Thank you alli. You are very helpful. I'm glad that I asked the right question for you to be able to write so much. I can see that you have done a lot of homework.

I could not get that web-site link to work .... when I clicked on English, it had a message saying "Error on page". And when I went to the home page, I could not find out how to get to the same form / information.

Also, any idea on the marriage certificate registration process ? We are from different countries, and got married in a different country from where we are from. Does it matter where we get it attested by Foreign Affairs ? I'm guessing the country that we got married in. Is that the same as an apostile ??