Your Wedding in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is the ideal place to celebrate your wedding. Surrounded by palm trees, tropical flowers, live music, you will find the perfect balance between privacy and a friendly atmosphere. You will need two witnesses holding valid passports that can be traveling with you or you can ask local hotel staff to witness your wedding.
PLEASE BEWARE:
...companies in the Dominican Republic, US and Canada are offering so-called WEdding DOcuments legalizations, which in fact are not legal at all..
Documents required to get married in the DR
Original birth certificates. (Send three photocopies).
Valid and signed passports. (Send three photocopies of the main page).
Notarized statutory declarations of single status done according to our sample. (Bring or send one original and two photocopies).The Notary Public must be a Lawyer with a notary's seal or stamp.
Click here to see a sample of the Statutory Declaration.Divorce certificate or death certificate, if applicable. (Send original or notarized photocopy and three simple photocopies.) In both cases, a minimum waiting period of ten months applies before a woman can remarry.
- Filled in Information Form and Document Checklist.
The 3rd and 4th documents are translated and legalized by the Dominican Republic Consulate. The birth certificates have to be translated into Spanish. Some hotels ask for birth certificates to be legalized as well, please find out if that is the case with your hotel and let us know.
If you are near Toronto and wish to drop off your documents at our office, you may do so by booking an appointment with us in advance. (See driving directions) When it is not possible, please, mail by Xpress. Post or courier to us all above-mentioned documents and its copies. DO NOT SEND original birth certificates and passports to us, only its photocopies.. Please include a prepaid Xpress Post or courier envelope to return documents to you with your daytime phone number and mailing address. Legalization of documents takes 5 - 10 working days. Please note that your first, middle and last name must be the SAME in your passport and statutory declaration. If name is different on your birth certificate, please indicate that in point 1 of your declaration.
Note: Some hotels in the Dominican Republic may charge legal fees for the authentication of documents legalized by the Dominican Consulates abroad by the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs.
Please note that some Canadian institutions require Dominican Marriage Certificate to be translated and legalized by the Dominican Republic Consulate in Canada. Please contact us for further details. Click here for further details.
All documents required to get married in Dominican Republic, are VALID FOR 90 DAYS
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