It’s on my conscience that not only have I not posted in over a month, but that I also have not yet responded to comments on my last blog post (which I promise to do really soon). Can I be forgiven if it’s because I got married?! =)
Roy and I celebrated our marriage in Peru on April 23rd!
After hearing and reading about other expats getting married in Peru, I expected there to be a variety of hoops that I’d need to jump through, but everything went surprisingly smoothly and I thought it was important that I share my secret to a quick and easy marriage in Peru: Get married in a rural town. =)
Roy and I had our civil ceremony in the town of Pilcomayo (population: 11,000) around half an hour outside of Huancayo. Here’s what I didn’t need to do:
- I didn’t need to officially translate or legalize my birth certificate,
- I didn’t need to get a certificate certifying that I’m single (I just wrote down that I was single and the official took my word for it), and
- I didn’t need to publish a marriage announcement in the newspaper because Pilcomayo doesn’t have its own newspaper.
Better yet, the official has become a good friend of ours. That saved me a couple trips to Lima. In fact, we only went to Pilcomayo a total of 2 times: once to ask about the marriage requirements and a second time to submit all our documents. We had everything ready within a few days!
My next challenge is to get my resident visa and foreigner’s card, so I can stay here in Peru for longer than 6 months at a time! Wish me luck!
P.S. Please bear with me as I slowly get back on track with life, and with responding to comments and posting!
