Court Marriage Process

Court Marriage Process in Nepal

According to prevailing law of Nepal, a marriage registration certificate may be granted on two grounds mentioned below:

a. Registering a marriage in court (“Court Marriage”) and

b. Marriage certificate issued by the ward office of local government after the marriage is performed through social and religious rites.

The prevailing law also offers the alternative of registering a marriage through the Nepali Embassy or a Consulate Office abroad, albeit this practice has not yet been implemented.

Note: In Nepal, court marriage is governed under the National Civil (Code) Act 2074 (“NCC”).It takes 2 to 3 working days to complete the court marriage in Nepal for Nepalese citizen.

1. Eligibility of Marriage:

The following requirements must be met in order for a court marriage to be registered in Nepal:

During the registration process, both men and women must be unmarried.
Both couples must have reached the age of 20.
It is important for both partners to accept one another as husband and wife.

2. Court Marriage Registration Procedure in Nepal

Step 1: Both spouses obtain the single status certificate from the appropriate ward office.
Step 2: The application is submitted to the Nepalese District Court.
Step 3: The documents will be examined by the court.
Step 4:The Court will issue the Court Marriage Certificate whenever the legal requirements have been met.

3 Documents required for court marriage in Nepal

❖ Court Marriage in the same District as mentioned in your citizenship card.

Photocopy of citizenship.
Single Status Certificate
(Proof of single status is very important to get a court marriage registration. This document is provided by the Ward Office, where your citizenship is issued.)
Passport sized photographs- 4
Witnesses- 2 (1from bride’s side and 1 from bridegroom’s)
Photocopies of citizenship of witnesses

❖ Court Marriage Registration in a different District Court

All documents mentioned in A.
Proof of Tempory Residence.

Note : (When you rent a flat outside of your hometown, you must have Temporary Residence. You must obtain a Reference for Temporary Residence from your local ward if you live outside of Kathmandu but are there for job or business and wish to obtain a marriage certificate from Kathmandu. To do this, you must submit an application to the ward office with your home owner’s name on it. To receive this reference, you must stay at your rental apartment for a minimum of 15 days.)

❖ Additional document required for the Court marriage in case any of the individual is foreign citizen

If someone is a foreign national, same procedure of court marriage is applied as described above. However, they must stay for at least 15 days in addition to submitting other paperwork. They need to submit additional documents which are as follows:

Single status document issued by the relevant foreign embassy in Nepal.
If the embassy is not in Nepal, the foreign national shall present the single status verification document from the relevant national government. The document must also be notarized as per the law of their country and be in English.
The ward office of the district where the foreign national wishes to register for marriage registration must provide the temporary resident document after the foreign national has been in Nepal for 15 days.
English Translation and Notarization of Marriage Law of their respective country for Nepal.

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Note: The court marriage registration process for foreign citizen is estimated to take 19 days.

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