Legal requirements are subject to change.
Cuba
- Passports
- Tourist card
- Divorce Decree, if applicable, as well as Birth Certificate of previous marital partner
- Death Certificate, if applicable, as well as Marriage Certificate & Birth Certificate of previous martial partner
- Information sheet detailing the following must be provided;
- Bride and groom’s full names
- Permanent address
- Occupation
- Level of education
- Nationality
- Parents full names, for both the bride and groom
- All documents listed must be provided in Spanish and notarized by the Cuban Consulate in Canada
Mexico
- Passports
- Tourist cards, copy of
- Birth Certificates
- Divorce Decree or Death Certificate, if applicable
- Four witnesses with passports
- Locally preformed blood test and chest x-ray
Visitors must arrive into Mexico at least 4 days prior to the wedding date. Religous ceremonies are not legal marriages in Mexico. There is a legal ceremony.
Dominican Republic
- Two copies of each document listed must be sent to the Dominican Consulate
- All documents must be translated into Spanish by an official translator from the Dominican Consulate and Notarized prior to arrival
- Passport
- Original Birth Certificate
- Notarized Single Status affidavit, which can be provided by the Consulate or chosen hotel
- Divorce Decree or Death Certificate, if applicable
- Adoption Certificate, if applicable
- Two witnesses, with passports
- Note for Brides only; there is a mandatory 10-month waiting period after divorce for women to re-marry.
Jamaica
- Certified copy of both the bride and grooms Birth Certificate which includes the father’s name
- Divorce Decree or Death Certificate, if applicable
- French Canadians must provide a Notarized and translated copy of all documents along with a photocopy of the original French documents
- Note; visitors can be married just 24-hours after arrival providing a prior application has been made for the marriage license.
Please feel free to bring up any concerns that you may have about the legal requirements. There may be issues that can be easily handled just by talking about them.
