Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Registering Your Peruvian Divorce Back Home
Registering Your Peruvian Divorce Back Home
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Once you finish getting divorced in Peru, youre going to want to register your divorce back home. More likely than not youre going to have to do the same thing you did when you registered your Peruvian marriage back home.
If you get divorced in Peru it will not automatically show up on your records back home. What you do depends on where youre from.
When your divorce is finalised you will some official documents. I got a a "registro personal" and an "acta de concilacion extrajudicial". The first translates to a personal registration which basically says youre divorced. The second breaks down the division of property, custody, alimony, and child support.
You may think that with this you will be considered divorced and you might be, depending on your nationality. Some countries will accept an apostillised copy of these documents and you can register your Peruvian divorce back home.
Others wont. If youre Peruvian, these documents are NOT enough to show that you are divorced. You need to complete one more step in order to register your divorce in Peru. You need to take these documents to RENIEC and have them register your divorce. You can then get a copy of your divorce certificate. If you got married in Peru, then they will print out your marriage certificate and in the margins there will be a note stating that you got divorced. If you didnt get married in Peru, they will print out a document stating the details of your marriage and also include the divorce in the margins. This document is what you need if your country doesnt accept the other divorce documents you got from the courts.
If youre from the US, they usually dont ask for official translations or apostillisations. Personally, I would still get my Peruvian documents notarised, apostillised, and translated. If your country is in the Hague Agreement, like the US and the UK, theres less paperwork for you to do. If your country isnt in the Hague Agreement, like Canada, then there are some extra steps you will have to do. Heres a guide on how to use Peruvian documents abroad. Double check and ask the embassy of that country if there are any other steps you need to take.
