Dear Turst7 experts,

sorry to bother you people but just had a quick question which has been bothering me a bit after going through the threads here relating to the attestion of the marriage certificate for spouse visa application in Mumbai.

Well, I am from Pune and would be getting married in Pune in November and plan to apply for my wife's visa at the start of December at the German Consulate in Mumbai. As such, I would be obtaining my marriage certificate from Pune and so my question is whether is it compulsory to get this marriage certificate attested before I give it for translation and certification to the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai and submit both the english and translated german marriage certificates at the time of Visa application?
Also, from which goverment authority in Pune/Mumbai should I get this english marriage certificate attested?

Anybody who recently applied in Mumbai, could shed come light on this issue.

Thanx in advance for your time and help.
Have a nice day and a nice week ahead.

Regards,
Monty

Even if you get it attested, the consulate most of the times try to check the authencity with you paying the money for it. Why bother getting it attested?

Hello to everyone,

@Raj: Yes, true but still I guess I should be better prepared from my side.

Well, any information on the same from anyone would be very helpful.

Thanx again and wishing you all a nice day and a wonderful weekend.

Regards,
Monty

Even after translation and attestation, your marriage certificate may be sent for verification.
This was the case for some applicants.

Translation to German may be helpful.

Good luck with your visa.

@stutt23: Thanx for the info, but still my question remains unanswered.

Where can I get the english marriage certificate attested from (in Pune/Mumbai) before getting it translated and certified in German from the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce?

Thanx.

Regards,
Monty

@montydc

You are still wasting your time and energy. Why do u want to get it attested? How is it goin to help you in anyway? It does not matter for the consulate if the document is attested or not. Well if you still want to do it, ask the consulate directly. Better idea oder?

Any attestation done will have to be verified again by the consulate.

You pay Rs. 50.00 to the notary he will attest any document.

That is the reason, they do not require any attestation.

Hi,
Marriage certificate attestation has to be done by the ministry of external affairs of govt of India.
Its good to have as you might need it at Indian consulates and other official purposes to prove your marriage.
Every state has a joint secretary from the center to state and he sits in the state secretariat, you have to file an application and provide some proofs for DOB, passport etc and he will attest in one or two days, some states it takes more than 4 weeks.

The German consuls got no faith in such Indian documents despite being signed by the ministry of external affairs and they still send some private detective or wtever you call him/her and get the marriage verified. All that guy does is, go to your neighborhood or to local registration office and gets some info , bits and pieces here and there and he will give his GO.

Funny part is we have to pay 8000rs per Indian document we submit to get this kind of delays (12 weeks, they mention in the letter not to call/fax/communicate to consulate for 12 weeks) and verifications. So its better to just submit the marriage certificate copy to embassy otherwise they might charge you 8000 per Indian document (eg: birth certificate etc). Why to give them a chance to delay our process with our money?

All you can do from your side is,
Attestation by ministry of external affairs.
German Translation for the marriage certificate.


hope this helps!!!

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