Skype At Wedding?

[jeff1234]

I asked my sweetheart to marry me and, amazingly she said yes!!
I'm soooo happy.

Now we're starting to try to figure out what arrangements we need to make. Since we're both US Citizens living here we have no experience with weddings in Argentina and could use some advice.

We would like to have a simple non-religious ceremony in La Plata, we want our marriage to be legal in the USA, and we'd love to have our distant relatives attend the ceremony via Skype.

Any suggestions?

 

[Splitty]

Don't have Argentines organize it.
Here's how the weddings go here:

Very formal in the church ( guys all have to wear suits) and is in the evening afterwards you go to a reception.

Starts at midnight, photos with bride and groom 1am, 2 am dancing starts, 2:30am sit down for entrees, 3am more dancing, 3:30 am dinner. 4:00 am more dancing, 5am sit down to eat dessert 5:30 am ( I left to go sleep, shit to do during the daytime).

 

[Gringoboy]

I think Skype is a great idea.
As for the wedding, depends how formal/informal you want it.

 

[jantango]

Most young couples who marry have a civil ceremony first and then a church wedding. To be recognized as married in the USA, you'll need to be married there as well. http://www.gob.gba.g...nio.php If either of you has been married before, you'll need to present divorce documents with translations. I've attended several civil ceremonies. The couples line up and wait their turn. You can invite friends to attend. Then you sign the papers and leave the room. You'll need two witnesses to sign as well. All in Castellano, of course.

 

[internationalguy]

All the church talk when he actually mentioned a non-religious wedding. Oh well... By law any valid marriage here will be valid in something like 190 countries or so. I don't know if you need to get an apostille for the actual marriage certificate or not. I'm sure the embassy will be able to do it. Either way it's just a stamp and should take no more than a little effort and frustration to get done. You should check with the Embassy anyway.

As far as the wedding itself, you mention skype and distant relatives, I assume immediate relatives will be coming. If it's just a small ceremony you could just set up a webcam in the room where you plan on getting married. You can broadcast video to several people at the same time. Skype Premium or google plus might do the trick. Otherwise there are some streaming options that would make it easier since you most likely just want a 1 way broadcast and not a video chat involving a lot of people. Not only does it slow things down but also it might distract your "guests" from what they really are there to see. Some inexpensive streaming software is available and it should make it very easy.

 

[Splitty]

http://zoom.us/ video conferencing works well for multiple viewers

 

[citygirl]

Congratulations. Are you or your fiance residents here? One of you will need to be a legal resident in order to get married here. You will need to do the civil ceremony at the registro civil in your neighborhood which is the legal part. You could probably arrange some type of non-religious follow up ceremony if you want.

And yes, if you get married here, it will be legally recognized in the US as well.

 

[mjohnstone]

I'm not sure about La Plata and Prov. Buenos Aires but in my understanding in the city of Buenos Aires you do not need to be a resident to be able to get married.

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[jeff1234]

Congratulations. Are you or your fiance residents here? One of you will need to be a legal resident in order to get married here. You will need to do the civil ceremony at the registro civil in your neighborhood which is the legal part. You could probably arrange some type of non-religious follow up ceremony if you want.

And yes, if you get married here, it will be legally recognized in the US as well.

Thanks. A civil ceremony is fine. She's a legal resident. Thats all fine.

But in looking at the requirements there's a length procedure required to register my 1992 divorce in New Jersey. Very lengthy.

Does anyone have any info on ways to deal with this requirement that are less lengthy (lying is not an option for us)?

I saw a mention of having the US Embassy certify that I am not married. Does anyone have info on this option?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Most young couples who marry have a civil ceremony first and then a church wedding. To be recognized as married in the USA, you'll need to be married there as well. http://www.gob.gba.g...nio.php If either of you has been married before, you'll need to present divorce documents with translations. I've attended several civil ceremonies. The couples line up and wait their turn. You can invite friends to attend. Then you sign the papers and leave the room. You'll need two witnesses to sign as well. All in Castellano, of course.

When I had the civil ceremony in Olavarría, the civil registry officials wondered whether I understood what I was agreeing to.