Marriage is Not Register in Pakistan

[uswife 0]

Hi vJ's...

after interview and long wait on AP counselor told me that our marriage is not registered in Pakistan. And marriage paper is not acceptable for them and they are refusing visa application

..Thanks God I was there with my husband …after long discussion they give us time to bring prove of marriage from registration authority.

We got marriage in 2009 in Karachi Pakistan and we were not aware that we need to register it with union council we just got marriage paper and come back to UAE and later we submitted it to NVC.

Now my question is if we register our marriage now then our application will become invalid and we have start from beginning.

Can anyone guide us that how can we get prove of our marriage to satisfy counselor

please help me as situation is very critical.

[Aneel 3]

What type of marriage paper did you submit? As per Dept. of State website, the acceptable marriage document for the Pakistan is the "Nikahnama" with proper English translation attested/notarized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Nikahnama must clearly have the registrar's stamp on it. for it to be valid. Since your marriage took place recently in 2009, you can register the Nikahnama with local Union council where marriage took place. The council person will need the copy of nikahnama and a copy of NIC card. He will then issue you a Nadra issued computerised nikahnama on Nadra paper.

I wanted to get that myself while I was there but I was married back in 2003 and Nadra stopped issuing computerized marriage certificates for marriages that long ago.

I don't think it will have any negative effect on your case since the Nadra document will simply state the facts which is that you got married on such and such date to such and such person.