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.
Formalités administratives pour se marier en République Dominicaine avec un Dominicain?
by SOL2008
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Le recours à un avocat dominicain pour se marier avec une dominicaine est inutile coûteux et source de ralentissement et de problèmes plus qu'autre chose. Les abogados dominicanos savent très bien qu'ils sont complètement inutiles pour un mariage légal auprès de l'ambassade de France donc pour eux ceux qui s'adressent à eux pour ça sont des naïfs étrangers facilement manipulables et arnaquables... Ils n'ont aucunes compétences officielles reconnues pour ça par l'ambassade de France à Santo Domingo, le mariage francais relève uniquement des autorités consulaires françaises du pays en question et du Droit Civil Français (pas dominicain dsl) donc prendre un intermédiaire dominicain diplômé de droit dominicain ou un charcutier boucher local ou même le boulanger du coin, c'est pareil, ça ne sert à rien et ça n'est pas reconnu par le Consulat français. Et en aucun cas le dit avocat charcutier boucher boulanger dominicain ne peut se substituer à la présence physique du conjoint français pour la remise à ce dernier en mains propres des CCAM visés par l'ambassade. Non plus pour la remise par le conjoint français de la transcription légalisée du mariage dominicain auprès des services consulaires.
Donc c'est complètement inutile. Je répète et je confirme.
Bonne chance.
Ok merci,
Donc en janvier j'irai spécialement pour remettre les papiers, et retournerai 4 mois plus tard pour le mariage.
Sinon vous vivez en République Dominicaine?Vu le décalage horaire que vous avez avec vos réponses.
Merci encore
Merci encore
Bonjour Marcdenim,
Pour éviter deux allée retour, en tenant compte de mon courrier précédent.En récapitulant;tout en restant en France quelle est la procédure à suivre exactement dans l'ordre?Car je suis un peux perdu.
Merci d'avance
1. Demander par courrièl à l'ambassade de france à Santo Domingo la capitale qu'ils te donnent les formalités et les papiers à remplir en vue de ton mariage. Papiers, notamment les CCAM (Certificats de Capacité A Mariage), qu'ils faut remplir signer et déposer au moins 2 ou 4 mois avant la date du mariage à l'ambassade de France sur place ou envoyer par valise diplomatique. C gratuit.
2. Ton certificat de célibat délivré gratuitement par ta mairie et ton acte de naissance, en français, doivent être traduits en espagnol par un traducteur assermenté auprès du Tribunal d'Instance le plus proche de chez toi - environ 85€- et légalisés par le ministère des relations extérieures à paris - environ 5€ par feuille-.
3. Quand tu as ces documents personnels sur toi dûment traduits et légalisés (par la France)il faut les envoyer à l'Ambassade Dominicaine de Paris pour les faire valider -environ 200€- Ils te les renverront à ton adresse pour que tu puisses les produire auprès des autorités dominicaine pour te marier là bas.
4. Avec ça tu as tout, tu peux te marier sur place auprès des autorités locales et surtout de suite faire traduire et légaliser ton acte de mariage par les autorités locales et ensuite le remettre à l'ambassade de france sur place en vue de l'obtention du livret de famille français et du visa familial pour l'époux ou l'épouse dominicain. Gratuit. Environ 4 à 8 mois d'attente.
Voilà....
Merci Marcdenim pour ta réactivitée,
Et est-ce-que mon amie dominicaine peut récupérer elle même les papiers avec les CCAM, et me les envoyer à mon adresse en France, vu que dès fois l'administration prend du temps, car il me reste 6 mois pour faire tout ça.
Merci encore
MANAUNA
Je ne sais pas. Mais par internet ils t'envoient le dossier complet très rapidemment.
Rebonjour Marcdenim,
Je vais encore t'embêter,
J'ai chercher les coordonnées du service en question sur google, pour qu'il m'envoit par internet les papiers, je n'ai pas trouvé.
J'ai trouvé des numéros de téléphone mais pas d'adresse e.mail.
Les auriez vous?
Merci d'avance
MANAUNA
Les auriez vous?
Merci d'avance
MANAUNA
non, il faut chercher à ambassade de france république dominicaine
Bonjour Marcdenim,
J'ai écris à l'ambassade de France là où vous m'avez suggéré, dans contact plus précisément, depuis lundi et toujours pas de réponse.Je leur ai demandé de m'envoyer tous les papiers, avec le CCAM à remplir, tous par scan.Est-ce-que j'ai bien fait?
Mais néamoins toujours pas de réponse.
Si vous pouviez m'éclairer.
Merci d'avance
MANAUNA
tous les papiers, avec le CCAM à remplir
Salut, Cliquer sur ces liens http://www.ambafrance-ec.org/france_equateur/IMG/doc/3formulaire.doc
http://www.ambafrance.org.do/france_dominicana/spip.php?article277
Salut, Cliquer sur ces liens http://www.ambafrance-ec.org/france_equateur/IMG/doc/3formulaire.doc
http://www.ambafrance.org.do/france_dominicana/spip.php?article277
Bonjour fayd,
Je n'ai pas encore ouvert les liens, je vais le faire;
Merci beaucoup
Bonsoir fayd,
Je n'ai que deux formulaires sur les trois;est-ce normal?
Sinon c'est bien les formulaires pour la République Dominicaine?
Attente de te lire
MANAUNA
Je n'ai que deux formulaires sur les trois;est-ce normal?
Sinon c'est bien les formulaires pour la République Dominicaine?
Salut, c'est le même formulaire que cela soit pour la RD, ou bien un autre pays.
Comme c'est bien indiqué en haut de la page, il faut remplir le même formulaire une 2ème fois pour ta future épouse. Si on ne peut pas faire le voyage pour l'audition, on peut demander à être auditionné par le maire en France, qui envoie son rapport en même temps que celui de la publication des bans. La future épouse sera entendue au service consulaire dans son pays. Bonnes démarches😉!
Salut, c'est le même formulaire que cela soit pour la RD, ou bien un autre pays.
Comme c'est bien indiqué en haut de la page, il faut remplir le même formulaire une 2ème fois pour ta future épouse. Si on ne peut pas faire le voyage pour l'audition, on peut demander à être auditionné par le maire en France, qui envoie son rapport en même temps que celui de la publication des bans. La future épouse sera entendue au service consulaire dans son pays. Bonnes démarches😉!
Encore moi,
Sinon je n'ai que deux formulaires sur trois, je pose juste la question, car dans le lien que vous m'avez envoyé c'est marqué trois.Est-ce normal?
MANAUNA
MANAUNA
je n'ai que deux formulaires sur trois, je pose juste la question, car dans le lien que vous m'avez envoyé c'est marqué trois.
Comme je l'ai expliqué dans mon dernier post, le premier formulaire doit vêtre rempli 2 fois, (un pour chaque conjoint) comme c'est indiqué en haut de la page😏!, donc ça fait deux, plus celui en dessous (renseignements communs sur les 2 conjoints), ça fait trois.
Comme je l'ai expliqué dans mon dernier post, le premier formulaire doit vêtre rempli 2 fois, (un pour chaque conjoint) comme c'est indiqué en haut de la page😏!, donc ça fait deux, plus celui en dessous (renseignements communs sur les 2 conjoints), ça fait trois.
Ok merci fayd,
Je vais imprimer tout ça, et commencer à remplir.
Merci encore
MANAUNA
MANAUNA
Bonsoir fayd,
Au faite(publication des bans, c'est quoi au juste?je devine mais ne sais pas exactement)
Et quand le mariage est enfin éffectué et que le nécessaire est fait du côté de ma compagne, est-ce-qu'elle peut obtenir un visa allé simple.
Merci d'avance pour ta réponse.
MANAUNA
Au faite(publication des bans, c'est quoi au juste?je devine mais ne sais pas exactement)
Salut, les bans sont affichés à la mairie de ton domicile pendant dix jours, pour ^tre sur qu'il n'y a pas d'opposition de la part d'une personne de ta famille, ou de tes connaissances😎!
est-ce-qu'elle peut obtenir un visa allé simple.
Une fois le mariage transcrit, elle demande un visa long séjour de conjoint de français.
Salut, les bans sont affichés à la mairie de ton domicile pendant dix jours, pour ^tre sur qu'il n'y a pas d'opposition de la part d'une personne de ta famille, ou de tes connaissances😎!
est-ce-qu'elle peut obtenir un visa allé simple.
Une fois le mariage transcrit, elle demande un visa long séjour de conjoint de français.
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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!