Weddings The wedding you've always dreamed of. Tropical setting on one of Costa Rica's beaches with a small gathering of close friends and family. But how your wedding day be realized without research, contacts, flower arrangements, lawyers and travel agencies? Here it some information about your Costa Rica wedding day to get you started. To get legally married in Costa Rica is a very simple and straightforward procedure. No blood tests, birth or civil status certificates, or even a minimum stay time in Costa Rica. A sworn statement confirming your civil status, date and place of birth and parents name meetss all requirements. All weddings performed outside of a Catholic church requires the presence of a lawyer, who files all of the legal documents with the Costa Rican Civil Registry, and your Embassy, that ensures your marriage is legal and recognized internationally. Before you come to Costa Rica, our lawyer will send you a questionnaire by email, asking for general information about yourself and your spouse-to-be (civil status, occupation, parent’s names, age, birthplace, current address etc.) and the name and passport number of two witnesses, that you fill out and send back with a copy of you passports. (If you do not have witnesses, we can provide them for your). With this information, the lawyer can prepare the marriage document and the sworn statements, which has to be signed immediately after the ceremony. Once you have submitted all the documents to the Costa Rican Civil Registry, the lawyer submits a final certification to your Embassy for Consular Authentication. The authenticated documents are usually sent to you within 90 days from the day of the event by Fedex or certified mail. Any of our coordinators can help get you started.