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.
Combien de temps dure la transcription d'un mariage franco-algérien?
by Moninota
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
bonjour. bon je veux savoir si les fiches de paye de mon mari et ainsi les impots sont inclus dans le dossier de demande visa conjoint de français ???
bonjour me sophie
tu sais défois le consulat demande les factures juste pour etre sur de la résidance du conjoint
demande a ton mari de ramené avec lui un justificatif de la résidance ou une facture edf(gaz électrécité)c comme nous
et en plus une lettre manuscritede sa part(écrites par lui)attestant héberger cette copie c juste un double.
et son justificatif de nationalité francaise ou ca carte d'identité
et le reste du dossier bien sur
un formulaire de visa court séjour mais attention dans la case num 29 il faut coché sur autreset écrire en main établissement famillial si tu veux je t'envoie le formulaire par mail.
bisous
merci ma alisya
oui g dèja imprimè le formulaire de demande visa et merci pour l'information ke tu ma donnè sur la case 29 et puis mon mari habite chez sa mère alors kessk'il doit me ramener à ce cas là ???
Une loi en France ???? Mais on fait ce qu'on veut ici ! Je connais des couples avec 30 ans de différence ! Homme plus âgé que la femme, mais l'inverse avec un mariage mixte où une femme de 50 ans fait les démarches pour se marier avec un jeune de 30 ans par ex. cela ne passe pas facielement !!!! Eh oui, on le sait très bien que l'homme jeune de nationalité maghrebine veut à tout prix des enfants (propre choix ou tradition ou pression familiale). Le fait de se marier comme un jeune célibataire avec une femme étrangère qui ne peut plus avoir d'enfant, cela parait trop louche !!! Quand il y a de tas de jeunes femmes toutes belles et jeunes en Algérie, en attente d'être mariés ....
En france, on se marie ou pas c'est la même chose, même si une femme de 55 ans se met en ménage avec un homme de 37 ans, cela ne les regarde qu'eux ! L'homme étati déjà en couple probablement avant, avec ou sans enfants, mais ici, il y a plein d'hommes qui ne veulent pas ou plus d'enfants ! Il n'y aucune pression là-dessus !
Comprends tu la différence ?
Cette loi dont tu parles n'existes pas ! L'audition ne sert uniquement à détecter le risque d'un mariage "papier" ou mariage "blanc"...! Idem le mariage contracté avec un bi-national !
En france, on se marie ou pas c'est la même chose, même si une femme de 55 ans se met en ménage avec un homme de 37 ans, cela ne les regarde qu'eux ! L'homme étati déjà en couple probablement avant, avec ou sans enfants, mais ici, il y a plein d'hommes qui ne veulent pas ou plus d'enfants ! Il n'y aucune pression là-dessus !
Comprends tu la différence ?
Cette loi dont tu parles n'existes pas ! L'audition ne sert uniquement à détecter le risque d'un mariage "papier" ou mariage "blanc"...! Idem le mariage contracté avec un bi-national !
en tt cas c'est ce qu'ils ont dis a mon mari
le reste allah le sait.
en tt cas on va passais par l'audition quelques soit les conséquances ca ne change rien malheureusement.
et pour la lois c pas q mon mari seul qu'il me la informé je l'est entendus aillleurs aussi
mais bon je ne sais rien.merci comme meme bisous
merci beaucoup pour la reponse, et oui ils ons recus le dossier de transcripion aujoudhui et je n sais pas combien d temp sa vas duré pour avoir le livret francais et les actes je mkt trop stp repond moi
bonjour lyesalgerie
tu sais il faut compté un bon mois pour avoir la réponse enfin le livret et si le dossier reviens au bout de 15 joures veut dire qu'il manqué un truc mais priant pour q ca soit le contraire nchallah
je viens de lire tes msg je vois q ta passéle ccm alors voila c un tres tres bon signe tu va y avoir ta transcription meme avant un mois nchallah ca va venir t'inquiete.
j'attends la bonne nouvelle........................................................................alisya
bonjour,
et bien, j'ai reçu une convocation pour mon rdv pour l'audition, puisque c'est avec ça qu'on puisse rentré au consulat et avec la pièce d'identité, a moins que sur alger ce n'est pas la meme chose, mais je pense que partout c'est pareil
je vois que tu t'inquiètte un peu trop, tu sais khaliha ala rabi sebhanou, ki tekteb telhak
tu verra, parfois qu'on oublie la chose ça nous vient
moi, ça fait plus que deux moi que nos auditons sont fait, et nous n'avons aucune nouvelle, mais ça va venir nchalah, il fait être optimiste, et n'oublie pas que la bas a anates ils ont des milliers de dossiers, donc faut patienter seuleument et surtout prier tout le temps
donc ne te fatigue pas trop cerveau, ça ne sert a rien
bon corage
merci beaucoup pour la reponse, j'ai lit au journal quils von faire un texte au jour de demande de visa à partir du 1 décembre, queele genre de texte à biento et bon courage pour tt le monde
bonjour
merci pour ta réponse, moi ils ont appelé mon mari depuis le consulat et lui en france pour lui donné mon rdv a moi au consulat son convocavtion ni rien meme lui il a recu just un appel de sa mairie et il a fait son audition.
j'aimerais savoir donc je vais recevoir une convocation?, meme ci ils ont appelé mon mari??
et pour toi c fini ou pas encore depuis quand cété vos auditions ??,
merci de répondre
rebonjour
j'ai pas encore lus ce jornal c'est vrai q j'ai entendus des rumeurs c tt
mais bon c pas grave ce test la on le feras.
mais ce q je veut savoir es q c'est aussi pour ceux qui passerant l'audition par exemple moi et mon mari o va passé par cette épreuve(l'audition)déja sa c un questionnaire)
tu crois qu'ils vont me fair aussi un test de la langue...??????
merci de répondre
a bientot
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bonjour je sui toute nouvelle dan ce cite et jaimerai savoir si lenquette et deja faite car je sui dan la méme situation je me sui marié a la mairi en algerie avec nationalité algerien envoye de dosier a nante et quelle surprise jai le droi a une enquétte moi a la mairi lui au consulat a oran si vous ete passer par la dite moi les question qui vous en possé car malgré que c un mariage damour sa fait 5ans que nous somme ensenble je stése car jai 5ans de plus que lui merci de me repondre ne me laiser pas comme sa
Tout dépend du temps que vous avez passé ensemble depuis 5 ans... la différence d'âge ne joue pas tellement quand on est tous les deux dans la tranche 20taines - 30taines.... mais si une femme de 45 ans se marie avec un homme de 39 ans, célibataire, sans enfant et n'ayant pas un emploi rémunérateur.... avec une rencontre Internet ou similaire... déjà ils vont se poser pleines de questions !!!
Les auditions sont de plus en plus serrées pour détecter les mariages "papiers" !!!
Les auditions sont de plus en plus serrées pour détecter les mariages "papiers" !!!
coucou
tu as bien lu c'est un nouveau decret qui se passerait a partir du 1er decembre il vont faire passer deux mois de test avant de donner un visa a toutes personnes qui demanderont un visa.... c'est a dire un examen de français de culture et de traditions française mais je ne pense pas que le decret soit voté encore!!!!!!! et tout ceci pour tous les pays en demande de visa pour la france je vais me renseigner et je vous dirais!!!!!!! bon courage a vous tous!!!!!!!!
tu as bien lu c'est un nouveau decret qui se passerait a partir du 1er decembre il vont faire passer deux mois de test avant de donner un visa a toutes personnes qui demanderont un visa.... c'est a dire un examen de français de culture et de traditions française mais je ne pense pas que le decret soit voté encore!!!!!!! et tout ceci pour tous les pays en demande de visa pour la france je vais me renseigner et je vous dirais!!!!!!! bon courage a vous tous!!!!!!!!
salut tout le monde, c'est encore moi, alors moi j'ai eu beaucoup de chance car mariage sans CCM, et j'ai eu mon livret de famille au bout de 5semaines exactement, sans aucune audition et je suis vraiment tres contente. Bon courage a toutes et a tous
bonjour, ah ben ça ça m'interesserait oui, j'ai entendu parler aussi de ce decret mais je pense que c'est pour le regroupement familial, et par consequent ça s'applique pas quand le conjoint est de nationalité française et que la mariage a été transcrit si? merci de bien vouloir eclairer ma lanterne. Salem
merci de mavoir repondue encore une chose commen apré quleque question ils peuve savoir si cé un mariage damour ou de papier commen leure dire que je laime de tous mom coeur faut t il leure dire tou sinplemem nots sentimen ou fau t il leure prouvé et comment leure prouvé que lon saime
bonjour djami
tt dépands de toi et de ta facon de répondre au questions vous pouvez dires q vous etes amoureuse, mais c'est a eux de poser la question et c'est a vous de répondre, mais ce n'est pas aussi difficile comme vous le croyez soyez normal et naturel.et n'oublie pas la facon de répondre elle sert aussi comme module.moi mon mari pendant son auditoire il ma dit qu'il y avait une femme avec eux dans la salle d'audition cette derniere n'arréter pas de le fixé son rien dire un mot c'été juste pour voir sa facon de répondre au question posé par les agents de l'état civile.
donc voila je vous souhaites bon courage.🙂
moi aussi j'attends mon audition en décembre.
mercie de ta réponse de toutes les facon moi je vait leurs repondre le tous sinplemen possible je ne vé pas mentir mais je suis pas une personne qui parle facilement surtout de ma vie privé et cé sa qui me fait un peu peure pouré tu me dire quelle question on t il possé a ton marie et aussie a tu eu une convocation chez toi ou a tu toi telephoné pour avoir un r d v car moi jai bien eu une lettre mais pas lui moi il me dise vous serai convoqué a la mairie et lui au consulat mai depyui 15 jour je né toujour rien recue je te remercie a bientot
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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.
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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,
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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!