Symbolic Wedding - Documents

Hey Brides and Grooms to be,
Hope everything in your planning is going smoothly.  Just remember to be patient as the wedding coordinators are planning high volumes of weddings at the resorts.  I do have some information to share with you below if you choose to do a Symbolic Wedding at the resort.  At the bottom of this blog is the requirements to legally marry in Mexico.

March 6th, 2012 marks the first step in our marriage as we were married legally at the court house!  1 min and 40 seconds in front of a judge is all it takes to legally get married in Illinois.  We kinda laughed, the situation was just odd.  We are going to celebrate March 18, 2012 as our actually wedding day.

Here we are in front of the Judge

Here we are shortly after in front of the court house. I'm only wearing my Sapphire wedding band since my engagement ring is getting re-plated and cleaned. We took our rings off once we got back home.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The wedding officiant at DRC that we are using is Linda Vargas Aguilera.

Her email is: aguilera07_50@hotmail.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

She emailed me the following:

1. OPENING STATEMENT

2. POEM OR DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE OR LOVE
3. SAND CEREMONY
4. PRE VOWS
5. VOWS  ( EXCHANING OF THE RINGS AND SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE)
6. CLOSING STATEMENT

If you would like me to forward the email I would be happy to do so - Kmarchewka85@gmail.com 

I screen shot the files and added them as JPGs also.

I hope all these documents make planning easier on you.

We opted not to do the Sand Ceremony and we chose to do an Irish Hand Fasting Ceremony.  Were I made a ribbon with all of our colors that gets wrapped around our hands as we join them together while the officiant asks us questions about our love for each other.

Thanks -

Kate (Marchewka) Mucci  ;)

Legal Marriage Requirements

The following list of legal requirements are needed only for legal marriage. The Dreams Riviera Cancun Wedding Coordinator must receive the following documents to begin the application for marriage in the Civil Registry Office. All documents must be translated into Spanish. Each item that is translated into Spanish will incur a $75 USD plus 11% tax. To be valid, translation must be done in Mexico.

• Tourist Card - You will receive these upon arrival at Cancun Int’l Airport.

• Bride & Groom Birth Certificates

• Valid Passports

• Blood tests must be taken in Mexico and must be taken no more 

than 14 days prior to ceremony to be valid. The blood will be tested 

for HIV, STD’s and blood type. A $300 USD + 11% tax, per couple, will apply for the Blood Test.

• Four witnesses

• A Legal Form must be completed with the names, addresses, nationalities, ages, occupations and relationship to Bride and Groom. The wedding coordinator will provide couple with the form.

• The Marriage Certificate must be sent through a validation process in order to make it legal outside of Mexico. There is a $200 USD + 11% tax charge to have the Marriage Certificate translated and may take up to 4 months. Once the document is apostilled and translated into English the wedding coordinator will send the document to the Bride and Groom’s home address. 

None of the above mentioned services are included in any of the Dreams Wedding Packages.