Can I add my wife's name as spouse if I dont have marriage certificate

853 votes

i dont think that, the authority will accept your request ,without a marriage certificate.
please get the certificate first. in case,if any difficulty to get the same,we can get it through a direction from the high court.

LawRato LawRato

957 votes

Hi,

It is a prerequisite that you need a marriage certificate for endorsing your spouse's name in your passport. So you need to apply and register your marriage under Special Marriage Act before the marriage officer(Registrar) in your or your spouse's locality and obtain the marriage certificate and then you can apply before the passport officer for endorsing your wife's name in your passport.

Regards,

PT Sheejish
Advocate
Kochin

Advocate Sheejish P T LawRato

926 votes

Hai,
default of marriage certificate never denies your right to add ur wife's name in spouse coloumn. You can have a declaration order from court or have it registered at ur local panchayat or even at your registering office. Once u had done any one of the above u can obtain a document to show before the passport authorities to legalize your wife's status.

Hope am upto ur query

Advocate Manoj George LawRato

914 votes

The question is, how was the marriage solemnised? It is believed that you are a Hindu. As such, intercaste marriage is valid. It is not necessary that Hindu marriages, Supreme Court's directions with standing, be registered.

Advocate P Venu LawRato