My Peruvian Fiance needs to present a document for him to only present our application documents without me being present. Where do we go? What doc?

[sharita9 0]

I am getting my documents (certificate of non-impediment & birth certificate) all set here in New York to apply for marriage in Peru (getting married in Peru to a Peruvian man.) Is there anything else I need??? And can I get an authorized/recognized private company (suggested by the NYC Clerks office) to translate the documents instead of going to the consulate of Peru here in NYC.

My main concern now is how about to go to give power of attorney to my fiancé to present the ready documents to apply for our marriage in Peru?

Do I just create a power of attorney format document and have it officially notarized here to mail to my fiancé to present for authorization or does the Peruvian embassy have its own formal document???

I'm trying to get the paperwork in the works for my visit to Peru, so I can marry in due time and not miss any necessary documents or make any mistakes along the way.

Please help me with any information that you may have to suggest. I would greatly appreciate your consideration.

[slvrfx576 15]

I am getting my documents (certificate of non-impediment & birth certificate) all set here in New York to apply for marriage in Peru (getting married in Peru to a Peruvian man.) Is there anything else I need??? And can I get an authorized/recognized private company (suggested by the NYC Clerks office) to translate the documents instead of going to the consulate of Peru here in NYC.

My main concern now is how about to go to give power of attorney to my fiancé to present the ready documents to apply for our marriage in Peru?

Do I just create a power of attorney format document and have it officially notarized here to mail to my fiancé to present for authorization or does the Peruvian embassy have its own formal document???

I'm trying to get the paperwork in the works for my visit to Peru, so I can marry in due time and not miss any necessary documents or make any mistakes along the way.

Please help me with any information that you may have to suggest. I would greatly appreciate your consideration.

I have been under the impression that no authority in the US issues a "certificate of non-impediment". I think you have to go to the embassy in Lima and they will prepare and notarize an affidavit of no-impediment for you, the USC, which will be acceptable to the Peruvian authorities. Check out their website....just google US embassy Lima Peru. I had to do this when I married in Bulgaria. Embassy in Sofia charged me $50 but it was easy to do and took less than 45 minutes. I made an appointment by phone from here in the US for the first business day after I landed in Sofia.

There are private companies that do translations....once again Google is your friend. Any of these I found to be quite expensive though. But I did not need anything here translated from English (the Embassy affidavit was in Bulgarian) prior to our marriage. But of course Peru could be different. For later translations needed for USCIS/NVC, we had them translated in Bulgaria and got them certified with apostiles, for a fraction of the price of US translators....plus US translators can't get the apostiles that you will want on your husband's documents.

I don't know what to tell you about this 'power of attorney' so that your fiancé can present documents there. Perhaps someone on VJ who has actually gone through the process in Peru will respond.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Topic has been moved from the IR-1/CR-1 forum to the Mexico, Latin & South America Regional forum as the OP is not asking about the CR-1 process but about marriage in Peru and will be better answered in this forum.

[jan22 3,056]

I am getting my documents (certificate of non-impediment & birth certificate) all set here in New York to apply for marriage in Peru (getting married in Peru to a Peruvian man.) Is there anything else I need??? And can I get an authorized/recognized private company (suggested by the NYC Clerks office) to translate the documents instead of going to the consulate of Peru here in NYC.

My main concern now is how about to go to give power of attorney to my fiancé to present the ready documents to apply for our marriage in Peru?

Do I just create a power of attorney format document and have it officially notarized here to mail to my fiancé to present for authorization or does the Peruvian embassy have its own formal document???

I'm trying to get the paperwork in the works for my visit to Peru, so I can marry in due time and not miss any necessary documents or make any mistakes along the way.

Please help me with any information that you may have to suggest. I would greatly appreciate your consideration.

There is no authority in the U.S. that can issue you a non-impediment to marry document since there is no national registry of marriage documentation -- it's all at the state level. U.S. Embassies can't either but, in order to assist U.S. citizens in meeting this requirement, they will notarize an affidavit from you in which you say that you have no impediment. If you look at the website for the U.S. Embassy in Lima, they actually have a template in Spanish (with an English translation attached (how great of them!) for a certificado de solteria. Take a look at http://lima.usembassy.gov/service/notarial-services.html. I would suggest you use this, since it's what authorities in Peru are likely used to seeing from U.S. citizens.

Peru has signed an international treaty on how documents need to be notarized to be used in another country (and so has the U.S.) or from another country to be used in Peru, so you need to follow the proper procedures in the state where you live to get an "apostille" on the notarized document. According to the U.S. Embassy website, it says:

• Notarization/legalization/authentication of U.S. State-issued documents, also known as apostilles. This includes U.S. Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates and Divorce Decrees. Apostilles for U.S. documents to be used in Peru can be obtained by the Secretary of State of the U.S. state where the document was issued. A list of contact information for each state can be found at The Hague Convention website.

Hope this helps!

Edited September 8, 2013 by jan22

[Darnell 8,478]

Don't know anything about the US Embassy in Peru but

the ones in China can issue a 'affadavit of marriage-ability' (sometimes called an affadavit of single status),

which can be used to file at the marriage registry office anywhere in China (with some english to Chinese translation, of course)

Does the US Embassy in Peru issue something similar?

[Matthewba7 2]

I did not have my documents translated. I did take them to the Peruvian Consulate. As I understood it, they basically certify for the Peruvian governement, that they are official documents here in the U.S. I actually had to go to two different consulates, it has to be the one that has jurisdiction over where the document is from. I was born in Pittsburgh, the Peruvian consulate that covers Pittsburgh was, I think, in New Jersey. I called first, then mailed it to them. They certified it, and sent it back. I lived in Maryland at the time, I typed up a document saying I was not married, had it notarized by the county in MD, and then had it certified at the Peruvian consulate in D.C.

As far as the power of attorney, I don't know. My wife had done some things to get ready, but we did all the actual paper work after I arrived in Peru. We were able to get it all done in two days and get married.

[Nobby7 30]

I am getting my documents (certificate of non-impediment & birth certificate) all set here in New York to apply for marriage in Peru (getting married in Peru to a Peruvian man.) Is there anything else I need??? And can I get an authorized/recognized private company (suggested by the NYC Clerks office) to translate the documents instead of going to the consulate of Peru here in NYC.

My main concern now is how about to go to give power of attorney to my fiancé to present the ready documents to apply for our marriage in Peru?

Do I just create a power of attorney format document and have it officially notarized here to mail to my fiancé to present for authorization or does the Peruvian embassy have its own formal document???

I'm trying to get the paperwork in the works for my visit to Peru, so I can marry in due time and not miss any necessary documents or make any mistakes along the way.

Please help me with any information that you may have to suggest. I would greatly appreciate your consideration.

What City and District will the marriage be in? I was born in Peru but also an American citizen and I married my Peruvian wife in Callao, her home city/district. When I looked up the document requirements for marriage in different parts of Lima, they were slightly different in each area.

Here is what was required for me:

- Carta de solteria (Letter of marital status) - I got this from my local county courthouse which was pretty much just a search of marriage record. In order for it to be legal in Peru, it had to have the international APOSTILLE, then had to be translated to English, and then certified by the "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores". I had to get the Apostille here (and you can only get an Apostille on a certified copy of your document). Afterwards, my wife translated the documents and got the other certification in Lima.

- Naturalization Certificate - This only applies in the case you weren't born in the US. I had to get a certified copy and also an Apostille. Again, my wife translated the document and got the other certification in Lima.

- Copy of Passport - This is to prove citizenship as well. I would have only needed this for proof of citizenship if I was born in the US. Since the passport is also in Spanish, I was not required to get an Apostille. I got the copies of my passport when I was in Dallas and got it notarized by the Peruvian Consulate. My wife then had to get the certification from the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

- Birth Certificate - Since mine was from Peru, I did not need an Apostille or translation. If you are born in the US, you would have to get a certified copy, then get the Apostille, then translate it, and then get the certification from the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. My wife was able to get a copy of my birth certificate in Lima on her own.

In all of the areas that I searched in Lima, they required the APOSTILLE for the documents I was sending (except for the Passport, which was in Spanish) and the certification from the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Also, in Callao, I was required to be present to submit our petition/application to get married, which is why it was important to have all the documents we needed. I did half of the paperwork here (getting certified copies and the Apostille), and then sent them to my wife in Peru to complete the translation and the other certification. The Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores is picky about who translates the documents, but I think a Peruvian Consulate should be fine.

How long will you be in Peru for the wedding?

Edited September 9, 2013 by Nobby7

[Nobby7 30]

I did not have my documents translated. I did take them to the Peruvian Consulate. As I understood it, they basically certify for the Peruvian governement, that they are official documents here in the U.S. I actually had to go to two different consulates, it has to be the one that has jurisdiction over where the document is from. I was born in Pittsburgh, the Peruvian consulate that covers Pittsburgh was, I think, in New Jersey. I called first, then mailed it to them. They certified it, and sent it back. I lived in Maryland at the time, I typed up a document saying I was not married, had it notarized by the county in MD, and then had it certified at the Peruvian consulate in D.C.

As far as the power of attorney, I don't know. My wife had done some things to get ready, but we did all the actual paper work after I arrived in Peru. We were able to get it all done in two days and get married.

What part of Peru did you get married in? I'm surprised they didn't ask you to get an Apostile instead of a certification from the Consulate. They were so picky down there with us in Callao.

[Matthewba7 2]

What part of Peru did you get married in? I'm surprised they didn't ask you to get an Apostile instead of a certification from the Consulate. They were so picky down there with us in Callao.

We were married in Cusco. I really don't know the difference between certification and Apostile. I think they called what I got a certification.

[Nobby7 30]

We were married in Cusco. I really don't know the difference between certification and Apostile. I think they called what I got a certification.

An Apostille is basically an international certification provided by your Secretary of State. It's recognized in many countries in order to more easily process paperwork. I guess it's easier to use in case there isn't a Consulate of a specific country nearby in your area, and I think a Consulate can only cerify certain documents.

Did you have to have a medical exam and pay extra to speed up the process for the wedding announcement in the newspaper? These are some things the OP should also consider when thinking about how much time she'll spend in Peru, if it is required in her case.

[Matthewba7 2]

An Apostille is basically an international certification provided by your Secretary of State. It's recognized in many countries in order to more easily process paperwork. I guess it's easier to use in case there isn't a Consulate of a specific country nearby in your area, and I think a Consulate can only cerify certain documents.

Did you have to have a medical exam and pay extra to speed up the process for the wedding announcement in the newspaper? These are some things the OP should also consider when thinking about how much time she'll spend in Peru, if it is required in her case.

Good point, I did pay extra to skip the wedding announcement in the newspaper. I had to get a physical, but it went pretty quick.

[Darnell 8,478]

re: power of attorney preparation. apologies, I be clueless on that one.