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Getting Married in Panama
Getting
married in Panama is relatively simple, providing you
supply all the necessary paperwork and follow the required
procedures. Below, we have listed the requirements for
foreigners who wish to be married in Panama:
- Birth
& Bachelorhood Certificate - must be authenticated
by the Panamanian Consulate in the country from where
you are leaving. Afterwords, they must be taken to the
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores in Panama (Departamento
de Legalizacions y Autenticaciones) in order to be authenicated.
- Medical
Certificate - issued by a Panamanian doctor within 15
days prior of wedding; the general medical examination
must include the following lab tests: urinalysis, AIDS,
blood test, V.D.R.L.
- Valid
Passport, or Carnet de Migracion if you have been in
the country for more than 30 days.
- Two
witnesses of legal age with passport, that are not family
members of those being marrried.
This material must be presented to Marriage Courts (Juzgado
de Turno en Matrimonios), preferiblemente two or three
days prior to the expected wedding date.
It
is critical that the birth and bacherlorhood certificates
be authorized prior to arriving in Panama, otherwise,
the documents will have to be mailed back to you originating
country for that process to be completed.
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