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Plan Your Wedding
REQUIREMENTS
For your Puerto Rico wedding at Copamarina, we require advance notice of five (5) months, and a deposit of $2,000.
You will need to obtain your marriage license, make your travel plans, and book your rooms in advance.
There are two ways to start planning for your Puerto Rico Wedding, call our Wedding Coordinator at 1.800.468.4553 or 787.821.0505
or you can sign up for a free wedding account and get in touch with one of our professional Wedding Coordinators.
We've also provided some helpful planning tools here in this section for your convenience:
MARRIAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUERTO RICO NON-RESIDENTS
- 1. What are the residency requirements for marriage? None.
- 2. What are the documentation requirements? Puerto Rico Demographic Registrar's Office requires the following documents: (note: all must be valid and original documents).
- a) Official identification card or passport from the state or country of residency
- b) Divorce decree (if applicable)
- c) Spouse's death decree (if applicable)
- d) Affidavit or sworn statement stating:
i. Applicants are not residents of Puerto Rico
ii. The purpose of their visit to the Island of Puerto Rico is to get married
iii. (in case of foreign residency), applicants will stay in the Island no longer that then period of time established in the visa and/or federal entrance permit to U.S.A. territory.
- 3. Is a health license required? Yes, applicants must have a Health License issued on their state or country of residency. Health license must comply with all health and labs requirements in their state or country of residency.
- 4. To get this license, do I need to see a physician who is a resident practitioner in Puerto Rico? No.
- 5. Are civil ceremonies required? Yes, if you want a legal marriage. A locally registered minister or judge is mandatory.
- 6. Are religious ceremonies required? No, but if you decide to have one, then a civil ceremony with a judge/minister is not necessary.
- 7. Are there any other requirements? From the day the physician's certificates are issued, you have ten (10) calendar days to submit all documents to the local demographic registry (including official stamps) and officiate the ceremony.
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