Marriage in third country...

[toledo]

Hi all,

I would like to know if a Canadian citizen wants to get married with a non-Canadian citizen and the situation doesn't permit for the Canadian citizen to go to his/her would-be-spouse's country to get married, is it possible for them to go to a third country, say USA and get married there?

Thanks in advance and appreciate your inputs.

Regards,


Toledo

 

[ariell]

Canada Immigration doesn't care where you get married. If the marriage is legal in the country where it took place, it is legal in Canada. So if it's possible for you to go to the US to get married, by all means go ahead and do that.

 

[Suin]

does the marriage in the 3rd country need to be authenticated and apostilled?

 

[ariell]

does the marriage in the 3rd country need to be authenticated and apostilled?

Not sure what you mean by that. If you have a legal marriage certificate, it is a legal marriage. You don't need to do anything additional.

I should add of course that you will need to check the requirements of getting married in wherever this third country is beforehand. Certain countries have residency requirements etc. before you can get married. So you will need to check that beforehand. Once you do meet any requirements and get a legal marriage certificate, that's all you need to do.

 

[toledo]

I'm getting married in the State in about one month !!!

Congratulations!!!

I noticed that in some states you are required to show proof of residency...in other, I understand that you don't even need to show an sort of ID unless they think you could be under 18 years old. That is the case in Massachussets which is where we are getting married. Each states have different rules, check it out ...

This is a very useful information for me. Thanks a lot saralune. Can you tell me where and how can I get this information? Is there a governmental office where I can request this type of information? Please advise...

Thanks,


Toledo

 

[toledo]

hum exactly not really....first you would need to know in which state you want to get married and then google "marriage license" in the state you want to get married in.. each states have different laws ...Once we figured what were the requirements, we got in touch with the city hall of the town we were getting married in and pretty much asked them what needed to be done...I remember visiting the gov of massachussets web site, but there were also a bunch of other places where these info were posted.

some state for example will ask for blood/medical test, others require translated certified birth certificates, sometime you maybe be required to go to the town hall some days before the actually wedding, in some states to get the license you will need to have testimonies with you and so no...In some places you can get the license 2 months befor ein other 3 months before

We also looked into getting married in Rhode Island for example they required that we had translated and certified birth certificat, but in Masachussets they don't. In Rhode Island you can get married the same day the license is issued, but in Massachussets, there is a 3 day waiting period...

Once you figure it out, you'll see it's really easy... there are differences from state to state but they usually are not important

good luck

Thanks once again for this infom saralune. I will follow what you suggested.

 

[Suin]

We got married in New York State, and it was really the easiest process

 

[toledo]

We got married in New York State, and it was really the easiest process

Can you tell me what was the requirements?
whether you needed to show proof of residency?
What did you need to present?

Thanks,