Marriage in Peru

[R&C 0]

Hi, I want to do the DCF but I was looking into marrying in Peru and it says I need some documents and they need to be translated. How do I go about doing all this and how much will it all cost? It says I need a birth certificate, I think its an original but a new copy of it, and a single certificate. I have no clue how to get a single certificate. Please help.

[BettyAndMe 0]

Hi, I want to do the DCF but I was looking into marrying in Peru and it says I need some documents and they need to be translated. How do I go about doing all this and how much will it all cost? It says I need a birth certificate, I think its an original but a new copy of it, and a single certificate. I have no clue how to get a single certificate. Please help.

Hi,

We had a civil wedding in the US shortly after Betty came to the US so as to move the premanent residency along. We then went to Peru for a religious wedding in a Catholic church. For that, I needed my Birth Certificate, Baptismal Certificate, Date of first Communion and Confirmation. Not being Catholic, I didn't have the latter two so I had to convert to Catholicism in Peru. It was a pretty straightforward process requiring a 2-night class then the baptism/communion ceremony. I also needed a member of the church to accompany me through the process and for that, I used one of my wife's relatives.

The priest that married us provided the official marriage certificate. After the wedding, that certificate (signed by us, our witnesses, and the priest, and notarized) was the official legal proof of a valid marriage in Peru.

Hope that this helps but please advise if I can provide more info.

Cheers,