• Obtaining Single Status Certificate

I am a 29 year old Indian female (from Kerala) residing in the State of Qatar for the past 29 years. I am due to marry a foreigner in Qatar and for the same purpose I am required to submit an attested Certificate showing my single status at the Embassy of India here. It would be very helpful if I could receive some guidance on how to request and obtain the aforementioned certificate with all required attestations. Any advice on this matter would be highly appreciated.

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Jyothi Lakshmi
Asked 7 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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A Certificate of bachelorhood/single-status/eligibility to get married can be issued by a competent court having jurisdiction of the area of the residential address of the applicant. This can be in the form of a declaratory order for which a suit has to be filed before the appropriate court for the specific purpose which is required to be counter-attested by the Home Department of the State concerned. Thereafter, it is to be attested/apostilled by the Attestation Section of the Consular, Passport & Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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It is advisable to follow the guidelines that certain authorities deem necessary. Those wishing to marry overseas will need special documentation. First, couples will have to present a declaration that is processed by your local office where marriage documents are produced. This must be from the state where you live in Qatar. On this statement will be recorded the fact that there has not be any marriage in recent years.

Due to the fact that these types of documents are sought for foreign involvement one will need the local or state registrars account or declaration to be authenticated to work abroad.

  • Go to the Civil Registry office where marriages are registered.
  • Present and submit required documents.
  • Complete a form and declare.
  • Pay the fee.

Required Documents

  • National identity card or Passport.
  • Proof of address.
  • If divorced, Decree Absolute.
  • If widowed, Death Certificate of previous spouse (and Marriage Certificate).
  • If your name has been changed by Deed Poll, proof is necessary.
  • The relevant fee.

 

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Justice Contacts


General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs
Tornado Tower, 42nd and 43rd floor - West Bay
P.O. Box: 22257
Doha - Qatar

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
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267 Consultations

Hello,

refer to the following link for entire  procedure:

 

https://www.mea.gov.in/bachelorhood-single-status-certificate.htm

 

Regards

 

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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377 Consultations

Dear Client,

Since your birth you are staying in Qatar, so maiden status certificate will also be issued by QATAR govt. In India, Certificate of bachelorhood/single-status/eligibility to get married can be issued by a competent court having jurisdiction of the area of the residential address of the applicant. This can be in the form of a declaratory order for which a suit has to be filed before the appropriate court for the specific purpose which is required to be counter-attested by the Home Department of the State concerned. Thereafter, it is to be attested/apostilled by the Attestation Section of the Consular, Passport & Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
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31 Consultations

A Certificate of bachelorhood/single-status/eligibility to get married can be issued by a competent court having jurisdiction of the area of the residential address of the applicant. This can be in the form of a declaratory order for which a suit has to be filed before the appropriate court for the specific purpose which is required to be counter-attested by the Home Department of the State concerned. Thereafter, it is to be attested/apostilled by the Attestation Section of the Consular, Passport & Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

 

https://www.mea.gov.in/bachelorhood-single-status-certificate.htm

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
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Dear Madam,

The following information may kindly be read and I think it is useful to you.

A Certificate of bachelorhood/single-status/eligibility to get married can be issued by a competent court having jurisdiction of the area of the residential address of the applicant. This can be in the form of a declaratory order for which a suit has to be filed before the appropriate court for the specific purpose which is required to be counter-attested by the Home Department of the State concerned. Thereafter, it is to be attested/apostilled by the Attestation Section of the Consular, Passport & Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Kindly note that the applications for attestations are to be submitted with the Outsourced agencies, for details please log on tohttp://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm

 

STEP 1 - you have to get a notary document from any notary shop nearby and add these points,

  1. a) you are a citizen of india with passport number and your parents name and your residence address

b)mention that you are single and free to marry either in india or outside the borders and you can mention your date of birth that is necessary too.

step 2 - go to the SDM office of your area and get the SDM stamp on the document, dont get tehsildar or executive magistrate or assistant of sdm sign on it because it wont be used or approved by the MEA(ministry of external affairs). it will take your day or 2 because these sdm mostly never at there office and the assistant or employees of government wanna give you a run around so they will just push you away. NOBODY IN THE GOVT OFFICE EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS SO BE READY TO DEAL WITH UNEDUCATED AND UNETHICAL PEOPLE OF ERA WHO WILL WASTE YOUR TIME JUST FOR A STAMP. if they ask you how could i believe you that you are single then you need to show them a decleration from your parents that you are free to marry ( it is not necessary according to the law.

step 3 - Google apostile services nearby and go to the company who does apostile and give them the sdm stamped notary document. this is the easiest one you will get it in a day. as MEA dont take docs personally so you have to go through a company. they cost around 75 rs to get everything done. dont get in the trap of people who say its for 4k or 7k rs coz it just cost 100rs not more than that. when i was outside india i reached out to these companies they said almost 7k-24k to get everything done. as well you can write a letter of authorisation to authorise your brother or family member to do everything for you if you are outside india.

 

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
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27 Consultations

you need to submit an affidavit to the Magistrate having jurisdiction over your residence address in India

the order passed by the Magistrate has to then be pre-authenticated by the Home Department of your state in India

this document then requires to be apostilled either by Indian Embassy in Qatar or through the third party agencies appointed by the Ministry of External Affairs in India

 

Yusuf Rampurawala
Advocate, Mumbai
7899 Answers
79 Consultations

Hello,

All you need is to write an application stating all the details of your and your spouse along with the Xerox copy of all the documents.

Regards

Swarupananda Neogi
Advocate, Kolkata
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6 Consultations

1. From whom do you require the said single status certificate in India?

 

2. You can get an affidavit afformed and based on that you can get the said certificate from the Counselor of the  ward of your local Municipal Corporation.

 

Krishna Kishore Ganguly
Advocate, Kolkata
27703 Answers
726 Consultations

You have to give an affidavit in this regard that you are single this affidavit should be notarized and attested by the embassy on the basis of your affidavit and your passport details The embassy will authenticate your document on payment of requisite fee.

Vimlesh Prasad Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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23 Consultations

You would simply need an affidavit stating that you are single and have no living husband while making this affidavit, which has to stamped by SDM.

 

Once that is done you would need the stamped document to be apostilled by MEA approved Agencies.

 

 

Siddharth Jain
Advocate, New Delhi
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102 Consultations

There is no provison in law to provide such certificates in India.

 

Some states namely Punjab, furnish such certificates to the desirous people through their online portal.

 

But Kerala may not have any such law in force however the village officer may furnish his report  stating that it is found on enquiry from the neighbors that the candidate is unmarried, the Taluk level revenue officer may endorse a certificate to this effect on the basis of the village officer's report, but how far the revenue officer of the taluk will be cooiperative in this regard is to be seen after you approach one.

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T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2492 Consultations

you can approach the embassy and fill the necessary forms and documents.you can seek information from them from which authority they need like an advocate, notary public or indian court.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34514 Answers
249 Consultations

hello

       you are an Indian citizen and therefore you should declare that you are single and are not married. this affidavit should be stamped and signed by a public notary and 2 witnesses and that is a declaratory document that is a proof that you are single and can and will be used against you in a court of law in case of any discrepancy. a public notary is competent to make this certificate. office of the embassy should be approached.

regards


hello

       you are an Indian citizen and therefore you should declare that you are single and are not married. this affidavit should be stamped and signed by a public notary and 2 witnesses and that is a declaratory document that is a proof that you are single and can and will be used against you in a court of law in case of any discrepancy. a public notary is competent to make this certificate. office of the embassy should be approached.

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Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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