Documents needed to get married in Cuba

Quite often our clients feel overwhelmed when trying to understand the requirements they need to get married in Cuba. We have extensive experience doing our clients’ translations of their documents. Here are some examples of the types of documents you will need to get married in Cuba and which are the documents that the Cuban consulate in Toronto requires.

If you are Canadian and are getting married in Cuba, you will need the original documents or a certified copy of them plus a notarized translation into Spanish (if the documents are not in Spanish) for each document.

We no longer do legalizations at the consulate of Cuba. If you need any translations we’d be happy to help, but we no longer can take your documents to the consulate.

Single
Birth Certificate
Single Status Affidavit

Divorced
Birth Certificate
Divorce Certificate
Single Status Affidavit

Widowed
Birth Certificate
Marriage Certificate
Death Certificate

You will need the original documents + the original notarized translations. Once you have that, you’ll need to authenticate all the documents either at ODS in Toronto or Global Affairs in Ottawa. ODS only authenticates documents from Ontario; if your documents are from another country we suggest you do the legalization process in the country where the document was issued. in Canada is nearly impossible to do it, Global Affairs in Ottawa does not authenticate documents from other countries and the consulate of Cuba requires documents from other countries to be authenticated by Global Affairs, so it’s not possible, since Global Affairs will not authenticate it, even if it has the stamp from the consulate of the foreign country.

Note: Global Affairs will not authenticate the wallet-size birth certificates; they will only authenticate original certificates issued by the Vital Statistics Office and that are signed by the Registrar.

* If your documents are not from Canada, the requirements are different. You’ll need your documents to be stamped by your country’s consulate/embassy, after that they’ll need to be authenticated at Global Affairs. If that’s not possible, your other option would be to authenticate your document in your country and legalize it in the Cuban consulate/embassy of that country. As long as your document has a stamp from the Cuban consulate it’ll be accepted in Cuba.

Once your documents are authenticated you can make an appointment at the consulate of Cuba in Toronto. You can contact them via email at toronto2@embacubacanada.net and send them a picture or scanned copy of all the documents already authenticated + a copy of your passport so they can review that your documents are ok. Then, they’ll get back to you with any questions or a date for an appointment. They charge $176 per each document in English and Spanish. So, if you have 2 English and 2 Spanish documents, your total would be $704. They accept payments via INTERACT debit card or money order or Canadian bank Certified Check made to “Consulate General of Cuba” or “Consulado General de Cuba”.

We no longer do legalizations at the consulate of Cuba. If you need any translations we’d be happy to help, but we no longer can take your documents to the consulate. Any questions you might have about the process of legalization you can contact the consulate directly toronto2@embacubacanada.net

Documents to translate to Spanish

We no longer offer the service of legalization of documents at the consulate of Cuba, we only offer the translation service. For questions regarding the legalization process please contact the consulate of Cuba toronto2@embacubacanada.net

Information on how to get a divorce certificate (36B) in Ontario
https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/divorce/documentation/

Single Status Affidavit
IMPORTANT: The single status affidavit has to be signed in front of a notary public for it to be valid. Otherwise it won’t be accepted by the Cuban consulate. See examples:

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Cuban Consulate in Toronto
Address:
5353 Dundas West,
Suite 205,
Toronto, ON,
M9B 6H8
Telephone: (416) 234-8181
Open to the public: from 10 am to 1:00 pm – Wednesdays closed
Email: toronto2@embacubacanada.net