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j_nmi_rutledge · Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Posts: 22 Location: Mexico City

wow! 2 hours?!!!!! and i was thinking weeks and months and eternities! that is great to hear.

and sorry i wasn't clear - i meant i was going to have him go to investigate our options (union libre v matrimonio) and make sure we know what we need. but dang, if it's that fast, i should have plenty of time to do that if he just simply can't do it. well, unless i need docs i don't bring when i come. maybe he won't have a problem going.

gracias amigo! Very Happy

MotherF · Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:44 am Post subject:

Make sure you get an apostilled copy of your birth certificate. You will need that to get married. And You'll probably need to have it translated by a perito traductor. (and official government sanctioned translator) I did translate a birth certificate for a wedding last year but it was in a tiny place in the Oaxacan mountains with no perito for miles and miles.
That is for the civil registry office, not INM.
You will need to get permission from INM to get married but that's not hard to get. Everyone I know who's gotten married here (quite a few actually) were already on their own FM3 or FM2 which already gave them permission to work. It's my understanding that if you are on a tourist visa and you marry a Mexican they will give you permission to stay in Mexico--but that doesn't include the right to work. So you have to ADD that in as well.

BUT all that was under the old system. Best to get the word straight from the INM office you will be dealing with as to what they want and what you get now.

BadBeagleBad · Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject:

j_nmi_rutledge · Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Posts: 22 Location: Mexico City

MotherF - yeah, i am trying to keep a running list of all things that will need an apostille. I haven't started reading those threads yet so that i understand that process well before going. i know when i headed to ecuador i ran in to some stuff about that, but i didn't need that for what i was doing, so it's all pretty new to me. as i said, i'll look in those threads for the answers i need, but right off the bat i am wondering if i get that done here before they are translated or there after translation.

also, thanks for pointing out the civil registry stuff. i had not considered separate agencies for separate stuff. Sr. Awesome is going to have to run down a lot of info before i get there. i just don't want to get there and find i needed additional docs.

[side note: i hope being in mexico an extended period of time will teach me to chill out. can you see how i am trying to cover everything i can now so there are no surprises later? i think it might have been said once or twice that i am a control freak. but only by my children, and what do they know, right? Rolling Eyes

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BADB!!!!!!!!!! mil disculpas AMIGA! i guess i saw the face and just assumed. i hope no offense was taken. Embarassed

MotherF · Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:54 am Post subject:

The Apostille has to be done in before it's translated because it will be issued by the Secretary of State of the State that issued the birth certificate. The translation--if it needs to be done by a perito traductor will have to be done here. Two of our teachers got married last year, one needed an offical translation and one did not. The one who did not was rural, maybe the Civil Register-man there didn't even know there is such a thing?

I'm sure Mexico will mellow you out, either that or drive you insane. Razz

j_nmi_rutledge · Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Posts: 22 Location: Mexico City