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.
Transcription d'un mariage franco-algérien
by Sonya42
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
bonjour pouvez vous m aider je n arrive pas a joindre le consulat ni par email ni tel ni fax je ne sais plus koi faire meme mon ami ki es en algerie fait soit disant le numero special mais sa repond pas merci de votre aide
Désolée mais je vis en Allemagne et au Maroc, et je suis française, je ne connais pas les adresses des consulats en algérie.
D'expérience, les numéros sont difficiles à avoir.
bonjour, comment faire pour avoir se rendez vous car je passe mes journee entiere a tel j ai envoyer fax et email mais rien jamais de reponse merci a vous
Bonjour, moi en juillet je cherchais a les contacter.
Par tel pas de réponse ==> pas la peine d'essayer.
Par mail : Ils ont mis 1 sem pour me contacter sur mon portable. Dans le mail, j'ai mis que je les contactais pour un CCM et j'ai laissé mes coordonnées complètes. ( tel, adresse, date de naissance, ... )
Ensuite je leur ai dis que je venait à alger entre le xx Juillet et le xx Juillet et ils m'ont donné un rdv dans cette période.
Bon courage et patience.
PS : ne jamais être agressif dans les relances par mail sinon ca a l'effet inverse de ce que l'on souhaite !!
Ensuite je leur ai dis que je venait à alger entre le xx Juillet et le xx Juillet et ils m'ont donné un rdv dans cette période.
Bon courage et patience.
PS : ne jamais être agressif dans les relances par mail sinon ca a l'effet inverse de ce que l'on souhaite !!
salut, je suis un algérien marier avec une francaise en algérie aprés avoir le ccm et safait un mois que j"ai envoyé le dossier de transcription à nante et j'attend toujour .Ma question est sa va prendre combien de temp cette transcription et ta fait comment toi pour rester un peux temp pour la recevoir. merci
Salut,
je viens de recevoir la lettre de Nantes qui me dit la transcription a été faite et que mes papiers sont pret à ma mairie.
3 semaines entre l'envoi du dossier et la reception de la lettre.
Un bon dossier complet et c'est rapide.
Bon courage à tous
je viens de recevoir la lettre de Nantes qui me dit la transcription a été faite et que mes papiers sont pret à ma mairie.
3 semaines entre l'envoi du dossier et la reception de la lettre.
Un bon dossier complet et c'est rapide.
Bon courage à tous
Salut, tu dépon du quelle consulat, alger, oran ou anaba et pour le dossier il est bon mais il manque juste la date de mariage des témoins et je minquiète pour autre chause cest quans j'ai envoyé le dossier par chronoposte à nante il été recu par quelquin sappel mae je n sais pas si c'été lagen ou pas.
hello tout le monde y a un super forum sur les mariages franco algeriens et franchement il explique tout ce qu il faut pour transcription visa ccm allez y jeter un oeil vous serez pas decue http://mariageenalgerie.xooit.com/index.php
Bonjour, je suis d'origine Française, mon copain et Algérien et nous souhaitons nous marier cette année en Algérie mais nous ne savons pas quel papiers à lui et moi pour pouvoir nous marier et quel démarche effectués?
Merci. Valérie.
Merci. Valérie.
bonjour valérie puisque t'es dans le début de ta procédure et pas encore marié, je te conceil de fair d'abords le ccm
le certificat de capacité a maraige, avec cette démarche qui est comme un test qui se fera au niveau de consulat de france en algérie toi et ton futur mari.afin de facilité la transcription de votre mariage en france.
tout d'abords il faut que tu commence par prendre un rdv au niveau du consulat ou ton mari dépends aprés tu te rendras en algérie tu passera le ccm toi et ton mari.aprés il faut compté deux mois aprés le ccm.et une fois avoir le ccm que j'éspere pour toi et ton mari vous ferez le mariage aprés vous faites directement la transcription une fois tu rentreras en france tu envois tout le dossier a nantes et tu auras ta transcrption de mariage au bout de 3semaines🙂.
alors je te dis bon courage valérie et je te conceil de visité ce forul moi personnelement j'ai trouvé bcp d'aides acctuellement je suis au cours de ma transcription et j'attends mon livret🙂.
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tu va me trouvé sou le pseudo de alisya.
slt je voudrais vs dire que g reçu ma lettre de nanaite(trascription de mon livret de famille) aprés 1mois, , , dc bonne chance pour ceux qui attendent...sinon je voudrais savoir les démarche a suivre aprés, donc moi je suis ici en algérie et mon mari et en france;;;qsq on dois faire mnt...merci
bonjour amel tout d'abords mabrouk pour la transcription moi j'attends toujours mon livret j'ai us ma transcription le 4 décembre et je ne sais pas quand es que je vais recevoir le fameux livret.moi je suis en algérie et mon mari est en france.
tout d'abords pour ton cas je tiens a te demandé d'abords une question tu dépends de qu'elle consulat???alger?oran?ou annaba??parseque c'est différant comme procédure.
alors voila j'attends ta réponse pour que je puisses t'aidé.
pour le visa c'est toujours le meme formulaire yun visa court séjour.
attention c'est un court séjour pas long.
j'attends ton méssage.
si tu veux viens me joindre sur un forum ou tu va trouvé beaucoup d'aide et la vrai procédure a suivre.
www.amoursmixtes.com
a bientot.
bsr alisya, merci de m avoir répondue, moi je dépend du consulat d'oran, et pour le site pas d probleme je jette un coup d oeil de suite...et dit moi aprés avoir demander un visa (court séjour) je dois resté labas combien de temps, je c pas si je te l 'ai expliqué mais mon mari et moi on ne veux pas partir vivre en france (enfin pas pour le moment) mais cela dit je veut faire mes papier, , , tu sais pour plus tard....merci
si il ne va pas venir vivre en france maintenant, il ne faut pas faire de demarches piur cela mais seulement quand il va venir vivre en france.
mais cela n'empeche pas de faire des visas de visite
mais cela n'empeche pas de faire des visas de visite
bonjour amel oui ta bien fait de faire le dossier de ta transcription mais aprés avoir fait la demande de visa court séjour il faut que tu mentionne au formulaire établissemnt et carte de séjour a sollicité dés l'arrivé on sais jamais peut etre que tu changera d'avis et tu pars rejoindre ton mari.
en tout cas aprés avoir le visa tu as un délais de 6mois pour réservé ton billet et a toi de voir.
si ta besoin de quoi que se soit je suis la ma amel.
viens nous joindre dans le forum www.amoursmixtes.com
tu va trouvé des réponses a ttes tes questions.🙂
slt a toi....ben écoute je t avoue que mon histoire est un peu comliqué, a vrrai dire mon mari(francais) et moi on veux resté pour le moment ici en algérie (il m' a rejoint) dc l s pourrai qu on reste au moins un e année et demi, avant de partir en france (dc tu comprend) je ne sais pas si j doit faire mes papier (vu q g u la transcription de notre livret) et esque pour ce faire je dois resté labas (et surtt combien de temps) ou si ca peut attendre (dc ds un an) il commencer la procédure une fois installer labas;;;;;pour le fameux site g jetté un coup d'oeil, , , c vrai ya d truc intéréssant;;;;biz ma belle
c pa bien de ne pa avoir mis tés parents au courant
mai tt ce sai un jour au l'autre
moi aussi je suis dans le meme cas ke toi mais mes parents sont au courant
si ta plus de renseignements sa serai bien de m'informer pour les premieres démarche merci et bon courage
salut;
je vais te dire la procédure que jai fait moi et mon épouse sans passé de tou ses tralalalalala
alors on s'est marié a alger le 6 novembre et au bout de 27 jours on a recu notre livert de famille et les actes de mariage Francais. mais malheuresement ils se sont trompé sur mon nom mais pas important ca
alors on s'est marier normalement, avec son pére que ca présence est obligatoire et 2 temoins
mais je sais pas si té francaise ou d'origine algerienne car si té francaise ya une otre procédure a suivre que je connais pas bien mais je sais kil faut passé par le wali de la wilaya pour kil vous délivre une autorisation pour le mariage
et si té algerienne beh fo que ta un tutele si ton pére n'est pas présent fo voir oncle mais fo fournire un justificatif de l'abscence de ton pére.
voila et si tu me dit que té algerienne d'origine je te dirais la procédure a suivre et si té francaise faut que ton mec se renseigne ici au niveau du consulat ou de la waillaya ou il habite
voila bon courage
bonjour,
DZL pour le dérangement je essayer de envoyer se message dans le forum de transcription de mariage franco algerien et je ne sais pas comment ça se passe et ci vous pouvez me publier se message SVP
je sui un jeun algérien je vous raconte mon cas et je espère que je trouve de réponses ?
d'abord en septembre 2005 j'ai rencontre une française sur internent et en février 2006 elle venu en algeri et on n' fait un mariage religieux et j'avais un visa touristique et on n' rentre en France en avril 2006 et en mai 2007 elle es née une fille de nous deux qui porte mon nom de famille mais deux jour avant la naissance de notre fille il mon demander de quitter le tirétoire français par ce que j'avais pas les papier j'ai rentre en algerien en mai 2007 et en juin2008 ma femme elle venu de France pour faire le mariage de la mairie et ils nous envoyer au tribunal pour faire validation du mariage religieux et octobre2008 on n' reçu le jugement et le décombre on a fait la transcription a la mairie et on n’ récupérer le livret de famille algerien et en 18 décombre 2008 on n'envoyer la lettre de transcription par le consulat de France a Alger ; contiens tout les papier + copie intégrale d’acte de naissance de la petite
mais com. je suis marier par un jugement dans le registre de la mairie y’ pas notre signature né les signature des témoin y’ que date de mariage religieux et date de validation de jugement et date de transcription a la mairie mais dans le jugement y’ tout notre signature et les témoin ci me demande copie de registre de la mairie je peut présenter le jugement traduit avec ou no ?
mais on pas fait le(ccM) donc je veut juste a se que on va passer ?
et mon msn es le badreddine_z@hotmail.fr
😕
le ccm n'est pas obligatoire cé vrai mais fortement recomandé car cela evite un delai de transcription trop longue.
Et si tu fais un mariage sans le ccm il y a plus de chances qu'il y ai une enquete que sans le ccm.
Malheureusement je ne connais pas la probabilité que nantes demande une enquete.
Ton mari a quel age? tu travailles?
svp tu peus maider sonia
Et si tu fais un mariage sans le ccm il y a plus de chances qu'il y ai une enquete que sans le ccm.
Malheureusement je ne connais pas la probabilité que nantes demande une enquete.
Ton mari a quel age? tu travailles?
svp tu peus maider sonia
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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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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!