Marraige Cert Issue Need Guidance asap !

[rajeev 0]

Hi everyone,

I was hoping to get some guidence. I got married in India in November in a Hindu Marriage Ceromny. When we tried to register the marriage in the court systems they told me that we could not since I was not a Indian citizen. They advised me that the temple wedding is considered legal and the marriage cert I got from them was as good as theirs. I sent in all the paper work to the us customs and they sent me a request for more evidence stating they wont accept it. The letter they sent me stated that in its place I can submit 2 sworn affidavits by people who attended the wedding and that would suffice. They now sent me another letter for evidence stating that the marriage cert is not legible and that I need to provide them with a civil registered cert. I am not sure which way to go with this now. When I tried I was told no since I was not a Indian Cititzen and that I dont have any legal address there in India. Any guidence would be greatly appreciated.

P.S.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes.

By the way I am sponsoring her via the i130

[pgupta 19]

you need to get an NOC from US Consulate in india to register you marriage in india.

[rajeev 0]

you need to get an NOC from US Consulate in india to register you marriage in india.

Does that mean I need to go to India? On the first RFE they stated that I could submit 2 sworn affidavits from people to who attented the wedding which I did and they sent me a second RFE about the marriage which is why I was a little confused.

[MrsNotBonJovi 18]

Hi everyone,

I was hoping to get some guidence. I got married in India in November in a Hindu Marriage Ceromny. When we tried to register the marriage in the court systems they told me that we could not since I was not a Indian citizen. They advised me that the temple wedding is considered legal and the marriage cert I got from them was as good as theirs. I sent in all the paper work to the us customs and they sent me a request for more evidence stating they wont accept it. The letter they sent me stated that in its place I can submit 2 sworn affidavits by people who attended the wedding and that would suffice. They now sent me another letter for evidence stating that the marriage cert is not legible and that I need to provide them with a civil registered cert. I am not sure which way to go with this now. When I tried I was told no since I was not a Indian Cititzen and that I dont have any legal address there in India. Any guidence would be greatly appreciated.

P.S.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes.

By the way I am sponsoring her via the i130

That is very wierd....I have heard of so many US citizens getting married to Indian citizens and obtaining marriage certificates. Which state are you from? Is there some way you can prove that your court in India told you they could not issue you a certificate? Sometimes, it works if you can documentarily prove to USCIS that you made all possible efforts to obtain the marriage certificate. Temple certificates are not considered valid.

[rajeev 0]

That is very wierd....I have heard of so many US citizens getting married to Indian citizens and obtaining marriage certificates. Which state are you from? Is there some way you can prove that your court in India told you they could not issue you a certificate? Sometimes, it works if you can documentarily prove to USCIS that you made all possible efforts to obtain the marriage certificate. Temple certificates are not considered valid.

Thank you for replying, when we went to the courts system to register the marriage they stated that since I was not born in India nor did I have any legal address in India they could not register the marriage because I could not prove any residency there. They stated that the marriage cert that I was given is considered to be legal. I found it somewhat odd myself, but my brother had encountered the same issue when he got married 12 years ago but since at the time my parents had a legal residence in india (which they no longer have) his got registered. I called the 1-800 number and spoke to a iso he advised me to write up a letter stating what happened and to provide some additional affidavits and send in and see if they will accept that. I have provided pictures from our meeting our ceremony our wedding and honeymoom and chat logs phone logs and even evidence that I am financially supporting her from the us until she gets here. He stated that to try this and see what they say. He also did advise me that he has heard that in the past people have been the victims of bad information while traveling in a forgin country. Both me and my wife are very stressed out by this since we are missing eachother and also as everyone here knows how hard it is to be seperated from your significant other.

[MrsNotBonJovi 18]

Thank you for replying, when we went to the courts system to register the marriage they stated that since I was not born in India nor did I have any legal address in India they could not register the marriage because I could not prove any residency there. They stated that the marriage cert that I was given is considered to be legal. I found it somewhat odd myself, but my brother had encountered the same issue when he got married 12 years ago but since at the time my parents had a legal residence in india (which they no longer have) his got registered. I called the 1-800 number and spoke to a iso he advised me to write up a letter stating what happened and to provide some additional affidavits and send in and see if they will accept that. I have provided pictures from our meeting our ceremony our wedding and honeymoom and chat logs phone logs and even evidence that I am financially supporting her from the us until she gets here. He stated that to try this and see what they say. He also did advise me that he has heard that in the past people have been the victims of bad information while traveling in a forgin country. Both me and my wife are very stressed out by this since we are missing eachother and also as everyone here knows how hard it is to be seperated from your significant other.

I can understand what you are going through. Your best bet at the moment is to go by what the ISO said. Frontload the letter with as much documentation as you can. Do you have proof of what the court said? For example, a filing fee receipt etc?

I wish you all the best.

[KoolBreez 0]

The following isn't correct at all. What you needed was a registration under Special Marriage Act or from a court.

"They advised me that the temple wedding is considered legal and the marriage cert I got from them was as good as theirs"