canadian marrying mexican in mexico..what do I need? help?

[ilovepvr]

hello everyone,
so I am not even at the stage where I would do spousal sponsorship yet because i am not yet married. we are getting married at the end of march but it seems that mexico wants to give me a hard time!. i will only be in mexico for a week.
so from info I've gathered....I need a certified copy of my long birth certificate...so I got that....I will be going to mexican consulate tommorow and they will legalize it for me...and then when i reach mexico..i need to have a certified translator..translate it to spanish.
we will need to apply for permission to marry since i am a foreigner there marrying a citizen..and we need medical tests and need to watch a video and then we can get married...pheew!
is there anything else I need to have done in canada that anyone knows about??? I will be getting married in state of jalisco or nayarit for the civil marriage part. i am only there a week so if anyone knows anythibg about making sure evrrything all paperwork gets done in a week let me know...or if there is a registro civil office they know is fast...

oh and also....once we are married and mexico provides us with marraige certificate....do I need to go to canadian embassy or consulate in mexicoto have them certify, verify, legalise it or anything so when I get back to canada I can begin the spousal sponsorship process??


thanks all much love

 

[OhCanadiana]

Congratulations! So exciting!

I can help you with the last part...

oh and also....once we are married and mexico provides us with marraige certificate....do I need to go to canadian embassy or consulate in mexicoto have them certify, verify, legalise it or anything so when I get back to canada I can begin the spousal sponsorship process??

You don't need authenticated copies for the spousal sponsorship process. You may need a certified copy, though (known as "original" in Mexico. So, just make sure to get a bunch of those when you go to the "registro civil," as they are much easier to get while you are still in Mexico.

TIP: You may also want to get birth certificates for your husband while you are there (assuming it's the same state) since he'll need them to get his police certificate from the PPGR.