• Mexico
• Jamaica
• Dominican Republic
• Bahamas
• Aruba
• Hawaii
• Italy
• Anguilla
• Barbados
• Curacao

Legal ceremonies require the bride and groom to have 4 witnesses. It is not required for symbolic/religious ceremonies. If the couple provides their own witnesses the following information is needed.

• A completed Civil Ceremony Form (available through your wedding coordinator) indicating witnesses name, age, nationality, home address and occupation.
• Valid passport or driver’s license.
• Tourist Card.

Visitors can be married just 24 hour after arriving in Jamaica providing prior application has been made for a marriage license. The cost of a license is 4000 Jamaican dollars (approximately US$75-US$80). To apply for your marriage license, call our Ministry of National Security at 1-876-906-4923 or visit:

The Ministry of National Security
Mutual Life
2 Oxford Road,
NCB Towers, 10th floor/South Tower,
Kingston 5
Jamaica

Tel: 1 876 906 4923 -31

Fax: 1 876 906 1712 - 3

Email: customerservice@moj.gov.jm

Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Friday from 9:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M.

Necessary Documents

Unlike many countries, Jamaica does not expect you take a blood test before getting married. However, the following documentation is required:

• Proof of citizenship - certified copy of birth certificate, which includes father's name.
• Parent's written consent - if under 18 years of age.
• Proof of divorce - if applicable (original certificate of divorce).
• Italian nationals celebrating their wedding in Jamaica must notify their embassy and a certified copy of their marriage certificate forwarded to their embassy to be legalized and translated.
• French Canadians need a notarized translated copy of all documents and a photocopy of the original French documents.

• Passports
• Original copies of birth certificates
• Single Status Affidavits that have been translated by an official translator into Spanish at the Dominican Consulate where the document was issued.
• If divorced, the person(s) will require Divorce Certificate(s) that have been translated by an official Translator into Spanish at the Dominican Consulate where the document was issued.

All Civil/Legal Ceremonies must take place in the Civil Town House Documents include:

1. Copies of birth certificate for bride and groom with apostille (state certification).

2. Passport picture page or valid state issued picture I.D. for Bride and Groom.

3. Witness (18 years up) passport picture page or valid state issued picture I.D. (minimum 2 witnesses) Witnesses can be provided locally if bride and groom are traveling alone at $50 each by a wedding planner.

4. Certificate of no impediment for bride and groom (also referred to as a “single status report” and in some states called a “negative statement of marriage”). This certificate of no impediment is obtained at the bureau of vital statistics which is located in the department of health.

5. If either party has been divorced we need to receive a copy of the 1st and last page of the divorce decree(s).

6. If either party is a widow(er) we need to receive a copy of the pertaining death certificate.

• There are no state residence or U.S. citizenship requirements.

• Blood tests are not required.

• The legal age to marry is 18 years for both males and females.

• Males or females of 16 or 17 years of age who wish to marry require the written consent of either parents, legal guardian, or the family court. The parents or legal guardian do not have to be residents of the state. Consent forms may be obtained from a marriage license agent.

• Males or females of 15 years of age who wish to marry require the written consent of either parents or legal guardian, and the written approval of a judge of the family court. The parents or legal guardian do not have to be residents of the state. Consent forms may be obtained from a marriage license agent.

• Proof of age is required. A certified copy of a birth certificate must be presented for anyone 18 years of age or under. A valid I.D. or driver’s license may be presented for anyone 19 years of age or over.

• If previously married, proof of original divorce decree or death certificate needs to be presented to the marriage agent by the applicant if the divorce or death was final within 30 days of applying for a marriage license. NO FAXES ARE ACCEPTED.

• Cousins may marry. However, the blood relationship between the prospective bride and groom cannot be closer than first cousins.

• US passport

• Birth certificate

• If previously divorced, your divorce certificate

• If you have been divorced less than 300 days from the wedding date you are planning we will not be able to proceed with wedding planning.

• Atto notorio

  It consists of a meeting in front of the Italian Consulate with witnesses in which a declaration relative to the civil status (single, divorced etc) of the couple is made. An official document is then drawn up to present to us for filing purposes here in Italy. You need to set an appointment yourselves with the Consulate and ask how many witnesses are required - it varies from location to location.

• Apostille of a document

  This peculiar word means that the original documents (birth and if applicable, divorce) presented to the Italian Consulate have been:

  • Sent to the Secretary of State's Notary Public of the state from which the document originally is from for authentication (or Apostille seal)
  • The APOSTILLE is simply the seal of the Notary Public of the State in accordance to the Hague Convention which means that the documents can be used officially even in a foreign country.

• Nulla osta

  Is the final declaration to be made IN ITALY before the US CONSULATE or EMBASSY stating you are free to marry. Then this declaration must be authenticated in any Prefects' office. The 2 procedures do not take more than 1 morning most of the time but we require that your arrival be at least 2 to 3 weekdays prior to your wedding date to be safe. The requirement can vary from city to city so ask us specifically. Basically these are the main procedures, but we always advise you to contact the Italian Consulate in the US or relative country directly since each Consulate can vary slightly the timing and scheduling of all the above.

• Both parties must have valid passports.

• If either party was married previously and widowed, a certified copy of the marriage certificate and death certificate in respect of the deceased spouse.

• If either party was divorced, an original Decree Absolute OR certified copy of the Final Judgments, NOT the Decree Nisi.

• All documents not in English must be accompanied by a translation certified by an authorized Notary Public (NOT a Justice of the Peace).

• A letter from the marriage officer who has agreed to perform the marriage ceremony (provided by Tropical Weddings).

• Persons under the age of sixteen (16) cannot be legally married in Barbados. For persons between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18), the consent of both parents must be obtained and both parents must be present at the time of the application.

• Original deed poll if either party has had a name change. Persons eighteen (18) years and older do not require parental consent.

• It takes about two months to receive a marriage license after requesting one by writing (signed by both partners) and having it approved by the civil registration of Curacao.

• The letter must include two wedding dates with times. Other documents required by the couple aside from the license include an international declaration of unmarried status from the civil registration of their hometown as well as an apostle/legalization from the Netherlands embassy in their country of residence.

• Documents cannot be older than 6 months by the time of the wedding. Applicants must be non-Antillean residents. There's also a three-day residency requirement.

• To apply for a special non-resident marriage license, couples must present a passport and birth certificate, plus proof of a legal divorce decree if divorced or a death certificate if a spouse has died.

• No blood tests are required. The cost of the license is US $167.