Marriage Certificate apostille for Mexico.

Two Mexican procedures use a Florida marriage certificate, and they treat it differently. If the Mexican spouse wants the marriage on the Mexican civil record, inserción at a Registro Civil in Mexico requires the apostilled certificate plus a perito traductor translation. If the foreign spouse applies for a dependent temporary-resident visa at a Mexican consulate in the U.S., consulate checklists (El Paso's 2025 list, for example) ask for a certified copy and only require apostille and translation for documents from a third country. For either route, Florida's certificate must be signed by the State Registrar or a Clerk of the County Court.

Our general rule is a translation certified by the translator, notarized by a different notary and apostilled in Florida. Mexico is the big exception: notarios, courts and Registros Civiles usually require a perito traductor authorized by a state Tribunal Superior de Justicia instead, done in Mexico after the apostille. Mexican consulates in the U.S. generally don't ask for a translation of English documents, and SEP revalidation accepts a simple translation.