Re: Spousal sponsorship - Inter-faith Marriage in India
rosellyalung said:
thanks a lot LEON for the post! god bless all of us!
Hi Leon and All Senior Members, thanks for making such a wonderful forum for us to clear our doubts. God Bless
I have landed in Canada and I have received my PR card. Now I am going back to India to get married to my boyfriend.
I am a Roman Catholic and my boyfriend is Hindu hence our marriage would be interfaith marriage.
We will be getting married by civil or court marriage before the Marriage officer/registrar of the district under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 in India, thereafter
we will do traditional marriage (as per both customs that is Hindu and Christian rituals) and a common reception in Catholic style.
Neither of us and our parents wants us to get converted to other religion for getting married as per the religion costumes.
As per both traditions, conversion is not mandatory. The Hindu priest is fine in getting us married however as per Catholic priest, he has kept 2 conditions
1. We should up bring our child in Christian faith
2. We should not perform any other faith (Hindu) marriage ceremony after we get married in church.
To avoid conflict, we decided to get married as per Hindu tradition first then as per Catholic one without Catholic priest knowledge.
Now my concerns are:
1. As per the sponsorship form one has to mention their religion. If the New Delhi Visa Officer is well acquainted with the both the traditions. Will he prove this marriage as not genuine as we have not fulfilling the second condition which Catholic priest mentioned even after providing our Marriage Certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriage under Special Marriage Act,1954?
2. Is it a good idea that we mention that the marriage was done
as per Catholic ritual ONLY in our application and submit
only the photographs taken while performing marriage in the church and Catholic reception as evidence of our marriage to avoid any doubts in the VO mind along with our Marriage Certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriage under Special Marriage Act,1954?
3. Is it true that the New Delhi Visa Officer is not concerned as to which marriage tradition you have followed to get married until you have provided them with our Marriage Certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriage under Special Marriage Act,1954 and other supporting documents to prove our marriage is genuine ?
I would appreciate your valuable feedback/suggestion.