Hi All,
My parents don't have marriage and Birth certificates. How can I handle this now? They tried applying for marriage certificate but application got back from the indian marriage department not sure why but they are trying again with some consultant who promised it will be ready in 25 days. I am not sure if they just want money or we will get a marriage certificate. With the deadline coming close what should I do? Please help.
Marriage Dept (I am not sure if there is such a thing) in India does not issue Marriage Certificates. Get an affidavit made on Stamp paper. This can be obtained same day or the next.
First and foremost, your Parents Birth Certificate is not required unless you are also sponsoring your grandparents. That said:
Birth Certificate is a little time consuming, but my parents were able to obtain by applying to the Municipal office where they were born (Amravati & Nagpur). They were able to do so by providing a copy of their passport and school certificate. However, just these are not sufficient, the department also wanted some proof from the medical facility where my mother was born. The medical facility had a register (old paper that if you touch will disintegrate types) which provided the proof. The register did not have my mothers name but had her parents name in it.
My father was born at home; however the birth was registered in the Municipal office as " a boy was born on such and such date, at such and such address" to Mr. XYZ and Mrs XYZ. This was adequate proof. Go figure.
The Birth certificate process took appx 14 working days. My parents had to travel from Delhi to each of these two cities to get these made. These are proper / official Birth Certificates. This was done without any bribes to any official or without the engagement of any third party.
The Govt of India has official websites (specific to the local Municipalities) documenting the process to obtain the birth certificate.
We had started the process right when we got the Application to Sponsor email in Jan. All requirements were clear by then based on updated forms on CIC website. Once again, parents birth certificates are NOT required; we did it just to future proof in case they need it ever as a part of this process / once they move to Canada etc.
I am sure others from India can also weigh in on the process they followed if they also sponsored their parents and grandparents.
