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Nice_guy73

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Hi Friends,

I have a question about marriage certificate.. I wanted to know if the registered marriage certificate issued from the local court would be sufficient evidence for spouse GC processing or one need to do Court marriage. Actually my 485 is in process and i wanted to safeguard my wife's GC hence wanted to do a paper marriage.. Our actual marriage will happen later ..For registered marriage my advocate has told me to produce a wedding card (fake), snaps & parents of both the parties to sign the papers. It will take a day or 2 to get the paper. Ive read in this forum that people do court marriage which takes time (1 month).. Is the marriage certificate you get from local court or Court marriage different ?

I am sure people in this forum would have done registred marriage... Is this document accepted as a proof for AOS or follow to join...or for that matter even H4

Pls let me know if anybody has some experince....

THANKS friends..

Nice_guy73
 
Nice Guy

My 2 cents...

Nice guy marry in a Nice way and nothing would happen to her GC at the current level of INS processing so You can marry and send in the documents instead of all this Mess...


Congratulaitons on your Engagement ....
 
hey nice guy, you are getting married at 29 yrs of age...too young to get married :) and on top of that you are such a nice guy I missed a chance I guess ;)
Congrats and hope the immigration stuff goes smooth for you.
 
Hey guys,

Thanks for congratulating me for engagement.....

I know the 485 process has become too slow but you never know when these INS guys will wake up hence I was going for registered marriage in India... Secondly my job is at stake right now so cant go immidiatley with wife....

So pls let me know if somebody has the experience of registred marriage and is this enough for the papers of Gc processing or for that matter H4...

Thanks guys..

Nice guy

PS: 485GCCase, had i known there was a sweet person already in US i would have thought twice to get engaged..;)
 
Hi Amrican Gujju,

You said you submitted a Marriage certificate.. Could you pls let me know which one did you submit (registered marriage/court one) & how did you get one.. Pls see my questions above & would really appreciate if you or anyone else can give some info..

Thanks

Nice guy
 
I dont know if the registered marriage certificate and court marraige certificate are same or not.
I submitted court marraige certificate, the one with Rs. 20 stamp on it, it has my and my wife's signature, our parent's sign and two additional witness's sign in presence of court attorny.
I hope this helps.
 
Both certificates are different, their registered marriage is goverened by Hindu marriage Act enacted in 1950's, the court marriage certtificate is on a stamp paper whereas the registered marriage certificate is not. The process is also different now some states may dilute the laws and may even circumvent it --- to acquire court marriage certificate you have to inform court 30 days in advance also the steps that court takes is embarassing for the couple, after you put in your request the court will put your and your spouse's name with both of your pictures on their notice board and sometimes they will even send cops to your neighbours place to verify you are not already married. So most couples these days go for ARYA SAMAJ marriage instead of court marriage.
Registered marriage as compared to Court marriage is a simple process, after marriage you fill out the form with your wedding pics and card as attachment and you will get the certificate within twi days depending on the availability of Collector of the District. The certificate will read on the top"As per the Hindu Marriage act...."
 
Here is an article that appeared in Times of India on this subject....
the link is http://test.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?artid=25196402&sType=1


CHANDIGARH: Getting married is a tough job especially if you are thinking of going in for a court marriage. Even though the number of marriages solemnised before the sub-divisional magistrate till October 10 has shown a marginal increase over the figures of last year, getting married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, still remains the least preferred mode.


Interestingly, in a majority of cases of marriages solemnised before the SDM, either of the two partners is from outside the state. Under this act apart from the compulsion of having attained a marriageable age one of the two persons has to be a resident of the city for more than a month.


After applying for the marriage the notice is pinned on the notice board and taken out in newspapers so that if anyone has any objection it can be raised within one month.


But this type of marriage is not preferred by persons who marry by eloping as the necessary notice period of one month is a deterrent.


"Couples who elope cannot take the risk of having their photographs pinned on the notice board and there is always a chance that their parents may raise an objection," said a lawyer.


As per the data available, starting from January till October the SDM office has solemnised 49 marriages under the Special Marriage Act. The number of marriages solemnised by the office in the preceding years were 48 during February 1999 to May 2000 and 49 during the year 2001.


A more preferred way of getting married is through the Hindu Marriage Act under which couples who get married in temples or other places in presence of witnesses can get their marriages registered in the SDM office. But even here strict checks exist.


An official in the SDM office said, "If the couple are accompanied by parents and elders we issue the certificate since it is a marriage by consent but in case the couple comes here asking for a marriage certificate and is accompanied by friends as witnesses we ask them to get the police verification done. The estate office has registered 1,100 marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act till date this year while the number in the preceding years was 1,090 in 2000 and 1,175 in 2001.


"The reason for the rise in court marriages in Chandigarh and other big cities is that the people are marrying late. Rise in education level and increased contact among the members of opposite sex has given rise to the incidence of such marriages," said Ajay Sangroha, an advocate.


There is also another option for the couples who get married to escape family wrath.


"Several couples get married in temples and get a certificate from the priest that the marriage was conducted according to full rites. On basis of this they file a notice in the court to their respective parents that they have married of their free will and should not be harassed. Some even go to the extent of asking for security and even name some persons if some harm were to come to them," said Jasminder Pal Singh, a lawyer.
 
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