Thursday, January 7, 2010

Costa Rica Wedding Legal Requirements

You will probably want your Costa Rica wedding to be legal and official. In Costa Rica, as in most countries, the government keeps track of who is married with marriage licenses. Its takes about a month to get one, but its best to start your paperwork two months before your wedding so if there are delays you will still be ok. You will need a Costa Rica identity card ("Cédula de Identidad") and a Certificate of Single Status issued by the Civil Registry of Costa Rica, which you can get with your passport. It doesn't convey Costa Rica residency or anything - its just a national I.D. card.

You also need to register your Costa Rica wedding one month in advance and provide your name, occupation, passport numbers, foreign address, birth date, place of birth, nationality, father's full name, mother's full maiden name, parents' address, and an original copy of passport.
You will also need a certified copy of your birth certificate, a certified copy of your police record, and a Affidavit of Single Status.

If a woman has been previously married, she must wait three hundred days after death or divorce before she can remarry.

You will also need two witnesses for your Costa Rica wedding that are not relatives.

You should seek formal legal advice before getting married in Costa Rica, but now you have a basic idea of legal requirements for your Costa Rica wedding.

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