Hi everyone, could someone help me out? I can’t find a solution because I need to get married in France with my partner, who is Cambodian. Her birth village refuses to provide a certificate of custom—they just won’t do it. I contacted the Cambodian embassy in France, and they told me that her village’s town hall should just give her a document stating they can’t issue it, signed and stamped. So, my partner went back and asked again in writing, but they still refused. At this point, I don’t know what to do, especially since my partner has to come to France in September to get married at the town hall, and they’re asking for the same thing. Can anyone help?
Best regards.
Obtenir une CCAM
by Mariesol79
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Oui à la fin de la procédure
Coucou ma belle permets moi de répondre à ton message. Je te conseille de dire à ton chéri d appeler lundi à partir de 15h au consulat. La nouvelle équipe qui travaille au consulat sont vraiment cool et vont mieux vous dire ce qui manque dans votre dossier.
Ok ma belle merci. Je n'ai pas encore envoyé mon dossier parce que j'attend que mon fiancé m'envoie le certificat de non opposition je compte envoyer le dossier le mois prochain j'ai regardé les rdv pour l'audition c'est grave chaud les créneaux sont occupés le prochain créneau est le 12 mars prochain c'est grave loin, c'est vraiment dure cette situation 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 je voulais aller au pays en décembre mais la c'est mort mon chéri me manque beaucoup 😔 😔 😔 😔
Mboudou
Ok ma belle je lui dirai de prendre celui du 12 mars là je sens que j'irai au pays entre temps c'est trop loin 😭😭😭
Mboudou
Coucou ma puce .si tu as pris le rendez-vous du 12 mars pas de soucis. Mais de temps en temps n existe pas d aller regarder dans leurs créneaux , même tard la nuit regarde les créneaux. Car il y a des personnes qu il annule leurs rendez-vous et comme ça pourquoi pas tu peux avoir la chance d avoir un rendez-vous bien plus proches.
Coucou ma belle. J ai terminé ma procédure depuis 2017 et je vis en France .je suis ici , si je peux aidé les autres a ne pas tomber dans les dossiers envoyé à Nantes comme le mien
Coucou ma belle. J ai terminé ma procédure depuis 2017 et je vis en France .je suis ici , si je peux aidé les autres a ne pas tomber dans les dossiers envoyé à Nantes comme le mien
Bsr cc tu vas bien jesper? An fait j'aimerai savoir qu'est ce qui cause l'envoie du dossier à Nantes
Bsr cc tu vas bien jesper? An fait j'aimerai savoir qu'est ce qui cause l'envoie du dossier à Nantes
Good mood
Qu'es qui cause un envoi à Nantes ? Mon fiancé a essayé de prendre un rdv pour le 12 mars hier il n'a pas pu il y'a eu pb au niveau de l'email il a mis mon mail mais on dit que ça ne correspond pas on s'est dit qu'il faut kil mette son mail à lui du coup il ouvrira un compte tout à l'heure il le fera je ne sais pas si c'est ça le pb
Mboudou
Coucou Clara.
J ai une préoccupation svp .lorsqu on reçoit un mail comme quoi dossier en cours de transcription sa veut dire quoi ? Faut attendre combien de jours pour leur faire encore un autre mails svp .merci pour vos réponses les filles
J ai une préoccupation svp .lorsqu on reçoit un mail comme quoi dossier en cours de transcription sa veut dire quoi ? Faut attendre combien de jours pour leur faire encore un autre mails svp .merci pour vos réponses les filles
Bsr miss, je suis un même stade que toi donc j'attends aussi les réponses des autres. Attendons seulement ma sœur.
Sindy tu attends aussi la transcription ? Je disais que moi aussi je suis en attente. Donc je ne sais pas trop quoi dire pour le moment. Voilà déjà quatre mois d'attente et toujours rien.
Coucou ma belle , sa disait quoi le dernier mail que tu avais reçu venant du consulat ?
Coucou clara je t ai envoyé mon numéro par message privé écrit moi sur whatsapp stp .merci
Bjr sindy ok je le fais tout de suite
Bonjour Baby
Tu dépends de Yde ou Dla?
Ça fait 4 mois que tu attends ta transcription ? Tu as eu le CCAM en combien de temps ?
Bonjour Baby
Tu dépends de Yde ou Dla?
Ça fait 4 mois que tu attends ta transcription ? Tu as eu le CCAM en combien de temps ?
Bjr Line Cmt vas tu? Le nombre de temps pour lequel on a mis pour avoir le ccam impacte t il sur le délai de la transcription ?? Moi je dépend de Yaoundé et j attend depuis 3 mois déjà 😓
Bjr Line Cmt vas tu? Le nombre de temps pour lequel on a mis pour avoir le ccam impacte t il sur le délai de la transcription ?? Moi je dépend de Yaoundé et j attend depuis 3 mois déjà 😓
If you can dream it you can do it🤸🏿♂️
Bjr line, j'ai eu la ccam six semaines après mon audition. J'ai été auditionnée le 22 janvier et le 8 mars on a reçu un mail du consulat pour aller chercher la ccam. Je dépend de douala.
Oui ça fait d'ici le 17 octobre, ça fera exactement 4 mois que nous attendons la transcription. Nous nous sommes mariés le 28 mars mais nous avons déposé le dossier de transcription le 17 mai parce-que je devais finir avec ma procédure de reconstitution d'acte de naissance. Sinon il y'a de cela deux semaines nous sommes allés au consulat voir s'il y avait problème, ils nous ont dit qu'ils avaient déjà reçu les réponses des autorités administratives et qu'ils allaient nous appeler ou faire envoyer un mail une fois que la transcription sera disponible mais là on attend toujours l'enfant et l'enfant ne vient pas!😄
Oui ça fait d'ici le 17 octobre, ça fera exactement 4 mois que nous attendons la transcription. Nous nous sommes mariés le 28 mars mais nous avons déposé le dossier de transcription le 17 mai parce-que je devais finir avec ma procédure de reconstitution d'acte de naissance. Sinon il y'a de cela deux semaines nous sommes allés au consulat voir s'il y avait problème, ils nous ont dit qu'ils avaient déjà reçu les réponses des autorités administratives et qu'ils allaient nous appeler ou faire envoyer un mail une fois que la transcription sera disponible mais là on attend toujours l'enfant et l'enfant ne vient pas!😄
Hiiiiiyéééé 😛 C'est mieux de le prendre avec humour sinon quelqu'un peut faire un AVC pendant cette procédure
Hiiiiiyéééé 😛 C'est mieux de le prendre avec humour sinon quelqu'un peut faire un AVC pendant cette procédure
Je te dis Line, la procédure ci est pire que l'avc même même😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 tchaiiii on attend ... On on on attend.... Iyiiiiéeeeeh😂😂😂
Je te dis Line, la procédure ci est pire que l'avc même même😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 tchaiiii on attend ... On on on attend.... Iyiiiiéeeeeh😂😂😂
🤣🤣
🤣🤣
If you can dream it you can do it🤸🏿♂️
Bonjour tout le monde,
Svp le conjoint camerounais peut il appeler le consulat pour connaître l'avancement du dossier ?
Merci
Quand ils entendent l'accent Camerounaid ils raccrocheront directement. . J'avais assisté a ca lors de mon audition. . Mon auditionneuse se fachait meme😄
Pck ils le précisent les appels et mails sont reserves au conjoint francais...
Il faut faire preuve de patience. . Courage
QUAND ILS ENTENDENT L ACCES CAMEROUNAIS : ILS RACCROCHENT DIRECTEMENT : mais vous allez nous tuer de rire!!!! on va tout entendre ; que faire des Français d 'origine camerounaise qui n ont pas changé d' accent . aujourd'hui les camerounaises et camerounais wouatisent plus que les français . C 'est peut être la personne qui NOUS prend au téléphone qui est mal lunée ou fatigué et raccroche ; c 'est pas trop le problème d'accent .
Quand ils entendent l'accent Camerounaid ils raccrocheront directement. . J'avais assisté a ca lors de mon audition. . Mon auditionneuse se fachait meme😄
Pck ils le précisent les appels et mails sont reserves au conjoint francais...
Il faut faire preuve de patience. . Courage
QUAND ILS ENTENDENT L ACCES CAMEROUNAIS : ILS RACCROCHENT DIRECTEMENT : mais vous allez nous tuer de rire!!!! on va tout entendre ; que faire des Français d 'origine camerounaise qui n ont pas changé d' accent . aujourd'hui les camerounaises et camerounais wouatisent plus que les français . C 'est peut être la personne qui NOUS prend au téléphone qui est mal lunée ou fatigué et raccroche ; c 'est pas trop le problème d'accent .
Bjr les filles svp j'aimerais avoir un renseignement mon fiancé avait fait son certificat de célibataire et de domicile à la mairie d'essos publications des bans à essos, maintenant au niveau de la facture il veut prendre celui de son père ki vit à minboman dites moi eske c'est dérangeant de prendre celle de son père qui vit à minboman ? Ou bien il doit prendre celle de son oncle qui vit à essos ? Je suis un peu perdue svp j'attends vos réponses merci
Mboudou
L'un ou lautre ca ne derange absolument pas mais lors de l'audition quil se rappelle a qui il a pris le certificat de domicile
Et que ce soit loncle ou son papa quil prenne une facture et une attestation de sa cni.. Courage
Et que ce soit loncle ou son papa quil prenne une facture et une attestation de sa cni.. Courage
Pourquoi prendre les factures de mimboman si le certificat de domicile et tout le reste est fait à essos??? Faut pas se compliquer la vie, les factures sont justement la preuve du domicile à essos donc qu'il utilise les factures de son oncle qui vit a essos. Bon maintenant si essos et mimboman c'est au même endroit à Yaoundé c'est à vous de voir hein. Sinon c'est bien dit lieu de naissance ou de résidence soit l'un ou l'autre. Tu peux pas dire " je réside à Étoudi" la mairie te fait un certificat de domicile et au lieu de mettre des factures qui prouvent justement que ton domicile de trouve à Étoudi, tu pars chercher des factures d'un domicile situé à Mvan. Je ne comprend pas!
Ok merci les filles du coup je lui dirai de prendre les factures de son oncle qui réside à essos. Minboman est très proche d'essos, il n'y a pas de mairie à minboman du coup il a fait ses documents à la mairie d'essos ! Merci les filles
Mboudou
La plupart des mairies exigent la ccam pour célébrer un mariage franco camer. Et même si tu réussi à trouver une qui accepte, tu devras toujours te souscrire à la procédure pour pouvoir rejoindre ton mari. Donc mon conseil est de faire la ccam. Si tout est ok les choses iront relativement vite et vous serez bientôt réunis.
Les autres membres du forum viendront donner leur avis.
Bonne chance pour la suite
OUI TU PEUX TE MARIER SANS CCAM mais comme dit plus haut il vaut mieux se marier apres avoir obtenu le ccam..
Dans les 2cas tu devras passer par.la procédure ccam puis transcription donc.. . Mais la tu as la réponse a ta question donc a toi le choix
Courage
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Hello,
my Indian fiancé and I are getting married in France in a few weeks. Like many couples before us, we had extreme difficulties finding out the steps to follow in India to obtain the necessary documents for our marriage. We received no useful information from the Indian Embassy in Paris. It took us hours of research on traveler forums to gather scattered information and piece together the puzzle. I decided to summarize here the steps that allowed my fiancé to obtain the required papers, so other couples can struggle a little less than we did in the future.
I hope this post helps!
Context reminder: the list of documents required for a non-EU national to marry in France (see also www.service-public.fr):
Certificate of Custom: This is an explanation in French of the rules governing marriage eligibility in your country of origin. I read that some countries include proof that the applicant is indeed eligible. This is not the case for India.
Single-status certificate/marital capacity certificate. This is simply proof that you are eligible to marry under the laws of your country of origin.
Birth certificate.
All these documents must be less than 6 months old at the date of the banns publication.
The birth certificate and the single-status certificate must be apostilled. This procedure is linked to the international Hague Convention, of which both France and India are members. The apostille is a kind of stamp affixed to an official document by the authorities of the country where it was issued, giving it legal value in a third country.
How we obtained these documents:
The certificate of custom is very easy to obtain if you already live in France. You just need to go to the Indian Embassy in Paris with the required documents and pay the fees. We received it by mail the next day. The instructions on the Indian Embassy in Paris website are very clear (spring 2019). See also the VFS Global website (the company to which the embassy outsources consular activities).
Obtaining the single-status certificate was much more complicated. In France, a birth certificate is enough to prove whether you are married or not, as annotations are added for every major life event. In contrast, the Indian administration, although it can prove that someone is already married, is unable to prove that someone is still single. The only way to resolve this is to produce an affidavit. It took several trials and errors before we succeeded, as the administrators we dealt with generally did not know the procedure. Here’s what finally worked:
Prepare the affidavit on 100-rupee bond paper (first party: signatory; second party: Sub-Divisional Magistrate) at the Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s office in your place of birth. See Model No. 1 below. It must be signed by you and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. For my fiancé, the latter only agreed to sign after presenting a certificate from the Tahsildar of his birth Taluk stating that he knew my fiancé was still single. If you don’t know the Tahsildar well, it might be useful to first request such a certificate from the "village accountant" before approaching the Tahsildar. We don’t know if the process would be the same in other districts than my fiancé’s. Attestation at the Regional Commissioner’s (RC) office. The Ministry of External Affairs will only apostille documents that have been attested this way. In our case, we found clear information about the procedure on the Regional Commissioner’s website (required documents, cost, bond paper value). The RC asked us to justify why my fiancé needed a single-status certificate. Such certificates are usually requested by people wishing to join the army, in which case the RC receives a request letter. I asked the mayor of my village to sign such a letter (see Model No. 2, which I wrote myself). I come from a very small town, which was lucky here, as the mayor knows both of us personally and immediately agreed to do it. I have no idea if it would be as easy in a larger town. Once the document was submitted to the RC, it was sent back to the administrator who issued it for authentication. This back-and-forth should not take more than 25 days, but it may be useful to follow the progress of the procedure by calling or visiting the offices of both administrations regularly. Send the attested documents to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for apostille. In 2019, the Indian MEA only accepts apostille requests through private operators, whose list is available on the MEA website.
The birth certificate, once obtained from the municipality of your place of birth, follows the same procedure as the single-status certificate: attestation by the Regional Commissioner, then apostille at the Ministry of External Affairs.
Note: The Indian Embassy in Paris offers to issue a birth certificate. We recommend NOT GOING THROUGH THEM. The procedure is expensive, and they simply copy the information available on your passport. We seriously doubt the validity of such a document for marriage.
A few tips:
Obtaining these documents in India will require a lot of time, patience, and creativity! For us, more than 4 months passed between the moment my fiancé signed his single-status certificate and the day we had it apostilled in hand. In the meantime, there were dozens of phone calls and visits to various local administrations, a lot of brainstorming, and money wasted on canceled flights due to the monsoon.
If you have contacts in the local administration, don’t hesitate to use them. Also, if possible, closely monitor the progress of the procedures by calling or visiting the offices regularly, as mistakes are very common.
I recommend only requesting the certificate of custom once you’re close to having the other documents in hand, as it’s expensive, its issuance is very quick (at least if you both live in France; otherwise, I don’t know), and it’s only valid for 6 months.
All the steps for the birth certificate and the single-status certificate must be done in person, which can be complicated if you already live outside India. Some companies offer to handle it for you if you’re willing to pay. My fiancé bypassed the problem by designating his brother as an "Authorised representative" (a step taken at the notary of his birth Taluk). Once the single-status certificate was established in person, my fiancé’s brother was able to take over and complete the rest of the steps on his behalf. Finally, we asked the service provider handling the apostille to send the documents to our address in France via DHL (we don’t trust the postal service, as we’ve had mail stuck at customs for several weeks before).
My fiancé first tried to establish his single-status certificate at the notary of his birth Taluk. It didn’t work because the Regional Commissioner categorically refused to attest it. Indeed, it is generally forbidden to make any modifications to a document signed by a notary.
Once the birth certificate and the single-status certificate arrive in France, you must have them translated by a sworn translator registered with the Court of Appeal in your area. You can find the list on your Court of Appeal’s website. There are no sworn translators for all Indian languages! So, check beforehand if one exists for the language in which your certificates will be issued, or ensure they are issued in English.
Model No. 1 - Single-status certificate, affidavit
I, (name of applicant), son of (name of father) and (name of mother), with permanent address (address in India), solemnly affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a citizen of India 2. That I was born in (place of birth) on the (date of birth) 3. That I am holding a valid Indian passport bearing the number (passport number) issued at (place of issue) and valid from (date of issue) to (date of expiry). 4. That I am unmarried (single) and have no living spouse at present either in India or abroad 5. That I am eligible to marry an Indian or a person of any other nationality according to law. 6. That I am of sound health and in mentally fit condition 7. I further state that whatever stated therein is correct to the best of my knowledge.
I am aware that suppression of facts or furnishing false/misleading information is punishable under Indian law, under section 193(2), 199, 200 of the Indian Penal Code.
Solemnly declared at (place of signature) on (date of signature).
(your signature) (the subdivisional magistrate’s signature)
Model No. 2 – Request letter from the French mayor to the Indian Regional Commissioner
Dear Sir/Madam, (English version below) I, the undersigned (Mayor’s name), Mayor of the Commune of xxx, department of xxx, France, certify as follows. Firstly, that Mr./Ms. (Name of the Indian future spouse), citizen of India, passport No. xxx, issued in xxx on xxx, valid until xxx, residing at (address), INDIA, and Ms./Mr. (Name of the French future spouse), citizen of France, passport No. xxx, residing at (address), FRANCE, have requested that I solemnize their marriage in my Commune under French law.
Secondly, that French law requires me to request from Mr./Ms. (Name of the Indian future spouse) a certificate attesting to their single status.
Issued for all legal purposes.
(Place, date, stamp, and signature of the mayor)
Note: Prepared on the town hall’s letterhead, directly in both French AND English to avoid needing a translator.
Context reminder: the list of documents required for a non-EU national to marry in France (see also www.service-public.fr):
Certificate of Custom: This is an explanation in French of the rules governing marriage eligibility in your country of origin. I read that some countries include proof that the applicant is indeed eligible. This is not the case for India.
Single-status certificate/marital capacity certificate. This is simply proof that you are eligible to marry under the laws of your country of origin.
Birth certificate.
All these documents must be less than 6 months old at the date of the banns publication.
The birth certificate and the single-status certificate must be apostilled. This procedure is linked to the international Hague Convention, of which both France and India are members. The apostille is a kind of stamp affixed to an official document by the authorities of the country where it was issued, giving it legal value in a third country.
How we obtained these documents:
The certificate of custom is very easy to obtain if you already live in France. You just need to go to the Indian Embassy in Paris with the required documents and pay the fees. We received it by mail the next day. The instructions on the Indian Embassy in Paris website are very clear (spring 2019). See also the VFS Global website (the company to which the embassy outsources consular activities).
Obtaining the single-status certificate was much more complicated. In France, a birth certificate is enough to prove whether you are married or not, as annotations are added for every major life event. In contrast, the Indian administration, although it can prove that someone is already married, is unable to prove that someone is still single. The only way to resolve this is to produce an affidavit. It took several trials and errors before we succeeded, as the administrators we dealt with generally did not know the procedure. Here’s what finally worked:
Prepare the affidavit on 100-rupee bond paper (first party: signatory; second party: Sub-Divisional Magistrate) at the Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s office in your place of birth. See Model No. 1 below. It must be signed by you and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. For my fiancé, the latter only agreed to sign after presenting a certificate from the Tahsildar of his birth Taluk stating that he knew my fiancé was still single. If you don’t know the Tahsildar well, it might be useful to first request such a certificate from the "village accountant" before approaching the Tahsildar. We don’t know if the process would be the same in other districts than my fiancé’s. Attestation at the Regional Commissioner’s (RC) office. The Ministry of External Affairs will only apostille documents that have been attested this way. In our case, we found clear information about the procedure on the Regional Commissioner’s website (required documents, cost, bond paper value). The RC asked us to justify why my fiancé needed a single-status certificate. Such certificates are usually requested by people wishing to join the army, in which case the RC receives a request letter. I asked the mayor of my village to sign such a letter (see Model No. 2, which I wrote myself). I come from a very small town, which was lucky here, as the mayor knows both of us personally and immediately agreed to do it. I have no idea if it would be as easy in a larger town. Once the document was submitted to the RC, it was sent back to the administrator who issued it for authentication. This back-and-forth should not take more than 25 days, but it may be useful to follow the progress of the procedure by calling or visiting the offices of both administrations regularly. Send the attested documents to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for apostille. In 2019, the Indian MEA only accepts apostille requests through private operators, whose list is available on the MEA website.
The birth certificate, once obtained from the municipality of your place of birth, follows the same procedure as the single-status certificate: attestation by the Regional Commissioner, then apostille at the Ministry of External Affairs.
Note: The Indian Embassy in Paris offers to issue a birth certificate. We recommend NOT GOING THROUGH THEM. The procedure is expensive, and they simply copy the information available on your passport. We seriously doubt the validity of such a document for marriage.
A few tips:
Obtaining these documents in India will require a lot of time, patience, and creativity! For us, more than 4 months passed between the moment my fiancé signed his single-status certificate and the day we had it apostilled in hand. In the meantime, there were dozens of phone calls and visits to various local administrations, a lot of brainstorming, and money wasted on canceled flights due to the monsoon.
If you have contacts in the local administration, don’t hesitate to use them. Also, if possible, closely monitor the progress of the procedures by calling or visiting the offices regularly, as mistakes are very common.
I recommend only requesting the certificate of custom once you’re close to having the other documents in hand, as it’s expensive, its issuance is very quick (at least if you both live in France; otherwise, I don’t know), and it’s only valid for 6 months.
All the steps for the birth certificate and the single-status certificate must be done in person, which can be complicated if you already live outside India. Some companies offer to handle it for you if you’re willing to pay. My fiancé bypassed the problem by designating his brother as an "Authorised representative" (a step taken at the notary of his birth Taluk). Once the single-status certificate was established in person, my fiancé’s brother was able to take over and complete the rest of the steps on his behalf. Finally, we asked the service provider handling the apostille to send the documents to our address in France via DHL (we don’t trust the postal service, as we’ve had mail stuck at customs for several weeks before).
My fiancé first tried to establish his single-status certificate at the notary of his birth Taluk. It didn’t work because the Regional Commissioner categorically refused to attest it. Indeed, it is generally forbidden to make any modifications to a document signed by a notary.
Once the birth certificate and the single-status certificate arrive in France, you must have them translated by a sworn translator registered with the Court of Appeal in your area. You can find the list on your Court of Appeal’s website. There are no sworn translators for all Indian languages! So, check beforehand if one exists for the language in which your certificates will be issued, or ensure they are issued in English.
Model No. 1 - Single-status certificate, affidavit
I, (name of applicant), son of (name of father) and (name of mother), with permanent address (address in India), solemnly affirm and declare as follows: 1. That I am a citizen of India 2. That I was born in (place of birth) on the (date of birth) 3. That I am holding a valid Indian passport bearing the number (passport number) issued at (place of issue) and valid from (date of issue) to (date of expiry). 4. That I am unmarried (single) and have no living spouse at present either in India or abroad 5. That I am eligible to marry an Indian or a person of any other nationality according to law. 6. That I am of sound health and in mentally fit condition 7. I further state that whatever stated therein is correct to the best of my knowledge.
I am aware that suppression of facts or furnishing false/misleading information is punishable under Indian law, under section 193(2), 199, 200 of the Indian Penal Code.
Solemnly declared at (place of signature) on (date of signature).
(your signature) (the subdivisional magistrate’s signature)
Model No. 2 – Request letter from the French mayor to the Indian Regional Commissioner
Dear Sir/Madam, (English version below) I, the undersigned (Mayor’s name), Mayor of the Commune of xxx, department of xxx, France, certify as follows. Firstly, that Mr./Ms. (Name of the Indian future spouse), citizen of India, passport No. xxx, issued in xxx on xxx, valid until xxx, residing at (address), INDIA, and Ms./Mr. (Name of the French future spouse), citizen of France, passport No. xxx, residing at (address), FRANCE, have requested that I solemnize their marriage in my Commune under French law.
Secondly, that French law requires me to request from Mr./Ms. (Name of the Indian future spouse) a certificate attesting to their single status.
Issued for all legal purposes.
(Place, date, stamp, and signature of the mayor)
Note: Prepared on the town hall’s letterhead, directly in both French AND English to avoid needing a translator.
Hi there, please could you tell me how to arrange a marriage interview at the embassy? My fiancé has already been interviewed. Thanks to anyone who can help me out!
hi everyone,
I’m new to this site. Here’s my issue: I just got married in Cameroon to my wife, and I’m waiting for our family record book. After that, I’m trying to figure out what I need to do to apply for her visa. But I’d like her to apply for visas for her children at the same time so they can come with her—is that possible?! Do we need to get passports for her children, or is just the visa application enough? They’re 8 and 15 years old. Thanks!
Otherwise, I’d have to apply for family reunification, but she’d have to stay in France for 18 months before she can apply for her children’s visas—that’s way too long!!!
If anyone can give me some advice or help with this complicated situation, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks so much for your help. Best regards,
Otherwise, I’d have to apply for family reunification, but she’d have to stay in France for 18 months before she can apply for her children’s visas—that’s way too long!!!
If anyone can give me some advice or help with this complicated situation, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks so much for your help. Best regards,
Hi, the situation is complicated...
My son would like to marry his girlfriend (married to a Filipino in the Philippines but separated for 14 years), who is from the Philippines... but... what complicates things is that she lives in Switzerland illegally—her visa expired after a divorce from a Swiss national, and she received a deportation order in 2022 but never left.
Just to clarify, she’s been working in Switzerland for 10 years and pays Swiss taxes...
Recently, she reapplied for a work visa to request residency rights so she could marry my son, but they refused, and she’s already received an order to leave the country... What can we do? We don’t know who to turn to
I was interviewed at the town hall of my place of residence on March 7, 2025. My fiancée still hasn’t been interviewed by the consulate. The question is whether I need to schedule an appointment for her interview or wait for the consulate to call. Thanks for your reply
Hi everyone, I need some help, please. My partner wants to send our CCAM file to the embassy in Yaoundé from France. We’re wondering if, with the pandemic, the file will even arrive and how long it’ll take. Would it be better to send it directly to the address in Cameroon? We’d planned to drop it off in March but couldn’t, and my interview is next month (even though I know it’ll probably be postponed). I’d really like the file to be in their hands before my interview date. Please help—what should I do?
Hi everyone,
Please, I need your expert advice. I’m Cameroonian, married to a Frenchman of Cameroonian origin. My husband just received a message saying our marriage certificate has been properly transcribed and that copies will be sent to his local town hall via diplomatic pouch.
I’d like to know the details of what comes next so I can apply for my long-stay visa. Also, I’m about to get a passport—can I use my ID that still has my maiden name, or do I have to get a new ID with my married name before applying for a passport? Basically, will getting a passport with my maiden name now cause problems later in the process? I really don’t want to deal with the hassle of getting a new ID right now.
Thanks
Please, I need your expert advice. I’m Cameroonian, married to a Frenchman of Cameroonian origin. My husband just received a message saying our marriage certificate has been properly transcribed and that copies will be sent to his local town hall via diplomatic pouch.
I’d like to know the details of what comes next so I can apply for my long-stay visa. Also, I’m about to get a passport—can I use my ID that still has my maiden name, or do I have to get a new ID with my married name before applying for a passport? Basically, will getting a passport with my maiden name now cause problems later in the process? I really don’t want to deal with the hassle of getting a new ID right now.
Thanks
Hi, I'd like to know how long it takes for the Cameroon embassy (Yaoundé) to send the acknowledgment of receipt after receiving the application?
Hi there,
Hopefully I can find some answers here!
Our best friend, who is Moroccan/French, wants to marry an Algerian woman. They’ve already met, and the first steps have been taken. It seems like getting married under these circumstances is really complicated—has anyone been in a similar situation and could share some advice on the administrative side or the steps to take?
Thanks!
Hopefully I can find some answers here!
Our best friend, who is Moroccan/French, wants to marry an Algerian woman. They’ve already met, and the first steps have been taken. It seems like getting married under these circumstances is really complicated—has anyone been in a similar situation and could share some advice on the administrative side or the steps to take?
Thanks!