Marriage Certificates

dchenriquez · #1 11-01-2006, 02:22 PM

I'm not sure if this is the right section for this but i just have a quick question. I got married 13 months ago in Santo Domingo. I'm Canadian and my husband is Dominican. (living in Dominican still.) After we got married (the following day) we got our "Extracto De Acta" and our "Certificado de Matrimonio". So i came home to Canada, got the documents translated into English (by a certified translator) and went out and changed all of my id into my new married name. I have not done anything else with the marriage certificates. Is that all I need to do? Is it really that easy? I was speaking to someone in the Dominican Services office in Toronto and they said that i should get the marriage certificate "Legalized" but it's not mandatory. I was just wondering if anyone knows if i'm missing something. If i should be doing something more with my certficates. And, what is the point of getting the certificate legalized? what does that mean exactly??
Thanks so much for any info anyone may have!!!

Milagro02 · #2 11-01-2006, 02:59 PM

I don't believe you need to have it legalized. But to have it translated yes.. Keep a photocopy of the original and you can give back the original one to your husband, as he just might need it further down the road. (if we are talking about Sponsering papers)
Not sure why you changed your name though because in Canada it is no longer mandatory since 20 years ago.

dchenriquez · #3 11-01-2006, 03:58 PM

What do you mean, not sure why i changed my name? Isn't that normal? You get married and assume your husbands name. I know we're in the 20th century, but i believe that women are still doing that if i'm not mistaken. And have been for the last 20 years still..........

Milagro02 · #4 11-01-2006, 04:39 PM

Not any of my friends did changed their names. They all have kept their birth names.. I thought it was a Canadian thing but I guess it may as well be only a Quebec thing !

baileyboy · #5 11-01-2006, 06:03 PM

I changed my name to my husbands name...(he's Dominican), and I'm Cdn, so maybe it's a Quebec thing?!?!

I did the same thing, and nothing else was required, never leagaized the marriage certificate. And everything here in Cda is changed, Passport, Drivers Liscense, SIN, Bank stuff, Work and this year will be the first year I'll be filing my taxes in my married name.

Lisa

La Mariposa · #6 11-01-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Milagro02

Not any of my friends did changed their names. They all have kept their birth names.. I thought it was a Canadian thing but I guess it may as well be only a Quebec thing !

In Quebec, you cannot change your name since June 1989(not 100% sure if this is the exact date) except for those married before that date.