Marriage in the Dominican Republic

Requirements

  1. Birth certificates of the parties (Bride and Groom). Each birth certificate must have the Apostille from the office of the Secretary of State, from the state where each person was born. These documents should be certified and translated into Spanish by our Consulate. 
  2. Declaration of Single Status for each party (bride and groom) (Download link at the end). The signatures must be notarized by a notary public, and others must be certified by the County Clerk, who certifies the validity of the notary public's commission. The notarized declarations must subsequently be submitted to the Secretary of State's office for Apostille. These documents will be translated into Spanish and certified. 
  3. If one or both parties are divorced, they must send a certified copy of the divorce Decree, Apostilled by the office of the Secretary of State where the document was issued. These documents should be certified and translated into Spanish by our Consulate. 
  4. Include a prepaid (pre-stamped) and pre-addressed envelope for the return of documents. We recommend using UPS or DHL.(We are not responsible for shipping payments)..
  5. Please send the documents indicated above, together with a certified check or money order payable to the Dominican Consulate in California, to our address: 500 N. Brand Blvd. suite 960 Glendale, CA 91203.

Note: The client must submit all documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (MIREX) to certify and legalize the seal and signature after the Consulate performs the translation.

IMPORTANT: Important: To process this request, you must send by postal mail the documents WITHOUT REMOVING THE APOSTILLES, a copy of your Dominican or foreign identification, home address, telephone number, and email address where we can contact you.

“Once a service request has been formalized, cancellations and refunds of fees are not accepted.”

Please fill out your technical data sheet.