Help needed from anyone that got married in Mexico!!!

[mariagerardo]

I am getting married in Mexico on August 18. My fiance is Mexican and I am a USC. I know that in order to get married I must get permission from the National Institute for Migration in Mexico. The problem is to get this permission to marry a Mexican fiance, I must have a "letter of inexistence of marriage" (Carta de Inexistencia de Matrimonio). I was told to get the letter notarized here in the US.
At first, I assumed it was a letter I had to draft myself (must be in Spanish) explaining that I am not currently married, and I am therefore, legally free to marry my fiance in Mexico. But, looking through other sites, I have found that in Mexico this must be done at the "Registro Civil" and notarized by a Notario. As a lot of you know, a "Notario" in Mexico is not the same as a Notary Public here in the US.
My question is, has anyone gotten married in Mexico and needed to have this letter. If so, where did you go get it???? Is it at the City Clerks Office at City Hall. How would I request it, I mean what is this letter called in the US??
Please help, I am in a panic now since the wedding is in only one week!!
Thanks to anyone that might be able to help me.

[mariagerardo]

Please, someone that could help me. I would really apreciate it.

[Pinkpig]

I am sorry that I cannot help you out with this....

I will bump you back to the top and see if anyone else sees the thread.

Usually not as many members are on during the weekend.

[kitkat1]

Rules differ by state -- some places to start researching:

http://marriage.about.com/od/international/p/mexico.htm

http://www.mexperience.com/guide/weddings/getting_married.htm

http://www.mexconnect.com/MEX/jrose/jrmarriage.html

http://www.consulmexny.org/eng/visas_marriage_ext.htm

http://www.mexicolaw.com/Marriage%20in%20Mexico.htm

[ARodrigues]

this issue recently came up for someone else, too, but i dont recall who it was..

[mariagerardo]

Thank you Pinkpig and Kitkat1 for your help. I thought I had everything ready but know I am thinking the letter I have will not be what I need. I will contact the INM in Mexico on Monday to be absolutely sure. In the meantime, I hope someone will be able to give me some insight on this, if they already gone throught the same thing. Thanks again.

[Pinkpig]

Thank you Pinkpig and Kitkat1 for your help. I thought I had everything ready but know I am thinking the letter I have will not be what I need. I will contact the INM in Mexico on Monday to be absolutely sure. In the meantime, I hope someone will be able to give me some insight on this, if they already gone throught the same thing. Thanks again.

You are welcome, I am sorry I cannot even think of anyone who was married in Mexico for you to PM.

Hopefully someone will come along who has....

Good luck.

Our son was married in Brazil and he had to have this documentation as well. He got his from the Brazilian embassy in the US.

I know that does not help you much.

Have you tried goggling marriage in Mexico or check the US Dept of State for international marriages or check the Mexican consulate site for information?


thinking...thinking... :)

[mariagerardo]

I'll try one more time now that it's Monday. Hopefully I'll have better luck today and someone might be able to help me.

[Laura]

I'll try one more time now that it's Monday. Hopefully I'll have better luck today and someone might be able to help me.

Mariagerardo - try PM-ing Mzswing - I don't know if she's really around, but maybe she will see the PM. I'm 99% sure she was married in Mexico.

good luck!

[IBMMuseum]

I'll try one more time now that it's Monday. Hopefully I'll have better luck today and someone might be able to help me.

I married my wife in Mexico, but never had to deal with any process saying that I was free to marry (my first, at age 40). It might be better to establish some rapport with the local INM office you are using, as they seem to each have their own interpretation of the guidelines. A passport can ease things for you (and identification with your birth certificate to prove your maiden name if you are able), as well as an office that handles marriages more often (we shopped around among the three somewhat local offices until we found a better representative agent; once the forms are complete it doesn't seemingly matter which office they came from).

[mach12]

I got married in Mexico. I dont remember that letter. I researched on the net, google mostly "getting married in mexico" and was able to find the info. Mainly I needed my bc and I had it notarized in the states verifying that i was who i said i was. we did need to get permission as you stated. we did all of our paperwork at the registro civil i believe and one other office. im sorry...all the stress from this two year separation as killed my brain cells. but i honestly dont remember a letter. i know we had to have blood tests, get permission, pay a fee or two, fill out some forms at the registry office similiar to civil court, judge had office there, i guess it was the registro civil and then we were married by a judge. i believe i also had an apostille done on my birth certificate and had it translated in mexico. after the wedding, we had an apostille done on the marriage cert so that it would be accepted as valid in the states. my husband found an agent of some sort that told us what we needed and he took care of the translation and other papers. i wish i could remember the office where we met him. im sorry im not more helpful. it is so hard for me to remember much these days.

[mach12]

also not sure if things vary per state. i was married in puebla.

[branquinha]

Which state do you live in?
I work for a Town and I can ask our Town clerk if she knows of such documentation... and if you tell me which state, she could check if your particular state does the same as ours...

Thanks!

[IBMMuseum]

Which state do you live in?
I work for a Town and I can ask our Town clerk if she knows of such documentation... and if you tell me which state, she could check if your particular state does the same as ours...

For us, we married in Coahuila, but the INM offices despite individual office intrepretations are all under the same federal level agency...

[branquinha]

Hi mariagerardo...

I just heard from my friend at the Town Clerk's office and she said that what you need is a "Negative Statement".
She said it can be obtained by your local Office of Vital Records.
You would have to give them a range of dates (in your case, since your birth date up to whatever the date when you actually request it so that it covers your whole life!), and then they would give you a document stating that for that period of time you have not been married before.

Hope that helps!

[maryhealy]

at the Town Clerk's office my housband ahi lo pidio en vero beach y nos casamos en colima, mexico yo soy de colima y el es de florida de vero beach, espero y me entiendas no escribo mucho ingles sorry.