Divorce- Mexican Wedding Certificate

donnalou

I'm planning on divorcing my husband but to file for divorce I need to get a copy of my Wedding Certificate. As we got married in Mexico it is proving difficult. I have the original with the translation but I need to submit a copy

Does anyone know how I can get hold of a copy?

Thanks in advance

19lottie82

I googled this and the answer came up in the third set of results
http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/reinounido/index.php/servicios-a-extranjeros/84

donnalou

Thank you so much, I actually phoned The Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Friday but the guy on the Switch Board said they couldn't help.

I will ring ring again with the direct dial number

helphelphelphelp

if you have the original could you just not get a copy notarised by a solicitor in this country. Am sure thats what we did.

donnalou

helphelphelphelp wrote: »

if you have the original could you just not get a copy notarised by a solicitor in this country. Am sure thats what we did.

Thanks for that, could any solicitor do it? I have a translation for it but do think I'd need an up to date one?

Sorry for the questions, ,my head is starting to hurt already!

FatVonD

It needs to be a certified translation. Do you know if yours currently is?

donnalou

FatVonD wrote: »

It needs to be a certified translation. Do you know if yours currently is?

Sorry to be a pain, but how can I tell?

The translation was enough to get my Passport, I have no idea if that is important or not.


Thanks

Donna

benjus

I have been in a similar situation - divorcing in the UK with a wedding certificate from Latin America in Spanish. My solicitor used a company called Language is Everything who charged £133 (£100 of which was the notary's fee for authenticating the document) to obtain a translation to submit to court.

FatVonD

donnalou wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain, but how can I tell?

The translation was enough to get my Passport, I have no idea if that is important or not.


Thanks

Donna

If I recall correctly the certification was a separate piece of paper, I think it just certified that it was a true translation and was signed.

This was a sponsored ad on Google but there are hundreds:

https://www.certifieduktransl.net/?gclid=CNKqza6djcQCFZMZtAodpQEATQ

InsideInsurance

Unfortunately the government seems to use these types of terms fairly often but doesnt explain them anywhere leaving it for others (and worst of all jobs worths) to interpret the meaning.

When a friend who got married in South America got divorced here she simply submitted the original marriage certificate, a translation which she had done by someone online for £25 or so and a covering letter from that person saying they certified it was a true and accurate translation. No questions were asked.

Dont get caught up on the word "copy". In the UK you sign the certificate in the registrars book and thats where it stays for life. What they give you on the day is a "copy" of it as are all future duplicated that you request.

Never been to a mexico wedding so dont know how theirs works but its UK law written by UK people and probably not really factoring in the difference practices of other countries.

If you dont want to submit your existing copy in case they lose it or such then possibly speak to the Mexican Consulate and ask them about the process of getting copies, it may not actually be possible to get them remotely depending on the process. I know the Mrs Mother had to "go to court" to get a copy of hers (my wifes) using her power of attorney as unlike here the court has to certify it as a genuine copy (here we just order online and the GPO provide it within a few days )