Documents required by Mexican law &
civil office in the state of Jalisco.
Your marriage will be completely legal in your home country if you obey to the Mexican laws that require a civil ceremony performed by a justice of the peace and acquire the documentation needed from both your home country and Mexico (make two copies of every document because you will need to present the originals.)
Certified Birth Certificate
Canadians: Must have their birth certificates stamped and signed by a Mexican Consulate.
Others foreigners: Must obtain an apostille from the Secretary of State where they were born.
These documents should be at least one month before the ceremony to allow time for translation.
Passport o other immigration documentation authorizing presence in Mexico (original and copy***) If you do not have a passport, your Birth Certificate will need an Apostille by the Secretary of State from which the certificate was registered which will need to be translated into Spanish by a professional translator *Canadian Citizens: if you do not have a passport, you will need your birth certificate stamped by the Department of Foreign Affairs then legalized by the Mexican Consular office from where your birth certificate was issued.
Countries who work with the & quot;Apostille" system:
Copy of a photo ID such as valid driver's license.
Blood tests must be performed in Vallarta before the weeding. A certificate of health will be issued and must be among the documents presented to the Registro civil (county clerk’s office). and Blood type. These results must be taken no more than 14 days before wedding date.
Certified death certificate or divorced decree from any previous spouse. If your divorce decree indicates after how much time you are allowed to get married again, these indications are valid for a marriage in Mexico, if there are no indication at all, please note that at least a year must have been passed since the death or divorce before you can remarry here. (original and copy***).
FMT tourist card (This document will be given to you by the airline and stamped by the Immigration Officer upon arrival in Mexico).
4 witness with a valid passport and FMT tourist card (This document will be given to you by the airline and stamped by the Immigration Officer upon arrival in Mexico).
Translation of all the documents ( the translation of the documents must be done by the official translator of the city hall in Puerto Vallarta.
Couple must attend a chat given by a social worker at a government office (DIF).
*** All the documents must have an apostille, this is the only way the Civil Register Office considers them valid and legal. The apostille must be done at the Mexican Government Office in your home town, without this requirements, the marriage cannot be celebrated.
Impossibility of performance:
This package will terminate without liability to either party if substantial performance of either party's obligation is prevented by an unforeseeable cause reasonably beyond the party's control. Such causes include, but are not limited to, acts of God, acts, regulations, or orders of governmental authorities, fire, flood or explosion, war, disaster, civil disorder, curtailment of transportation facilities, or other emergency making it illegal or otherwise impossible to provide the facilities or their service to hold the wedding, any delay in necessary and essential construction or renovation of the Hotel, strike, lockout or work stoppage or other restraint of labor, either partial or general, from whatever cause.
