Weddings performed in Mexico are legal in your home country as long as it is a Civil Ceremony. The Civil Ceremony is performed by a judge of the Registro Civil and the couple must complete the requirements below of a Civil Ceremony. Civil Ceremonies will receive a legal marriage certificate or act of marriage.

Religious or Spiritual Ceremonies do not change your marriage status but rather are a symbolic celebration of the love of the couple. Some couples choose to have their legal wedding in their home country and have a Religiuos Ceremony in the destination while others choose to realize both ceremonies. Relgious Ceremonies will receive a symbolic marriage certificate with no legal value.

Civil Ceremony Requirement

The couple must have the following:

Passports
Original Birth Certificates with an Apostille.
Original Divorce, Adoption, Widowed or Name change        decrees with an Apostille ( if applicable )
Mexican Tourist Cards
       (Received upon arrival in airport)
Blood Tests done in Mexico
       (HIV; PRP, Blood Group and RH Group)
Medical Certificate of analisis by a Mexican Doctor
4 Witnesses 18 or older with passport and tourist card.

All original documents with apostilles such as birth certificates and divorce decrees must be translated into Spanish by an official translator.

An Apostille is an authentication of a document done in your country or state which allows the document to be accepted in Mexico.