Wedding season is here. Apart from all the gala preparations and celebrations, there are few certain things that a couple should seriously consider doing on a priority. While booking vendors and honeymoon packages, one needs to ensure official marriage registration should also be ticked off the wedding-to-do list.
Why Is Marriage Registration Important?
Besides giving legal status to a matrimonial alliance, registering a wedding also provides a security cover to both husband and wife, in case things go haywire! Worse comes to worst if the couple has to go through unfortunate divorce proceedings; the separation process is quick and clean. In case of life insurance claims, the marriage certificate is the proof that will deter any ‘fraud’ on the insurance company’s part.
Benefits of marriage certificate-
- When planning to travel on a spouse visa or seeking a permit for residency in foreign country.
- In the case of real estate assets, a marriage certificate allows joint ownership.
- The process of home loan approval becomes easier when a marriage certificate is available.
Know Where the Hindu Marriage Act Is Applicable
A couple can get registered legally under the Hindu Marriage Act if and only they ‘both’ belong to Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist communities. If one of the spouses is from a different religion, let’s say Islam or Christianity, then the marriage will be documented under the Special Marriage Act.
The registration process is different under these two acts.
- In the Hindu Marriage Act, a couple has to submit the documents with the sub-registrar who either solemnized the wedding or under whose jurisdiction, one or both the partners have resided for no less than six months.
- Under the Special Marriage Act, a couple has to give prior notice from 30 days to the day of wedding to either of the resident’s jurisdiction sub-registrar.
Necessary Documents For Marriage Registration In India
- Application form signed by both husband and wife.
- Residential Proof of both partners like Aadhar card, passport, or driving license.
- D.O.B certificate of both partners.
- An affidavit which has the venue and date of marriage, partners’ marital status at the time of the wedding, date of birth of both parties at the time of wedding, and nationality.
- Wedding invite with the name of both husband and wife, venue, and date of marriage.
- A signed certificate from the priest who solemnized the marriage.
- Certificate of religious conversion, if applicable.
- Copy of divorce documents, if applicable.
- Death certificate of spouse, if applicable.
- Two witnesses from your original wedding are also required to be present at the sub-registrar office when legalizing the marriage.
There is also a provision of online marriage registration in India that would save you both time and energy. Marriage registration thought the most important, is also the most overlooked aspect of weddings in India. In a democratic nation like ours, new acts and rules are formed rather quickly. Therefore, marriage certificates not only grant security in legal proceedings but also allow the couple to be ready for these unexpected changes.
We hope the rundown of marital legalization in India would encourage you to certify your wedding right away!