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Drizzt
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
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Location: Kyuushuu, Japan
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Hi guys,
Thanks a ton for all the useful information you have provided...I will definitely go to the local immigration office since they can give me up to date detailed information.
Oh and Killjoy, I will try to find out that information for you =) |
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Aabra
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Samantha wrote: |
There was nothing condescending (or flaming) in my post at all. If you don't like my writing style, well so be it, but I like to see correct information provided to Mexico newbies and in the archives.
You proclaimed that if getting married in Mexico, you had to prove you were Catholic. I pointed out that wasn't so. I'm sorry that you consider being corrected as negative, flaming or condescending, but if you go out on a limb like that in giving advice, please be prepared to be corrected if it isn't fact. |
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| The only thing I'll add is that if you want to get married in a church |
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Ben Round de Bloc
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: As an American, can I marry my Chinese gf here in Mexico |
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| The only thing I'll add is that if you want to get married in a church you'll need to have proof that you and your bride are catholic . . . |
I have to admit that the comment above sort of jumped out at me, too, when I read it. The way it's stated, it sounds like you're saying only Catholics can get married in religious ceremonies in this country. Although the majority of churches are Roman Catholic where I live, there are lots of Mormons, Menonites, Jehovah's Witnesses, and people of other religions here as well.
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| Plus, most people (or at least in the weddings that I've been to) do the legal ceremony immediately after the religious one. They have the church ceremony, then the bride and groom sign some documents with a representative of the government present. (Not that it really makes much of a difference when you sign the papers. This is just the norm that I've seen.) |
That's definitely not the norm in this part of the country. I don't know of anyone here who has done the religious ceremony and the civil ceremony on the same day . . . or in most cases even in the same week or same month. I think it does make a difference when one signs the civil ceremony documents, because until that's done, the marriage isn't recognized as legal. |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| They have the church ceremony, then the bride and groom sign some documents with a representative of the government present. |
BRdB wrote:
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| I don't know of anyone here who has done the religious ceremony and the civil ceremony on the same day |
Speaking as one who has been through the legal civil ceremony for Mexicans (different than the one for foreigners), it is not just signing of papers; far from it. It was lengthy and contained various promises and declarations, such as educating your children to the age of 15, providing food and shelter for them, etc. and many instructions on how to be married, in a book the Judge read from. At this ceremony, in front of your witnesses, you must declare if you will be combining your assets or keeping them separate and that goes on record.
It also involves inky thumb prints on several pieces of paper and the wiping off of said ink afterwards. It would definitely put the damper on things dressed in a lovely white gown in front of your church wedding guests (to say nothing of taking the romance out of the church wedding!) It is non-romantic and covers legal and private aspects of the union, and generally only your handful of witnesses are present at this one. It would be exhausting to do both ceremonies in the same day, plus the bride doesn't normally want the groom to see her that day until the church ceremony.
For those looking for churches of denominations other than Roman Catholic, look in the phone book/ Yellow Pages for your area. You can also look in the yellow pages online to get an idea. As Tim mentions, there are a variety of different churches and temples for non-Catholics in Mexico.
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