Foreign country means a country or place outside India, and includes a ship which is for the time being in the territorial waters of such a country or place; where you intend to get married to her.
You can get married in the Consulate General of India of that country by following the procedures given below:
The prospective bride and groom need to appear in person/before the Marriage Officer along with three witnesses with residence visas.
They need to submit the prescribed “Notice of Intended Marriage” form duly filled along with a fee.
The form consists of notice, declaration and a sworn affidavit.
A date for solemnization of the marriage is given 30 days after the publication of the Notice and provided no objections are received from any quarter.
A day prior to the date of solemnization of marriage, original passports of the couple and witnesses are required to be submitted to the Marriage Officer.
On the scheduled date the prospective couple along with the three witnesses come to the Consulate for solemnization of the marriage.
Notice in the prescribed format is to be published in a widely circulated newspaper in the home country, at the place of permanent residence as indicated in the passports of bride and groom, and in the present country.
After the publication of the Notice, the applicants are required to submit the concerned newspapers.
If one of the spouses is not an Indian?
A No-Impediment (singleness) Certificate is to be obtained from their respective Consulate, which should be duly attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of that Government.
In case, where the Consulate does not issue such a certificate, a sworn affidavit attested by the respective Consulate of the non-Indian applicant needs to be submitted.
A certificate from the Consulate of the non-Indian applicant stating that his/her country’s respective law does not prohibit their nationals from marrying foreign nationals.
Any more local requirements shall be notified by the authorities after which you can solemnize the marriage in the US to make this marriage valid in India.
1. Under what law do you want to marry your fiancee? will it be as per Hindu Marriage Act by following the Hindu customs and rituals?
2. If you marry her by following Hindu customs and rituals then you can get your said marriage registered as per the Hindu Marriage Act before the appropriate officer of the Indian Consulate.
3. Indian Consulate situated abroad to act as an extension of the Indian administration for which you can get your marriage registered there which will be treated as valid both in the USA and in India.
4. You can get your marriage registered in the above way even without performing any religious customs and rituals.
The Marriage which is solemnized and registered in any foreign country between two Indians (whether or not either of them has NRI status or not is immaterial here) should be duly registered under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 in any of the foreign countries (before the Indian High Commission and or before the Indian Consulate Generals Office as the case is) OR should be certified under the Act in that foreign country where it was solemnized OR should be registered in India by the parties either under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 or any other Matrimonial enactment made for the registration of the marriage.
In case you are no longer an Indian citizen, you will be required to get the registration done under the Special marriage act in India itself.
SOURCE: INTERNET.
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