Religious Marriage Certificate

[reddy1205]

Hi,

I have a friend who had church marriage recently in India and had registered their marriage with Marriage Registrar in India under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

My question is that the Marriage Certificate says that the marriage is done as per hindu rituals but the marriage was done as per christian rituals in a Church.

So while applying for spousal PR sponsorship, if we upload church marriage photos, will it be a problem for not providing any hindu marriage ritual photos etc....? Please provide the suggestions, thank you.

 

[canuck78]

Hi,

I have a friend who had church marriage recently in India and had registered their marriage with Marriage Registrar in India under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

My question is that the Marriage Certificate says that the marriage is done as per hindu rituals but the marriage was done as per christian rituals in a Church.

So while applying for spousal PR sponsorship, if we upload church marriage photos, will it be a problem for not providing any hindu marriage ritual photos etc....? Please provide the suggestions, thank you.

Would suggesting including a brief explanation in case there is any confusion.

 

[reddy1205]

Would suggesting including a brief explanation in case there is any confusion.

but will they consider if we provide hindu marriage certificate..?

 

[canuck78]

but will they consider if we provide hindu marriage certificate..?

They should if you explain why you received the certificate although you had a church wedding. Not well versed in registering marriages in India. Are there other options in terms of types of wedding registration?

 

[reddy1205]

They should if you explain why you received the certificate although you had a church wedding. Not well versed in registering marriages in India. Are there other options in terms of types of wedding registration?

I was thinking about registering church marriage as per Indian Government law (same like how we register Hindu marriages with Marriage Registrar) and if so how can we do that for church marriages..?

 

[reddy1205]

They should if you explain why you received the certificate although you had a church wedding. Not well versed in registering marriages in India. Are there other options in terms of types of wedding registration?

Is this church certificate valid?
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[abff08f4813c]

Is this church certificate valid?
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My understanding is that this is not enough by itself, you need to follow the process described in https://canada.blsattestation.com/marriage-certificate-attestation.php to get the Government of the Republic of India to attest that the documents are true and valid.

but will they consider if we provide hindu marriage certificate..?

My understanding is that Canada's IRCC will not understand such distinctions, and won't care about them. If you can get the required attestation (which is basically the Government of the Republic of India promising to the Government of Canada that the certificate is real) then IRCC will accept it, otherwise no.

I was thinking about registering church marriage as per Indian Government law (same like how we register Hindu marriages with Marriage Registrar) and if so how can we do that for church marriages..?

Yeah, so I'm also not familiar with how this works in India. This may be something you need to resolve with the Indian Government first.

You might actually have a problem - according to https://courtmarriagemumbai.com/blo...stering-their-marriage-and-how-to-avoid-them/ you can't register a Christian Church marriage under the Hindu marriage act, and it seems that a marriage incorrectly registered is not legally valid in India, as per https://www.indiamike.com/india/mar...u-act-indian-supreme-court-t67885/#post618217

These links do explain how to properly register a Christian Church marriage.

To summarize, if you can get the attestation done successfully then IRCC shouldn't give you any issues. But you might run into problems obtaining that attestation if the marriage wasn't registered properly in India - but that's solely under India, so asking on a forum like indiamike might be a better place to ask for advice on how to get that sorted out.

 

[canuck78]

My understanding is that this is not enough by itself, you need to follow the process described in https://canada.blsattestation.com/marriage-certificate-attestation.php to get the Government of the Republic of India to attest that the documents are true and valid.

My understanding is that Canada's IRCC will not understand such distinctions, and won't care about them. If you can get the required attestation (which is basically the Government of the Republic of India promising to the Government of Canada that the certificate is real) then IRCC will accept it, otherwise no.

Yeah, so I'm also not familiar with how this works in India. This may be something you need to resolve with the Indian Government first.

You might actually have a problem - according to https://courtmarriagemumbai.com/blo...stering-their-marriage-and-how-to-avoid-them/ you can't register a Christian Church marriage under the Hindu marriage act, and it seems that a marriage incorrectly registered is not legally valid in India, as per https://www.indiamike.com/india/mar...u-act-indian-supreme-court-t67885/#post618217

These links do explain how to properly register a Christian Church marriage.

To summarize, if you can get the attestation done successfully then IRCC shouldn't give you any issues. But you might run into problems obtaining that attestation if the marriage wasn't registered properly in India - but that's solely under India, so asking on a forum like indiamike might be a better place to ask for advice on how to get that sorted out.

Why do you insist on responding to old posts over and over again?

 

[abff08f4813c]

Why do you insist on responding to old posts over and over again?

A bad combo of staying up too late and doomscrolling leading to blurry eyes and misread dates.

That said - while I generally try not to post in threads inactive for years, if it's only been a handful of months or so I think it's tad more reasonable. I hope the minor disruption is worth having the answer documented in the forums (where future folks in similar situations can find the answer via search), and there's some tiny chance that the OP might come back and see it, too.