Once your marriage is solemnised in Gurudwara, you need to make a joint application to the Registrar of marriages (in most cities, SDM/ ADM of the area is designated as Registrar of marriages). You need to furnish following details:
1. Application form duly signed by both husband and wife. 2. Documentary evidence of date of birth of parties (Matriculation Certificate / Passport / Birth Certificate) 3. Residential proof of husband and wife. At least one of the parties should reside in the jurisdiction of Registrar. 4.Affidavit by both the parties stating place and date of marriage, date of birth, marital status at the time of marriage and nationality. 5.Passport size photographs of both the parties and one marriage photograph. 6.Marriage invitation card, if available. 7. If marriage was solemnized in a religious place, a certificate from the priest is required who solemnized the marriage. 8.Affirmation that the parties are not related to each other within the prohibited degree of relationship as per Hindu Marriage Act or Special Marriage Act as the case may be. 9.Attested copy of divorce decree/order in case of a divorcee and death certificate of spouse in case of widow/widower. 10. In case one of the parties belong to other than Hindu, Budhist, Jain and Sikh religions, a conversion certificate from the priest who solemnized the marriage (in case of Hindu Marriage Act). 11. In case one of the parties is a foreign national, no objection certificate/marital Status certificate from the concerned embassy. 12. Applicable application fee. (All documents/ photographs may be required to be attested by Gazetted Officer.)
Once you make the application, the Registrar will verify the documents and give you a date for registration. On the given date, both the parties and a witness who attended the marriage will be required to sign the register in front of the Registrar. The witness will also be required to furnish his identification document. Thereafter, the Registrar will issue the marriage certificate on the same day.
