Can't do Civil Ceremony cause of lack of English?!?!

[Rocio 0]

perhaps instead of county office you could get a minister or justice of peace that speaks spanish..........

[Mina76 0]

You're kidding me right?

Your fiance is Cuban and just about everywhere in the USA "se habla español" especially that spanish is the next popular language to english here, but if that is not the case in your state then by all means get a translator.

Best of Luck to you both

[tsunamihart 0]

I don't know what religion you two are but we went to the local catholic church and got a priest who was bi-lingual, not because Cristina didn't understand but for the 30 Spanish citizens who came from Spain for the ceremony. No extra charge at Church guys...

[americangirl 0]

This wasn't an issue for us, but at San Francisco City Hall (where we were married) both the bride and groom must be able to speak English, and if they don't, the couple has to provide a third-party translator.

[buzz17 0]

Thats strange..may be the clerk had had a bad day..try again> Language is not the barrier..get volunteers to translate

[Collie 122]

I understand the reasoning behind it because you need to be able to answer the questions asked when you get your licence like if you have been married before and take and repeat the oath.

When we went to do our civil ceremony, we were both asked if we spoke English and if we could understand what was asked.

[desert_fox 32]

All states view marriage as a civil contract. You must understand what you are agreeing to or maybe under the state law it is voidable..

[nyc 0]

go to Vegas, every chapel is begging everyone to marry there!

[Lou Lou 1]

I witnessed a civil ceremony in Vegas and the groom could not speak a word of English. The bride was the translator. They were the witnesses for our ceremony too. I even cried at their wedding, but not at my own!

[Reba 2]

have someone you know who is bi-lingual get ordained on the ULC website. Its perfectly legal and in most states does not require that the ULC minister be registered with a county court. Just sign up online, get the minister's package for the marriage certificates and you're good to go.

http://www.ulc.org/

[Artegal 1]

During my civil wedding in Peru. The Judge stopped half-way through and goes: Do we need to get him a translator? And my wife said --NO! keep going! hehe!

I guess I had this look of bewilderment on my face or something.

[djcess 0]

Hey,

Go to Vegas !!!

LOL! yep!

[sparkofcreation 0]

I am a court interpreter, and I and my colleagues have often interpreted marriage ceremonies for people who don't speak English. It's the second-happiest thing we do. (Happiest being adoption ceremonies.)

Where are you? That was in New Jersey and I see you're in the VSC's territory, so are you in NJ by any chance? Any state Superior Court (there's one in the county seat of every county) will provide an interpreter for your wedding.

Edited May 15, 2006 by sparkofcreation