Civil

This civil ceremony makes your marriage legal in Mexico and Internationally. The wedding ceremony is usually performed as follows (25 min.):

Welcoming
Consent
Readings
Vows and Ring exchange
Pronouncement
Kiss

Note: Ceremony cannot take place on Sunday.
Legal requirements for a civil wedding…

Original and copy of Birth Certificates. Annotated (Apostil) and translated by an authorized translator certified in the Spanish language.

Valid passports: original and copy

Prenuptial Mexican clinical analyses of both parties for   V.D.R.L., H.I.V. and R.H. Valid for 15 days. 
Please Note results for clinical analyses should state negative. If one party gives positive in these results, authorization would be denied and civil services would NOT be allowed according to Mexican laws. We suggest you to have prior analyses done in your home country to make sure analyses’ results in Mexico will state negative.

Original and copy of official ID (passport) for two witnesses per party

Copy of legal immigration status (both parties and their 4 witnesses) – this is the visa you get upon arrival at the airport.

Application and official oath of truthfulness.
Please Note: You and your witnesses will need to be in Mexico with a minimum of 5 non-holiday week days.

IMPORTANT: Once your documents are accepted by the Civil Register Office, NO witnesses’ changes are allowed. In that case the wedding would be INVALID.

Once legally married, you will receive a certificate, but the legal act, called “Acta de Matrimonio”, will be sent to the capital of the state, Chetumal city, in order to be annotated. This will take 3-4months.

Religious

the wedding ceremony is usually performed as follows (25 min.):
Opening Payer
Welcoming
1st Reading: Institution of Marriage
Reflection on the scripture
2nd Reading: Love
Meditation on the reading
Rings exchange and vows
Presentation to the congregation as Mr. and Mrs…
Signing of the certificate

Maya

This is a spiritual and interactive ceremony in balance with Nature, the 4 basic elements (Fire, Earth, Water and Air) and the Universe. The Shaman will bless your union setting an altar for the Mayan gods with flowers, fruits, seeds and fire.
The ceremony will take place right in front the sea.
Guests will stand in a circle around the altar to await the Bride and Groom’s entrance. The Shaman will welcome them with a purification ritual using Copal, a native plant burned by the Mayas as incense.
Then, the couple will walk into the Altar and everyone together (including Guests) will ask permission to the 4 cardinal points, and the Mayan Gods, to guide the couple  through light and unconditional love in a spiritual union. Once you accept each other as a caring couple, you will share the fruit and vows, and will receive a flower crown. You can also ask for a moment to exchange rings. At this moment you both will take hands and kiss, symbolizing respect, tenderness, comprehension and love.
The Shaman will ask each one of your guests to pronounce one word with his/her wishes for the new couple.
Ceremony is closed with guests showering the newly married couple with flower petals.
We suggest you and your guests wear white, because this represents a pure integration with Mother Earth. Please also tell us if there is a particular fruit you would prefer to taste during the ceremony.