Getting Single Status Affidavit in the US

[thedude6752000 360]

Hello all,

I and my beloved will be wed this August, thereafter we will be starting our visa journey (**cringe**). We are getting married legally under the Special Marriage Act, and I am a US citizen, so I will need a single status affidavit. I can't seem to reserve a date at the damn Delhi embassy yet and it seems unlikely I will be able to get a date which coincides with my weddings plans (the wedding starts soon after I get into the country and it's in UP, not Delhi!), I need to get my single status affidavit before I get to India instead of waiting on the bloody embassy. Is this possible? If so, where can I find a copy of it? I have heard it's on VJ. Thanks for your replies!

[bpierce 24]

I got mine thru an Agency that went to the Chinese Embassy in Houston Tx...you can find Info..on the India Embassy Web Site, in your District..I hope this helps..also thur your Sect. of State Web Site..in your State

[Casprd 167]

The affidavit of single status can usually be found on the embassy website, but it is just a somewhat generic letter that states you are single and eligible to be married. You will need to have it notarized and depending on the country you may need an apostle of that notary (a certification from the state secretary that the notary is valid) Then it will probably need to go to the consulate for the country you are dealing with for certification. That's the process for Oklahoma and China. It may be different for India but there should be instructions on the Indian Embassy website.

[aanu 7]

Hello all,

I and my beloved will be wed this August, thereafter we will be starting our visa journey (**cringe**). We are getting married legally under the Special Marriage Act, and I am a US citizen, so I will need a single status affidavit. I can't seem to reserve a date at the damn Delhi embassy yet and it seems unlikely I will be able to get a date which coincides with my weddings plans (the wedding starts soon after I get into the country and it's in UP, not Delhi!), I need to get my single status affidavit before I get to India instead of waiting on the bloody embassy. Is this possible? If so, where can I find a copy of it? I have heard it's on VJ. Thanks for your replies!

You have to send e-mail to U.S. Embassy Delhi to request that you need this affidavit they will fix an appointment and that day you have to be there on time with the print out of that e-mail , with your passport, address proof and the embassy will issue this affidavit in presence of you . In our case we got it with in three days.one day my husband sent e-mail regarding this to embassy AND got reply that his appointment with embassy is after two days he went to embassy and with in 20 minutes he got this affidavit.

[thedude6752000 360]

You have to send e-mail to U.S. Embassy Delhi to request that you need this affidavit they will fix an appointment and that day you have to be there on time with the print out of that e-mail , with your passport, address proof and the embassy will issue this affidavit in presence of you . In our case we got it with in three days.one day my husband sent e-mail regarding this to embassy AND got reply that his appointment with embassy is after two days he went to embassy and with in 20 minutes he got this affidavit.

dhanyaavad aanu ji! So for the proof of address, do I bring my proof of address from the US? If so, what do they accept? And also, out of interest, when did you and your husband get the affidavit/get married?

[aanu 7]

dhanyaavad aanu ji! So for the proof of address, do I bring my proof of address from the US? If so, what do they accept? And also, out of interest, when did you and your husband get the affidavit/get married?

first of all i would like to tell you that we went to get this affidavit in year 2010(September) just before 4 or 5 days prior to our marriage. On that day embassy gave us one sheet of guidelines(based on new guidelines from the u.s. department of state the embassy is authorized to notarized a statement from the u.s. citizen party to the marriage,in which the citizen him or hers if affirms that they are free to marry) and one notarized affidavit .

yes, you need to take any id proof which has your current address of U.S, your passport and copy of e-mail of appointment and some other documents.and you have to be at embassy personally with all documents and your signatures will be required on the affidavit after it , embassy will notarized it and you will get it.

In our case ,we had submitted the cover letter of guidelines from embassy with affidavit when we went to register our marriage.even when you will go to register your wedding ,your address(U.S.) proof will be needed so bring any id proof which has your address of U.S.

Send one e-mail to embassy that you want this affidavit and so and so is your wedding plans in India , i hope embassy will give you appointment as early as possible which will not effect your wedding plans. we did so and got this affidavit with in three days.

Edited May 10, 2013 by aanu

[UsUs 0]

Hello all,

I and my beloved will be wed this August, thereafter we will be starting our visa journey (**cringe**). We are getting married legally under the Special Marriage Act, and I am a US citizen, so I will need a single status affidavit. I can't seem to reserve a date at the damn Delhi embassy yet and it seems unlikely I will be able to get a date which coincides with my weddings plans (the wedding starts soon after I get into the country and it's in UP, not Delhi!), I need to get my single status affidavit before I get to India instead of waiting on the bloody embassy. Is this possible? If so, where can I find a copy of it? I have heard it's on VJ. Thanks for your replies!

I have bee searching to understand how I get this form. Did you're figure it out, how to gain access to it?