Married in the Dominican Recently?

Question

I was married in the Dominican in December and have still not received my marriage certificate! Given all the media attention on how over 200 since July were NOT REAL & A FRAUD, I am beginning to wonder if mine is one of them! Are there any other "newlyweds" out there that are in the same boat? If so, what steps are you taking? Any news on which resorts were involved in the fraud? Please help!!!

Answer 1

Hi Laura,

First time I hear about this matter, can you please tell me :

Date of wedding

place of wedding (town, village)

Hotel/resort where was held the ceremony

Please send me some info, so I can try to help by investigate

this strange matter. And in normal procedure, you must receive your documents 3 working days after the wedding took place.

I organize weddings here, for about 5 years, and never had any problem.

Answer 2

Hi Laura,

I was born and raised in the DR, married in 2000 and the way it worked for us then and how it sounds from friends still living there (we are living in the US for a while now) is as follows:

Where you married belongs to an specific office or “Circuncipcion” like they call it, lets say you married in Villa Juana and that belongs to “the 7th Circunscipcion”. In about two weeks from the time you married you will be able to go to that office and request a marriage certificate, they don’t send them out by mail or anything like that. With all this I would recommend you to write down name of the city/town where you got married and check for the office it belongs to (ask anyone in the area where they usually go to get a birth certificate is the same spot). You will need both your names and date it happen, good luck!

Answer 3

Laura,

Re: Dominican wedding

Can you please email me asap, so we can discuss further.

thanks

Answer 4

Sorry to hear about you not getting your certificate, I have been to the Dominican many times and would love to get married there! Besides this problem, was it a great experience having your wedding there? Was it just you and your spouse?