in Trujillo 4 years ago and you need every document you can think of from your home country translated and notorized. you can try to do it all at home but bring it with you just in case because they may want it all done in Peru. Getting it done at home may save a ton of time if they feel like accepting the documents OR it will just mean that you wasted the time and $$ getting it done and you have to do it againg in Peru. It may also be a good idea to have several(thousand) copies of every document - this prevents waiting in a long line only to be told that you need to get out of the line and get in another one to make a copy because they dont have one behind the counter.

I'm making this sound worse than it really is. the only problem is time. if you have enough it shouldn't be a problem. trying to get married in a month might not work.

Really dont mean to sound too pessimistic. My big fat Peruvian wedding was the coolest wedding I have ever seen. It is all worth it if you find someone to share your life with.

suerte,

[tarainjapan]

Thanks so much Tenorhead

I will go to the Peruvian embassy here in Japan and try and get as much as I can done there and if they need me to get it re-done in Peru, then I guess there is nothing I can do. Unfortunately I will only be in Peru this time for 2 weeks so if it cant be done, it cant be done. There is always next time....

Thanks again for your information!!!!