Civil Ceromony Abroad

username 1

Hi,

Me and my partner are going to Mexico this year to get married. I'm just wondering if anyone has done this previously or anyone who any any helpful information they could supply.

The ceromony will only be Civil so we are not sure if there will be any problems further down the line if its not religous -both Catholics.

Any advice or shared experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Username 1

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I came across this article this morning. Hope it's of some use to you.

http://www.theweddingplanner.ie/wordpress/2012/01/wedding-abroad-how-do-i-register-in-ireland/

TheDriver

remember you marriage cert forever more will be mexican......... And if its not in english, you will have to get it translated by a sworn translator when you need to present it.

We are getting married abroad in a catholic church and were strongly advised by all that we should complete the whole civil ceremony here before we go so we will always have an Irish marriage cert. Apparently lots do it that way

username 1

Hi.

thanks for the response. we would get the cert translated so that shouldnt be a problem.

i suppose we fell in love with the idea of getting married on the beach.

is there any other reason or problems you think that could arise?.

thanks.


Quote=TheDriver;76484163]remember you marriage cert forever more will be mexican......... And if its not in english, you will have to get it translated by a sworn translator when you need to present it.

We are getting married abroad in a catholic church and were strongly advised by all that we should complete the whole civil ceremony here before we go so we will always have an Irish marriage cert. Apparently lots do it that way[/Quote]

TrevorNelson

Hello,

We got married in Mauritius last November. It was absolutely beautiful and I would recommend it to anyone. It was also a civil ceremony and we haven't had any problems so far (i.e. we have opened a joint bank acc with the cert). My advise would be - request 2 or 3 copies of the cert just so you have it in case one gets lost. If you want more info PM me.
Best of luck!

keyboardcook

Re: Wedding Cert
You need to get it professionally translated, and then authenticated by a notary public.

Be prepared to pay!! Got married in France.

Make sure you get a "sworn translation" certified translations are not legally binding and are not always accepted by banks, registrars and other institutions, especially outside Ireland.

You can find a sworn translator here: http://www.sworntranslator.ie/

tinkerbell

Also, make sure you check that a mexican wedding ceremony is actually recognised over here. I know that if a US citizen got married in mexico, they don't recognise it as a legal wedding so you have to get married again. So it wouldn't be surprising if it's the same here.