Marriage in India is required to be registered under Indian marriage law. If a marriage between an Indian and a foreign national is to take place in India, the marriage has to solemnize under the Special Marriage Act of 1954.Generally, you are required to file a notice of intended marriage with a Marriage Registrar of your choice in India. This notice is required to be published within the stipulated 30 days. At the end of the 30 days the Marriage Registrar is free to perform the marriage.
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. After the stipulated waiting period of 30 days the marriage can take place in India. Under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 a certificate showing the signatures of the persons married, the registrar and the witnesses will be issued. This Certificate is required as proof of marriage and when applying for a visa to a foreign country.
The requirements for this will be your age proof (Passport, Birth Certificate), your address proof (Passport, Ration Card, Voter Identity card) and Martial status. The best for you both to give one notice of marriage under the Act of 1954 to the Marriage Officer of the District where you permanently reside in India, after one month notice period marry her in the presence of 3 witnesses by the Marriage Officer, get Valid Marriage Certificate from the Marriage Officer.
Otherwise, you can apply in India at the time of arrival at home in India. Your marriage has to be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. However, one month of notice for the registration of such marriage has to be given and after no objection to registration raised, then only marriage is registered under the Act of 1954.
Additional documents to be presented to the Indian authorities are usually:
- Your valid Passport
- Original Birth Certificate showing both your parents' names
- if a fiancé is widowed, the original death certificate of the deceased spouse
- if divorced, copy of the final divorce decree
Note
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 o 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. After the stipulated waiting period of 30 days the marriage can take place in India. Under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 a certificate showing the signatures of the persons married, the registrar and the witnesses will be issued. This Certificate is required as proof of the marriage and when applying for a visa to for a foreign country.