Marriage in Algeria : Documents needed. Help!

[SARAH & T 0]

 Hello, 

 

I hope you're doing all well. My fiancé and I are planning to get married in Algeria. When we went to the city hall, they gave us a list of required documents. I have some questions regarding some of them, please help :

 

1- Capacity of marriage cetrificate : Where do you get this certificate. while calling the embassy in Algiers, they told us that they don't provide it.

 

2- Proof that my fiancé is single : is there a document he can get from there (USA).

 

3- Where do you certify all the papers before coming to Algeria please? Do you need to certify them at the Algerian embassy as well ? and how many copies should he make.

 

Please share your experience with us. Appreciated 

thank you, 

Edited July 16, 2019 by SARAH & T

[Crazy Cat 39,260]

***Topic moved to Middle East and North Africa regional discussion area for country specific questions****

[Nitas_man 3,100]

12 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

 Hello, 

 

I hope you're doing all well. My fiancé and I are planning to get married in Algeria. When we went to the city hall, they gave us a list of required documents. I have some questions regarding some of them, please help :

 

1- Capacity of marriage cetrificate : Where do you get this certificate. while calling the embassy in Algiers, they told us that they don't provide it.

 

2- Proof that my fiancé is single : is there a document he can get from there (USA).

 

3- Where do you certify all the papers before coming to Algeria please? Do you need to certify them at the Algerian embassy as well ? and how many copies should he make.

 

Please share your experience with us. Appreciated 

thank you, 

https://dz.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/marriage-in-algeria/

 

The requirements and steps from the US side are here.

 

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

1.  read this for information

https://www.al-islam.org/marriage-according-five-schools-islamic-law-allamah-muhammad-jawad-maghniyyah/capacity-enter

2.  you get an affadivit of eligibility to marry from the US consulate in Algers

3.  you need to take all documents (originals ) to Algeria and have them translated into Arabic by a certified translator /  they will keep both the English originals and the new translations for the application to marry

 

marriage in Algeria takes long to be approved

why not meet in Tunisia and do it there?  much easier

[SARAH & T 0]

6 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

1.  read this for information

https://www.al-islam.org/marriage-according-five-schools-islamic-law-allamah-muhammad-jawad-maghniyyah/capacity-enter

2.  you get an affadivit of eligibility to marry from the US consulate in Algers

3.  you need to take all documents (originals ) to Algeria and have them translated into Arabic by a certified translator /  they will keep both the English originals and the new translations for the application to marry

 

marriage in Algeria takes long to be approved

why not meet in Tunisia and do it there?  much easier

Thank you for your reply.

 

They told me that my marriage won't be valid if I get married in Tunisia and that I need to be a resident there to be able to get married.

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

1 minute ago, SARAH & T said:

Thank you for your reply.

 

They told me that my marriage won't be valid if I get married in Tunisia and that I need to be a resident there to be able to get married.

it is valid for immigration 

do you care about Algeria?

[SARAH & T 0]

11 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

https://dz.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/marriage-in-algeria/

 

The requirements and steps from the US side are here.

 

Thank you. We've read them but the city hall demanded a written statement by the embassy not my fiancé.

[SARAH & T 0]

Just now, JeanneAdil said:

it is valid for immigration 

do you care about Algeria?

Of course I care. I want to maintain my rights in my country.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

22 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

Of course I care. I want to maintain my rights in my country.

Are you saying your country does not recognize legal marriages performed in other countries?

[SARAH & T 0]

4 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Are you saying your country does not recognize legal marriages performed in other countries?

That's what an officer at the city hall told me. I'll still be single for them

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

13 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Are you saying your country does not recognize legal marriages performed in other countries?

 

8 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

That's what an officer at the city hall told me. I'll still be single for them

then you are saying your country would not let an algerian trying to move back with a woman married in France or US?

this is not true as my college roommate married an Algerian while in college and they went to live in Tizo Ouzou till for 20 years till he passed

away/  they did live most of the time in Algers for the job but his home was Tizo

Edited July 16, 2019 by JeanneAdil

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

39 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

Of course I care. I want to maintain my rights in my country.

ok ,  so thought i was talking to the USC 

you should know then the answer to the 1st question you asked as you would be the muslim

now,  when you refer to the USC as HE is he a muslim? 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

50 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

Thank you. We've read them but the city hall demanded a written statement by the embassy not my fiancé.

Statement from the US embassy is An Affidavit of Evidence to marry

the USC goes to the US embassy and fills out a short paper 

then signs it in front of the officer there and swears to it being the truth

then pays a fee for the paper 

in Morocco it is 2 fees totaling $100 (at this time)

[SARAH & T 0]

11 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

ok ,  so thought i was talking to the USC 

you should know then the answer to the 1st question you asked as you would be the muslim

now,  when you refer to the USC as HE is he a muslim? 

 

He is muslim, yes.

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

2 minutes ago, SARAH & T said:

He is muslim, yes.

elhamdo lellah

then he will need a document from the IMAM at his mosque stating this

it can be signed by a notary to verify the signature  (free at most banks we do business with)