Need help getting married in Brazil

[Christopher F 3]

Hello all-

New to the forum, and I'm very excited to receive some helpful info from you all. I really appreciate any answers in advance from anyone.

Ok- so here's where I'm at- Fionce is from Brazil and I'm here living in the US. She wants to get married in Brazil because her parents don't have the means to travel here. So we're planning to get a "civil marriage" (just a legal marriage) this summer in Brazil just so we can get the ball rolling (and do the whole church thing/ceremony later).

My fionce went to the "registry" in her city where people get legally married. The person there said that they need 3 documents to be able to set a wedding date. The 3 documents are,

1.) Birth certificate legalized through a Brazilian Consulate

2.) Declaration of single status through American Registry

3.) Proof of address with my name.

I have a few questions, and would be so grateful to anyone who can help answer them

First question is about the first document. On the Brazilian consulate's website in Chicago is says- "

• FIRST legalized by a Notary Public;
• THEN authenticated by the County Clerk or Secretary of State, according to the system of each State."

I've figured out how to do the 2nd part of that, but I'm wondering about being "legalized by a notary republic". Would my original birth certificate already qualify? Or do I have to take that somewhere and get something done?

2nd question is about the declaration of being single- Is that something that I write up myself? Or a document i can find somewhere? I've read on this site that some people went to the US embassy in the spouse's country to get this but that doesnt make much sense to me.

As I said, any response to this is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much-

God Bless,

Sincerely, Chris

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[blondedoc 35]

Hello all-

New to the forum, and I'm very excited to receive some helpful info from you all. I really appreciate any answers in advance from anyone.

Ok- so here's where I'm at- Fionce is from Brazil and I'm here living in the US. She wants to get married in Brazil because her parents don't have the means to travel here. So we're planning to get a "civil marriage" (just a legal marriage) this summer in Brazil just so we can get the ball rolling (and do the whole church thing/ceremony later).

My fionce went to the "registry" in her city where people get legally married. The person there said that they need 3 documents to be able to set a wedding date. The 3 documents are,

1.) Birth certificate legalized through a Brazilian Consulate

2.) Declaration of single status through American Registry

3.) Proof of address with my name.

I have a few questions, and would be so grateful to anyone who can help answer them

First question is about the first document. On the Brazilian consulate's website in Chicago is says- "

• FIRST legalized by a Notary Public;
• THEN authenticated by the County Clerk or Secretary of State, according to the system of each State."

I've figured out how to do the 2nd part of that, but I'm wondering about being "legalized by a notary republic". Would my original birth certificate already qualify? Or do I have to take that somewhere and get something done?

2nd question is about the declaration of being single- Is that something that I write up myself? Or a document i can find somewhere? I've read on this site that some people went to the US embassy in the spouse's country to get this but that doesnt make much sense to me.

As I said, any response to this is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much-

God Bless,

Sincerely, Chris

Hi, Chris!

Well, I´m not great on it, but me and my husband we thought to get married in Brazil (I´m brazilian and hés american) but we gave up and we got married abroad.

There was one information that was missing: do you speak portuguese? Because if you don´t, you guys will need a translator during the marriage (civil), because they want to be sure that you will understand exactly what was done during the marriage. And it´s necessary to have a licensed translator.

The declaration of being single, you can get there in America (I´ll ask my husband how he did that... it´s been almost one year that we got married and I don´t remember exactly how he did that).

The public notary will certificate all of that and not even them know exactly how to do that with the secretary of State, the most inteligent thing to do is use the same notary that you will marry to make the authenticated documents that you need. And... all your documents need to be translated too.

I hope I could help a little bit.

Congrats for the marriage!

Good luck!

[Christopher F 3]

Hello All!

I've been so busy I haven't been online here in a few months! I got everything figured out perfectly and I'm getting married in Brazil next month! Everything over there is already certified and ready to go, and we've set the date through the public registry.

What's the smartest thing I can do in terms of bringing home documents with me? Are there any forms that I should have my wife sign while I am there to bring back with me?

I'm assuming I should bring back the marriage certificate. Does this need to be translated?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated! I just want it to be as smooth as possible and be efficient and try to avoid her having to send me documents in the mail, etc. if I can just bring them back with me.

Thank you in advance for anyone that replies, I need some help!

Regards,

Chris

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