legal papers needed to get married in the DR

dainanewell · May 22, 2008

Hi i was wondering how long before your wedding do you need to get your papers translated and legalized by the dominican consulate?......or for those who've already been married in the dominican how long before leaving did you get yours done?......thanks

vale · May 22, 2008

I know you can't do them more than 90 days before. I'm in the process of sorting mine out at the moment.

raquelmaddox1 · May 22, 2008

It looks complicated, but I figured, if other DR brides can do it - so can I! :)

CJEB · May 23, 2008

We've been told by our TA

Statatutory declaration that you must not have done more than 3 mths before.

Other documents

Birth Certificate &

the decree absolute (if divorcee) can be any time

... or so I've been told!

It's sooo expensive!

dainanewell · May 23, 2008

Thanks....I was told that it will cost about $600....but I guess it's worth it:)

EricaG · May 23, 2008

I contacted the Dominican consulate to find out from them what to do and when to so it. Here are the questions I asked and the answers I got.

1. How soon should we send you are documents to be translated and legalized?

With 3 month in advance

2. How long does it usually take before we would receive them back?

Around 5 or 10 working days

3. Does the birth certificate have to be the long form one or can it be

the card?

Can be small card

4. Do the witnesses only have to take their passports down there with them

and that is it?

Yes, but Usually you must fax to your wedding coordinator your witnesses

passport

I have attached the forms that they sent me. The first one is the requirements and fees. The second is the checklist, and the third is a declaration of single status. There is too much info to type it all out, so I put them as attachments. Make sure that you save them to you computer after opening them.

DRSI wedding requirements & fees.doc

INFORMATION FORM AND DOCUMENT CHECK LIST.doc

solemn declaration sample.doc