LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIGIOUS WEDDINGS

Have your Matrimonial Preparation at the Parish of your place of residency if the couple is living together, or at the Bride’s Parish if you are engaged.

You will both need the following documentation:

• Birth Certificates.
• Baptismal Certificate, with no longer than 6 months of issuance, with indication
  of Confirmation if applicable.
• Civil Wedding Certificate, if applicable.
• Birth Certificates of your children, if applicable.
• Divorce Certification, if applicable.
• Annulment Certificate from the Church, if applicable.
• Death Certificate of a previous spouse, if applicable.
• Written proof from the Parish of the Matrimonial Preparation.
• Document from the Parish’s Priest authorizing this marriage to be celebrated out
  of his Parish, and delegating this Marriage to corresponding priest, Parish Priest
  of Our Lady of Pilar, in Beron (or corresponding Parish and Priest), Dominican Republic.
• Document of the Chancellor of the Dioceses approving this matrimony out of his
  territory.
• Translation of these documents to Spanish, if the language is other than French,
  English, Portuguese or Italian.
• Couples’ names, parent’s names, places of birth, photocopies of Passports.
• Two witnesses, send their Passport copies if they are not from the Dominican
  Republic.

SEND TO “WE DO” PHOTOCOPIES ONLY, NEVER MAIL YOUR ORIGINALS. YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR ORIGINALS WITH YOU. PLEASE INDICATE IF THE CELEBRATION WILL OR WILL NOT INCLUDE A MASS, ALSO INDICATE IN WHICH LANGUAGE WILL IT BE PERFORMED (SPANISH, ENGLISH OR FRENCH). DOCUMENTATION IS TO BE SENT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE WEDDING.

There is a fee from the Parish that will be informed to you by your Hotel/Resort.