Your date of marriage on marriage certificate would not be changed
when you made application for registration of marriage you must have enclosed documentary evidence of your marriage
the certificate reflects date of marriage as declared by you
Change in Marriage date on Marriage certificate
Hello, I am having a weird kind of complex situation. I live in Germany from past 5 years and as every NRI does, I registered my marriage earlier before the actual marriage (Indian Rituals). Now, when my wife applied for her spouse visa, the embassy is requesting us to change the date on marriage certificate to the date when Indian rituals were followed. So my question here is - Is it possible to change the date on marriage certificate? If someone can help us out from this situation then it would be a great help. Thank you
Asked 3 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu
8 Answers
This is quite common problem faced by visa seeker spouses. According the German immigration authority, marriage rituals are performed first and then it is registered. Now the Embassy is asking you to produce marriage dated subsequent to marriage rituals. You cannot create photographs as you in Germany and wife is in India. You can explain the procedure of first registration and subsequent performance of marriage, the practice vogue in India .
You can change the dare of marriage in your marriage certificate only under certain circumstances for e.g. if the date is wrongly printed as against the reality, there is a clerical error in respect of the said date.
For this you will have to move a necessary application before the Registrar of Marriages with relevant evidence as to how and under which circumstances the date is wrong on the marriage certificate.
If satisfied he should allow the rectification. Here it is brought to your notice that the Registrar should give a necessary certificate as to why and how the said date has been changed and in brief mention the facts of the erroneous certificate. (This will clear obstacles which may arise in case contents and facts of both certificates clash. ) This will clear the ambiguities.
You can not change the date if above facts do not exist. You cannot write wrong facts and statements. You will have to face serious complications in case you try to manipulate the certificate by writing wrong facts. You are not advised to take such a course.
Such a step shall be considered as having committed various criminal offences for which you will be liable to be punished.
So you registered your marriage before the rituals. That way a problem may occur as a Hindu wedding isn't complete without saptapadi/seven steps. The marriage can be challenged/ may not be held legal. But courts have given many judgments in favour.
Anyways what can be done is that you may show that rituals were performed before registration of marriage and then a social marriage ceremony took place.
An affidavit can be filed.
Can you pls state what the embassy is specifically saying??
Dear client I am sorry to hear that but in this case you can file in application before the register of a marriage in order to change the date on your marriage certificate.
- If the said certificate is issued after registering the marriage , then it cannot be changed
- However, if not registered from the office of the Registrar , then you can registered the marriage even the marriage was solemnized earlier.
- Further, as you are living abroad , then your wife can apply in India for getting the same, however your appearance is needed at the time of registration of marriage before the marriage registrar.
No only error in the date can be rectified
1. Have you registered your marriage as per Hindu Marriage Act wherein the date of social marriage is to be mentioned?
2. If yes, then what date you had mentioned as your social marriage?
3. If you have registered as per Special Marriage Act, you won't have to go through the social marriage.
4. In absence of the answer to the above questions, proper answer can not be submitted.
