To marry a Cuban citizen in Cuba,you must obtain several documents that should be authenticated by the Cubanauthorities in Canada. As discussed over the phone, given your sitatuation, you must provide your Canadian passport, birth certificate, and sign a single status declaration or affidavit.
Our office will deal directly with the Cuban authorities on your behalf and get your final documents ready for your marriagein Cuba. The process can take three weeks from the time they are submitted to the Cuban authorities. Our service fee for this process starts at $950 plus 5% GST, not including disbursements.
Disbursements include:
Fees levied by the Cuban Consulate: $744
Translations and notarizations: $150+gst
Courier/ other: $100+gst
We require the balance of our service fee and disbursements to be paid before we submit the documents to the Cuban Consulate.
Your birth certificate and single status affidavit need to be notarized by a notary public or a lawyer. please send me the following information so I will prepare and send you the affidavit by email. You need to print it out, take it to a notary public or lawyer and sign it in front of them. The notary public or lawyer will then sign and stamp the affidavit. Note: It is valid for 6 months from the date you sign this affidavit. This means that you must marry within 6 months of signing this affidavit otherwise you have to prepare another one.
The information I need is:
§ complete name as it appears on your passport and birth certificate (if they are different, please let me know. If you are using a different name than the one that appears on your birth certificate, for example: maiden/married name or middle name that does not appear on your passport.)
§ date of birth
§ place of birth
§ complete address
§ phone number
§ whether you are currently "single" (nevermarried) or "divorced"
§ expected date of your upcoming marriage in Cuba
Once you have notarized the affidavit and birth certificate, please send then along with a copy of your valid passport by express post or courier to my attention at the address below. We will commission the translations into Spanish and all the necessary legalizations on your behalf. Processing times are 1-2 weeks from time we receive above documents.
This is what my representative sent me. She is from Immigroup.
Legal fees in total $3333.50 ($2950 + hst)
- Government fees in total $1,040 ($550 processing fees + $490 landing fees)
The processing fees of $550 must be paid when the application is submitted. The landing fees of $490 can be paid later upon request by Immigration. However, I recommend to pay the landing fees upfront if you are financially capable. This way, your application won't be delayed due to immigration verifying the payment of your landing fees.
So, in total, an amount of $3573.50 is due before submission of your application.
I found it to be lees stressful to have her complete all the documents.
Good luck,
Brooksee
