Marriage Certificate

The marriage certificate is an official declaration which expresses that two individuals are hitched. In India, Marriages can be registered either under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 or under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. For the two kinds of marriages, a marriage certificate is genuine verification that a couple is hitched. In 2006, the Supreme Court made it required to register the marriage for defending ladies' rights. Henceforth, acquiring a marriage certificate after marriage can have different advantages.

Note: To get a marriage certificate, the groom should be more than 21 years old, and the bride should be more than 18 years old.

Reasons to Obtain Marriage Certificate

The marriage certificate is a fundamental document while applying for a passport or opening a bank account with new surname post-wedding. Likewise, on account of foreign travel or visa preparing, numerous embassies demand a duplicate of the marriage certificate. Thus, a marriage certificate is numerous compulsory couples to move to another country after the wedding.

Documents Required for Marriage Registration

To finish marriage registration and acquire a marriage certificatein Tamilnadu, the documents beneath should be self-attested and submitted for both a couple. The prerequisite for documents can be partitioned into three classifications, as follows. Identity and age proof should be given by both the bride and the groom.

Notwithstanding the above 4, passport size photograph for the bride and 4 passport size photographs for the bridegroom ought to be submitted.

Marriage Registration under Hindu Act

On account of marriage registration under the Hindu Act, the marriage more likely than not been solemnized under Hindu traditions or non-customary, and the bride & groom should be Hindus, Buddhists, or Sikhs. Further, any of the accompanying premises should fall inside the purview of the Registering Officer:

• Residence of the bride.
• Residence of the bridegroom.
• Solemnization place.
• For Online Registration.

Special Marriage Registration

The Registering official solemnizes the special marriage registration or in some other form. Bridegroom and Bride ought to have finished 21 and 18 years old, individually. The notification of proposed marriage should initially be given. On the off chance that no objection for the marriage is gotten inside 30 days from the notification, marriage will be registered.

Online Marriage Registration

Following are the steps to finish the marriage registration on the web:

Select your district and continue ->Fill in husband’s details and choose “Registration of Marriage Certificate”->Fill in Marriage Certificate form and choose the date of appointment->Click “Submit Application.”

The individual who registers would get a number that would be imprinted on the acknowledgment slip, and the corresponding application form is finished. Take a printout of acknowledgment slip just as the application form.

Appointment

On account of the Hindu Marriage Act, the appointment would be registered inside 15 days of the online registration, and in any case, on account of the Special Marriage Act, it may require as long as 60 days.

Witness

Any individual who has shown up at the marriage registration of the couple will bea witness, and the witness should have a valid PAN Card and a Proof of residence address.