Cert. of Birth Cert. etc....USA or Peru?

[charity masters 0]

hello,

i have a question concerning the ceritfication of documents when marrying a peruvian. I am American citizen, and am wondering about how to go about getting my Birth Cert. and Proof of being Single paper certified, notarized, etc.

Is this something i can do in Peru?

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[yachachiq12 43]

hello,

i have a question concerning the ceritfication of documents when marrying a peruvian. I am American citizen, and am wondering about how to go about getting my Birth Cert. and Proof of being Single paper certified, notarized, etc.

Is this something i can do in Peru?

I sent you a detailed message about this when you asked me, but it appears you did not believe me. For the record, I got married in Peru, so I'm not making this stuff up. This link will fill in the details I didn't offer:

http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-get-married-in-peru.html

And as I said in my earlier message, you need to check with the municipality in which you actually plan to marry in order to know what their exact requirements are. They can differ from one municipality to the next.

Again, you need to tell us whether you're in the US or in Peru putting together the paperwork because that will affect the exact steps you should take. Some things can be done in the US and some can be done in Peru.

[charity masters 0]

i will be in peru.

[yachachiq12 43]

They will want you to have your cert of singlehood, which you can get at Citizen Services at the Embassy in Lima. They'll notarize it there.

Citizen Services will also notarize your birth cert. Then, have it "visado" and legalized at Relaciones Exteriores. Since you did not do the "visado" part in a Peruvian Consulate in the US, they will have you go through two steps at RREE, which will take a day or two at least.

Then get an official translator to translate it and give it a pretty ribbon and stamps to make it official.

All of this must be done in Lima. Give yourself at least a week and make the appointment with the Official Translator before heading into town.

Your medical can be done locally. Check with the municipality marrying you.

Review that website above, too. The process requires a bit of patience and somewhere between $150-$200 (not including what the municipality charges to marry you). Give yourself plenty of time in Lima to accomplish it all, then go schedule your wedding with the municipality (they require at least a two week waiting and publication period in Peru so that anyone can object to your ability to marry).

[charity masters 0]

thank you so much for the info.

I believe I will be getting my Birth cert. apostillized/notarized in the states......though its wonderful to know there is the option of doing this in peru!

so all in all how much time would you say it takes from start to finish (married legally with certificate)?

thinkn well just wait around in lima to recieve certificate then apply directly for the I-130.....

[yachachiq12 43]

so all in all how much time would you say it takes from start to finish (married legally with certificate)?

thinkn well just wait around in lima to recieve certificate then apply directly for the I-130.....

You're married legally the moment you sign the papers. How long it takes to get the certificate is totally dependent on the municipality. Ours took a week or so, but this was in a rural highland community.

If you marry outside Lima, you will also need to get the marriage certificate legalized at RENIEC (in Lima it takes a day or two, in a non-Lima RENIEC office it takes a couple weeks because they send it to Lima).

If I were you, I'd get a few copies (we got 5) of the marriage certificate with all the official stamps (these are stamped photocopies as the original stays in the municipality where you marry) as you may end up needing to hand some over at different stages.

[charity masters 0]

so...tentative plan to make process as easy and fast as possible is to get married in lima, (so as to cut down processing time) then receive cert. in lima..(is this possible?), after cert. received have all papers ready to present for the I-130 and go to the embassy to give them our petition.... this seems like alot...haha but im sure this ultimately would be the best and quickest way to do it right?

ah yeh, just to clarfy...."after" we receive Marriage Cert. in Mail we must bring it to the Reniec correct? Then wait a couple days? what is it that they do at the reneic?

[yachachiq12 43]

You might want to read what I wrote one more time.

If you get married in the province of Lima, RENIEC doesn't need to legalize. If you get married outside the province of Lima, RENIEC legalizes the marriage cert. At the Lima RENIEC, it takes days. At a provincial RENIEC, it will take weeks because the marriage cert has to travel to Lima anyway for the legalization process. It is basically a matter of them checking all the stamps and records to be sure a marriage actually occurred in the provincial municipality.

As for whether it's possible to receive the cert in Lima, it would be if you married in Lima. The municipality that marries you gives you the marriage cert when it's ready. This process is de-centralized. It's not like you marry in Iquitos and pick up your marriage cert in Miraflores for some reason. How long that takes and whether it could be mailed or not depends on the municipality.

[charity masters 0]

thank you so much for all the clarifications!