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waqitzikin t1_iwjbi4t wrote

Yes, I have experience with this! The way it typically works if you are a US citizen in Latin America is that you take a printed statement affirming you have never been married to the US embassy in that country, and you get it notarized. That is ten accepted by the civil registry in that country. If you look at the embassy website, there is usually an faq section about getting married that mentions that

Notarial services can be booked ahead of time on embassy websites, typically they don't do walk-ins any more. I don't know how it works in Cuba though given that the embassy may have restricted service because of the US-Cuba relationship,but you could try calling them

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grasshopper716 t1_iwk3oxd wrote

And this is why I love the internet and Reddit.

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noothanksreddit t1_iwk49gx wrote

And this is why I question the knowledge my brain decides to store.

"Grasshopper716? That seems like a name I remember or have seen before!"

"Wait I had jury duty?"

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chickadeedadee2185 t1_iwlbhw4 wrote

This is very helpful. But, they would still need to get the printed statement here in the U.S. How can they get that?

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divinAPEtion t1_iwlfrwd wrote

It sounds like the commenter is saying that you draft that printed statement yourself and have it notarized. Something along the lines of "I, ____, certify that..."

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echocomplex t1_iwm3q96 wrote

It's very interesting because in the US a notary mainly just attests that your signature is genuine, whereas in some Latin American countries notaries are like pseudo lawyers and are expected to do much more.

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