Rules to getting married in Peru

Getting married in Peru vs. Getting Married in the US - which process wins?

Answer : Hands down getting married in the US, the land of Vegas Marriages.  Carlos would only need his passport.  At least we make getting married easy, for those of us who can get married.

Getting married in Peru is a process. First, you need your list of documents:

1. Birth certificate (if you are foreign, you need it legalized)
2. Medical exam by certified place + AIDS test
3. Identification (legalized if you are foreign)
4. You have to run an ad in any paper in your district for a week (7 days) in case some one wants to contest your marriage.
5. You need to certify your single-ness.  In Pollito´s case, it could be any 4 people that he knows.  In my case I need to get a certificate saying I have never been married (and then get it legalized, notice a trend here?).
6. ID photos.
7. Pollito needs something that certifies where he lives.
8. I need to make sure my visa is valid (which at the moment it is not and I have to pay a fine and leave the country, or find some one who can "help me out")

You need to collect all of these items before you even go to try and get married and buy your marriage folder at the courthouse.  I think I also need to get my signature legalized otherwise what I would sign on the certificate would be invalid.  I guess its good that Peru likes to certify so many things to make sure you are who you say and stuff, but then again we are in the land of corruption and people paying bribes.  If you can bribe the police, you can for sure bribe a notary to say you live in a certain area, and your friends to say you are single.  At least Peru tries...

After you turn your papers in you choose a time, between 9-4 Monday -Friday in the wedding room or from 5-6 is extra, and if you want to get the civil ceremony done outside the wedding room its more expensive, or if you want to get married outside your district, its quite a lot more expensive.  The good thing is that all of this information is available online or by phone.  Pretty easy to come by and pretty easy to decifer.  Its just a lot of stuff you have to provide.  We are going to be paperwork pros by the time we finish all these processes-if we decide to go this route.