getting married in Cuba as a foreigner

Colonial courtyard of a private house in Old Havana, used as a wedding celebration setting for Legal marriage in Cuba

How Does a Wedding in Cuba Become a Legal Marriage?

'A wedding in Cuba becomes a legal marriage only when it's formalised before a competent official. Cuba's Family Code, Ley 156/2022, published in Gaceta Oficial No. 99 of 27 September 2022, says so in Article 201.3. Under Article 203.2, only notaries and Civil Status registrars can authorise it. Everything else is a ceremony. Couples plan this backwards. They fix the date, then the house, then the...