Foreign marriage
Prokash Barman
(Querist) 20 February 2025
This query is : Resolved
A indian Man want to marry a Bangladeshi women...The Bangladesh women come in India by passport and there are no any documents except only passport... What are the legal procedures for registration of such marriage?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 20 February 2025
The marriage can be registered under special marriage act only.
You have to comply with the requirements as prescribed in provisions of the special marriage act.
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 20 February 2025
Yes. This marriage/court marriage shall be registered under Spl.Marriage Act, 1954. Three witnesses, aadhar card of the bridegroom and bride and the three witnesses shall be filed with the application in Appendix I.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 21 February 2025
In case a marriage between an Indian and a foreign national is to take place in India, generally its required to file a notice of intended marriage with a Marriage Registrar of your choice in India. That notice is required to be published for the stipulated 30 days. At the end of the 30 days the Marriage Registrar is free to perform the marriage.
The notice of intended marriage can only be given in India, if at least one partner is permanently and the other partner temporarily resident in India.
If one partner is residing in a foreign country then the partner who is resident in India will have to fill out the “Marriage Notice” collected from the Marriage Registration Office of his/her choice in India and send it to his/her partner in the foreign country who will also have to fill it out. This “Notice” should then be sent back to the partner in India who will have to re-submit it at the Marriage Registration Office.
The following documents are required for both the partners:
• a valid Passport
• original Birth Certificate showing parents' names
• if the person concerned is widowed, the original death certificate of the deceased spouse
• If divorced, copy of the final decree
• documentary evidence regarding stay in India of the parties for more than 30 days (ration card or report from the concerned SHO)
a citizen of another foreign country may be required to present to the marriage officer a “no objection letter” from the Embassy or Consulate of his country, as well as proof of termination of any previous marriages.
