les membres de ta famille ont demandé un visa long séjour en vue de mariage ou court séjour en vue de mariage?
Salut,
Ils ont demandé un visa court séjour pour se marier en France, puis ils sont allé à la préfecture pour avoir une carte de séjour, ma nièce avocate mariée à un binational a eu directement une carte valable 10 ans.
Tandis que les personnes qui se marient à l'étranger avec une personne française doivent demander un visa long séjour, sauf les algériens qui doivent demander un visa court séjour, pour avoir dans les 3 mois suivants une carte de séjour.
Mais certains consulats de France en Algérie délivrent des visas long séjour de conjoint de français, mais une fois en France, ils ont directement une carte de séjour, contrairement aux autres nationalités qui doivent attendre un an pour avoir cette carte de résidence.
AÎDEK MABROUK également.
bjr fayd merci pr ta réponse c'est vraiment encourageant, dis une autre chose stp donc pr klk qui n'a pas eu de visa et n'a jamais demandé tu pense que c'est possible d'obtenir le visa pr se marier facilement? et à votre avis c'est un court sejour qu'il faut demandé ou long sejour? et saha aidek
pr klk qui n'a pas eu de visa et n'a jamais demandé tu pense que c'est possible d'obtenir le visa pr se marier facilement? et à votre avis c'est un court sejour qu'il faut demandé ou long sejour?
Salut,
Pour quelqu'un qui n'a pas eu un visa, ce sera très difficile, mais pas impossible.
Et il vaut mieux demander un visa court séjour, surtout quand on est de nationalité algérienne, car une fois marié, on a droit directement à une carte de séjour.
Bonne chance et Aïdek MABROUK.
re bonjour!moi je n'ai pas obtenu de visa pour la France surtout que les attestations d’accueil m’étaient fournis par ma copine !demander un visa court séjour me semble très risqué car il est bien mentionné que ce visa la ne s’adresse qu'aux catégories d’algériens ne voulons pas s'installer en France ! néanmoins c'est vrai que les Algériens sont dispensés de retour au pays pour solliciter un visa long séjour une fois le mariage effectué en France !cela explique tout sur l'irrationalité des visas et l’absence de clarté la dessus personnellement je suis angoissé et stressé et je voudrais savoir si quelqu'un peut me dire si l''entretien que j'ai eu au consulat peut influencer la décision de délivrance ou non du visa ?merci
bjr rebel10, comment ça va ? j'aimerai juste te dire que je sais que c'est très angoissante toute cette situation touty comme moi mais tu sais vu que t'as réussit l'audition il faudra bien garder espoir car ça prouve bien que vous vous connaissiez bien et tout et j'espère vraiment que tu l'aura ce visa y a aucune raison de ne pas l'avoir bon je te souhaite bon courage à tres bientot et dis toi que je te tiendrai au courant des que j'aurai la réponse pr mon dossier je te diria si j'ai le visa ou pas moi je fairai court sejour aller bonne journée
bonjour igerez !merci beaucoup pour tes encouragements et ton soutien c'est très gentil!oui l'angoisse est la et la chaleur n'arrange rien insomnie etc !bah j'éspere avoir le visa oui et faire notre vie ensemble!je te le souhaite également vraiment et j croise les doigts pour toi y a pas de raison qu'on te le refuse alors soit confient !je voudrais te demander , par DHL elle a payé combien ta copine pour t'envoyer les papiers (les bans et la non opposition)? merci
merci rebel10 bon pr le DHL c'est 63 euro l'enveloppe ça sera livré le lendemain en main propre c'est cher mais très rapide une journée koi dis c'est bon pr vos pub des bans ou pas encore ? tu compte faire ta demande quand
non pas encore publier les bans je dois envoyer mes papiers d'abord !il faut que je monte a Alger demain!dis moi a la mairie des qu'ils ont les papiers ils publient les bans sur place ou sa prend du temps? merci !
slt rebel10, bon deja il faudra que ta fiancé d'aller à la mairie chercher le dossier du mariage et avant que tu lui envoi klk ce soit demain dit lui qu'elle te scane klk papier que tu doit remplir et signé comme ça tu lui envoie tout à la fois et elle apres elle remplie ça partie à elle et le signe aussi ok , après elle ira le déposé à la mairie
ils enregistrent le dossier informatiquement, en vérifiant au préalable l'ensemble des éléments fournis, les actes de naissance, les pièces d'identité, le dossier de mariage, les attestations de domicile, l'attestation de célibat de la mairie algérienne, les photocopies des pièces d'identité des témoins, ensuite ils font la publication durant 10 jours plein, le 11ème jour ils font le certificat de non opposition qu'ils envoient au consulat d'algérie pour contre signature car la publication de bans n'existe pas en algérie et après reception de la pub des bans et tout elle pourai te les envoyé pr faire ta demande ça prendrai en tout disant une 20 aine de jour koi les 11 jour de la mairie et le temps d'envoie au consulat et le renvoie à la mairie
salut igerez !merci pour tes infos précieuses !pour les papiers a signer et a remplir c'est déjas fait mais je suis pas au courant du fait que les bans doivent être contre-signés par le consulat d'Algérie en France? es ce obligatoire?merci
bjr rebel ah oui pr la contre signature c'est obligatoire car normalement la pub des bans se faits dans les deux mairies des époux et comme nous on a pas de pub des bans chez nous il faut qu'ils l'envoient au consulat pr le tamponné et voila tout aller bonne journée
slt rebel10 alors ça se passe bien tes démarche? j'aimerai juste savoir si t'as une idée du montent de devise qu'on doit avoir sur le compte? je pense que ça aussi dois etre pris en considération? aller a plus
bonsoir igerez! bah j'été a Alger aujourd'hui pour les actes de naissances et quelle galère !bah le compte bancaire cela dépend de la durée de ton séjour en principe il faut 25euro minimum par jour pour vivre en France tu fais le calcule tu rajoute a ça les frais du mariage etc et tu as une fourchette de budget !merci!moi j stresse bp j suis tj a me poser des questions a peser le pour et le contre et c'est stressant !j'ai eu des refus de visa et c'est flippant ça!bonne soirée
slt rebel, tu sais je suis aussi perdu et stressé de plus en plus hier j'ai lu sur le truc de l'ambassade les réponses du consulat sur des question posé par des gens en demandant combien faut il avoir sur son compte et la réponse étais de 60 euro par personne par jour, j'ai vraiment hate d'avoir la réponse si on a le visa plus destresse plus d'angoisse tant mieux sinon on est dans la merde jusqu'au cou mais au moins on aura bien raison de stressé à ce moment la parcontre je souhaite de tout coeur que j'aurai ce visa et que tout ses soucis sesserons une bonne fois pr tout
bonjour igerez ! faut pas trop t'en faire pour le compte bancaire il faut être logique aussi car a la paf tu as un seuil a ne pas dépasser en Argent liquide je pense que ce seuil est de 5000euro mais j'en suis pas sur !donc reste tj dans la logique les 60euro par jour c'est peut être avec les frais d’hébergement je pense que toi tu n'auras pas a payer ça vu qu'au niveau hébergement tu es pris en charge !je souhaite vraiment que tu ais ce visa et que tu puisse commencer ta vie a deux et réaliser vos projets !
merci rebel, je l'éspère pr toi aussi, bon on verra dans pas longtemps et je te prendrai au courant, aller bon courage en fait on a appelé le consulat d'algérie en france vu que la mairie est fermé l'aprés midi le mercredi donc il nous ont dis qu'ils ont renvoyé notre dossier et que c'estpas contrer signature qu'il onts fait mais c'est un document qu'ils ont fait donc on aura tout demain ou après demain bon aller je file à plus
salut igerez ! mais dis moi moi quel papiers le consulat algérien vous a t il remis? et combien de temps sa a duré pour que le consulat d’Algérie vous envoie ce papier?merci
j'avoue qu'on ne sais pas mais c'est un doc qui aprouve le marriage qui explique je pense que les pub desbans ça n'éxiste pas chez nous koi pr lenvoi c'est la mairie qu'il l'envoyé ça a pris meme une semaine jepensefaut compté deux jour l'envoie etla réception c'est très rapide ça
slt rebel10 j'éspère que vous allez bien alors koi de neuf ça avance bien ? je t'écri pr te dire qu'on a récupéré la publication des bans et la non opposition et pr le papier que lke consulat à fait c'est juste une attestation qui prouve que chez nous en algérie on a pasde publication de bans et ils ont enregistré notre mariage voila tout je te dirais plus quand je déposerai la demande à bientot et bonne chance
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.
My husband and I have just gone through this stage of a Franco-Togolese marriage—he’s Togolese, and I’m French.
Given how complicated things can get with the administration, I thought I’d leave this post here. If you’d like advice or want to learn from our experience, don’t hesitate to ask...
Hi, it's Joyce—I’ve got a little issue. I’d like to know if you need a passport to start the CCAM process at the French Embassy in Yaoundé, or if it’s better to do it when registering the birth. Thanks!
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.
Hi there, please could you tell me how to arrange a marriage interview at the embassy? My fiancé has already been interviewed. Thanks to anyone who can help me out!
hi everyone,
I’m new to this site. Here’s my issue: I just got married in Cameroon to my wife, and I’m waiting for our family record book. After that, I’m trying to figure out what I need to do to apply for her visa. But I’d like her to apply for visas for her children at the same time so they can come with her—is that possible?! Do we need to get passports for her children, or is just the visa application enough? They’re 8 and 15 years old. Thanks!
Otherwise, I’d have to apply for family reunification, but she’d have to stay in France for 18 months before she can apply for her children’s visas—that’s way too long!!!
If anyone can give me some advice or help with this complicated situation, I’d really appreciate it.
Thanks so much for your help.
Best regards,
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?
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.
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?
