Hello there...

Guys, I'm real bummed out here and I need your help!
I'm to be married here in Brazil to my american, and I went to the civil registration office here in my town, and the lady there told me we need:

- From him:
* Passport (or birth certificate, it doesn't matter which)
* Divorce Decree (he is divorced), original, legalized by the Br embassy in the USA and translated
* Declaration saying that he is free to marry - also legalized and translated...

The thing is that wherever I read info about it, tells me something different about this declaration!! And now he is freaking because he is afraid of sending it to be legalized and later on find out that wasn't what they were asking...

Anyone has gone through the same requests?

If a USC is going to get married in a forgien country, they ussualy have to jump through a few extra hoops before a marriage can be legalized. http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/index.php?in...8&submenu=7 for more information

It is common practice when married in a foreign country to ask for an Affidavit of Single status before marriage. This is simply your government protecting you from marrying someone who is already married.
It will be wise for your future husband to write a statement and have it notorized. Something similar to: I_______________, have been divorced since (date), and have not been married since that time. (sign and notorized) Send it along with the other required paperwork to the Embassy and in a week or so he will get the authorization from your government to be married in your country. Then present this packet when you are married to the authorities. It sounds harder than it really is. Basically it is a few of the papers he will have to file anyway when he petitions you to come to the USA.

Hey, thank you so much! It was helpful, I must say! But then again, the lady from the office told me we gotta ask someone that knows him to write it... even because, in order to notarize the thing he would have to be there, in the US, isn't it? Or do you think we could maybe register a signature here? Oh well, gotta call the office...

Anyway, that was a good idea of a sentence to write, thanks! Very simple and exactly what it means!

We got married abroad, and had a lot of trouble trying to find what was needed from him.
In the end .. yes, that affidavit paper - we went to London embassy, and asked for a paper that would have it. They asked us to do a draft for what should be in it (I, so and so, born so and so, declare that I am not married from the date xyz, and there are no legal reasons in any country why I wouldn't be able to marry zyx.") They then made him swear that it was true, and he got the judge's or ambassador's or someone that matters' note and signature in it. And then we sent that paperwork for where we wanted to get married, and got it done 10 days after sending the paperwork abroad.
Probably a consulate could help in getting that paper as well.

Before I and my love got married we went to the "cartório" to know what were the papers that we needed to marry. Each city has their own laws, then the "cartório" of my city wanted a big list of papers, the papers were:

*His birth certificate (original)- autenticated by brazilian consulate (from his state) and translated by a public translater;
*Declaration saying that he is free to marry (original)- notarized, legalized by brazil consulate and translated by a public translater...
*Passport copy - autenticated by brazilian consulate and translated by a public translater.
My husband never was married before then we didnt need of Divorce Decree.
(original) that contains a american seal.

Preste muita atenção no que vou te dizer: Se ele nao levar os documentos para ser consularizado no consulado brasileiro você pode ter uma grande dor de cabeça com o escrivão da sua cidade, que tem o poder de decidir se aceita ou não seus documentos, se os papéis estiver consularizados você estará dentro da lei e o escrivão não terá o que negar, já que todos os papéis passou pelo consul no exterior.

1) Etapa:
Levar todos os documentos para o consulado brasileiro que atende aonde ele reside nos EUA

2) Etapa:
Ao receber os documentos no Brasil vc deve procurar um tradutor juramentado e traduzir os documentos

3) Etapa:
Registrar todos os documentos no cartório de títulos e documentos

4) Etapa:
Marcar a data do casamento


Boa Sorte

Hey, thanks again!! I was aware of the Levar no consulado brasileiro nos EUA part, I just didn't know about registrar todos os documentos no cartório de títulos e tal... His mom is just waiting for us to solve this declaration thing so she can send it to the legalization office.

Thanks for the comments everyone! Keep talking!

I advise your US Citizen fiance to contact the nearest US Consulate in Brazil. Ask about getting a certificate of marriageability or whatever similar document they can provide. He'll need his passport, certified copies of any divorce decrees, perhaps a written affidavit and a small fee. If not, you're stuck with the requirements you already know.

Use the following link for more information

http://brasilia.usembassy.gov/index.php?in...8&submenu=7

Evidence of single marital status: Generally the Civil Registry Office will accept evidence in the form of an affidavit sworn at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in which you declare your marital status as "single." The service fee is US$ 30.00 payable in cash and you must present your U.S. passport.

I contacted my county clerk of courts who gave me the number of the state clerk of courts. I requested that they do a background check on my name/social security number to check for any marriages for myself after the date of my divorce. It was a $25 fee and the document was sent to me in less than one week. Of course the document states that they could find no marriages recorded because I have not married since my divorce therefore I am free to marry again. This document is currently translated and certified (I had my translator go to a notary with me to sign a paper that stated she was competent to translate and included her teacher's certificate that shows she holds a teaching degree in that language). There documents are now already filed at the city hall in France along with my divorce degree and his, our birth certificates, a copy of something showing my current US address, and our completed pre-nuptual medical examinations. These were the requirements for France and everything was approved......hope this helps and good luck.