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Hi VJ,

I am a US citizen residing in Colombia (have lived/worked there for 3 1/ years) and my fiance and I plan to marry in a civil ceremony this spring.

I am at home in the US for Christmas and want to go back with documents I may need for the notary.

I know according to the Embassy's info (http://bogota.usembassy.gov/marriage.html) that I need an apostilled birth certificate and I also need the equivalent of a Colombian registro civil saying I am unmarried/have never been married.

Quoting from the embassy's site here:

No such document exists in many jurisdictions in the United States, however, and most U.S. citizens will therefore have to discuss with the notary what substitutes will be acceptable. Some notaries may allow you to present signed, notarized letters from friends or family, swearing that you are unmarried.

Has anyone done this? Can anyone give me any ideas on even what exactly the letter should say? I am planning on just having a letter from my father/parents---or 2 letters, one from my dad and one from my mom.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Happy holidays!!

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Letters like you mentioned, properly notarized should be sufficient.

However, I would try to get a non-family member to give you a letter, if possible.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Colombia
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My wife and I were married at Notario Cuarta in August in Armenia. From what I understand, different notarios may not require the same documents, so you may ask your fiancee to ask one or two what they would require. I needed my birth certificate, notarized copy of my passport bio page and DL, and for proof of eligibility to marry I got a certificate from the MA dept of vital statistics showing a negative search for a marriage on record for myself. You will likely need all of these documents apostilled, and no older than 90 days. I had an issue with my first attempt to get an apostilla for my birth certificate because is was a county and not state issued, but in the end it was good thing because the copy I had was 19 years old. And then there is the validation or certification of the apostillas in Colombia after they are translated, and this has to be done in Bogotá. So I would start by having your fiancee check at a notario and find out exactly what they will want. I wish you well on your journey.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Colombia
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Yes we went trough the same thing when applying to K1 visa. My fiance´s parents in USA made a letter in which they said that he had never been married, then they notarized or got a stamp from a bank or notary to validate it was true. we used this document to submmit it to the embassy not translation necessary.

I don´t really know how would it work just for getting married in Armenia, your fiancee has to ask if they need it translated or apostilled.

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