Dominican Marriage Certificate FAQs | Common Questions Answered

Yes, in most cases. If you know the approximate year and location, we can search the registry records. For marriages 1970-present with unknown dates, the search fee is $195 instead of $95. To search for pre-1970 marriages, we charge extra.

We need the full names of bride and groom (bride's maiden name), approximate marriage date, and marriage location (city, resort, or venue name). The more specific information you provide, the easier and cheaper the search.

Yes, we can search for your marriage record and confirm whether it exists in the Dominican civil registry. You pay the search fee, and we'll tell you definitively if your marriage was registered.

Thank you, we have already searched, so we know whether the marriage took place or not. As soon as you have paid our search fee quoted in our email to you, we will confirm your client's marital status in writing.

If your ceremony was officiated by a Dominican civil registrar, yes. Most resort weddings in the Dominican Republic are legal civil ceremonies that get registered with the local civil registry office within 3 days.

Yes, we can locate your marriage record in the civil registry books and obtain your official certificate. Resorts don't keep certificates - they're held by the Dominican government registry offices.

Yes, though it may require a broader search. If you remember the general area (Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo), we can search multiple registry offices. The search fee for unknown locations is higher.

Before August 2013, only Catholic marriages were automatically recognized by Dominican law. Non-Catholic religious marriages before this date probably also required a civil ceremony. We can search for the civil record.

We have extensive experience with Dominican registry systems and know to check multiple districts and cross-reference different spelling variations. Many records are misfiled or recorded under slight name variations.

Thank you and we hope to receive your response. Yes, we can help you. If your marriage ceremony was officiated by a Dominican civil registrar, you are legally married. Please send us the full names of you and your husband, and your marriage date in Punta Cana, and we will send you an original marriage certificate. It will be legalized by the Dominican Central Electoral Board, certifying the registrar's signature, and will be apostilled by the Dominican Foreign Ministry, which makes your marriage certificate and your marriage undoubtedly legitimate in most of the world, including your home country.

Yes, apostilled Dominican marriage certificates are recognized throughout the United States for immigration, legal proceedings, and government purposes when properly legalized.

Yes, our apostilled certificates are recognized in over 100 countries that accept Hague Convention apostilles, including Australia.

We provide complete long-form certificates that include all required details. Some short-form certificates lack necessary information for UK courts. Our certificates meet international standards.

We can search for marriage records if you could give us your husband's complete details as well as full names and approximate dates.

If you have an existing Dominican marriage certificate, we can have it apostilled by the Dominican Foreign Ministry. However, older certificates may need to be reissued first.

If their Catholic church marriage was registered with the civil authorities (required by Dominican law), we can obtain their certificate. All religious marriages must be recorded with civil registry offices.

No, your marriage certificate remains valid documentation that the marriage occurred. Divorce doesn't invalidate the historical record of your marriage.

We had a client from another Caribbean island who hadn't been able to travel outside his country for more than a year, because in order to obtain a new passport, he needed to present documentation of his grandparents' 1922 marriage as proof of citizenship eligibility. We managed to track down his grandparents' marriage certificate, and the client now has his passport. We've successfully located marriage records from the 1860s.

This depends on where you're using it. US immigration (USCIS) typically requires English translations. UK and Canadian authorities may also require translations. We provide certified translations on request, the fees can be seen on our order form.

Our certificates are properly apostilled and meet USCIS requirements. We've provided thousands of certificates for successful US immigration cases including green card applications.

No, this is not our area of business, but if you have any questions we'll be happy to answer them.