Are urdu nikkah papers accepted elsewhere (i.e. North America)? Or do you need to re-register in foreign countries? How does it work?
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My mom had to get her urdu nikahnama translated/attested/stamped when she applied for the visa for US but she didn’t have to re-register anywhere. Now she has a copy of the English one as well as the original Urdu one in case if she needs it somewhere.
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What if she was already a U.S. citizen? Would she still need to have it translated/attested/stamped in order to prove she's married so that she's entitled to her rights in America? I would think so. Seems like such a hassle. If it were possible, it would make sense to just do the nikkah in the west and the rest in Pakistan.
Is it possible to have two nikkah's done? One in the West and then again in Pakistan? I'm talking about cases where a person is insisting on doing it in Pakistan and the other person wants it done in their home country in the west.
My friend was married in Pakistan and then moved to England with her husband. They didn't register their marriage in England though, so when they got divorced a few months later, she was left with very few rights cause there was no proof of the marriage other than the photos and the urdu nikkah papers. The guy was a fraud though, different and long story.
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If she was a US citizen but went to Pakistan to get married and then tried to come back, I think she would need to re-register here to get the same rights.
I agree, the best things to do is to get the Islamic Nikah in Pakistan and come here and then re-do the thing in court and register. I am glad I don't have to go through all that. I'll marry here and everything will be in English. No hassle of having 2 copies of each documents etc.
Oh, and sorry for being offtopic Sadz.
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u get it translated in english and attested from pakistan and submit it at the city hall (in T.O) to register it officially.
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Can't you just do two nikkahs? One in the west and then do it again in Pakistan? Isn't that possible?
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no you may not need to re register, in Pakistan its quite common now to have nikkah copies in english at the time of nikkah just mention to the nikkah registrar. they will prepare two, one in urdu and one in english, then you get attested the english one from Ministry of foreign affairs in Pakistan or nearest pak embassy.
this will be suffcient to be accepted anywhere in the world.
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i think it doesnt matter where then nikkah is being done. u still have to register it to make it official for north america.
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You know I asked the same question to our imam last year but I phrased it differently. My question was: Is it ok to do one Islamic Nikah which is just between the guy and the girl (and ofcourse gawahs) and then another one openly where families of both sides are involved and the relatives show up? He did some research and told me there was nothing wrong with that as long as the Nikah was with the same girl.
In other words, yes, that’s possible but it may create some problems in the long run.
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Marriages in one country do not count as marriages in a different country. When you move to a country that is different from the country that you married in, you need to get married again under the new laws.
My brother had an Islamic marriage in Pakistan that was recognised by Pakistan but not recognised by Britain, and a Civil Union marriage in Britain that is recognised by Britain but not by Pakistan.
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I got married in Lahore, Pakistan and our Nikkah nama was issued in Urdu. When we got the Nikkah registered in the relavant Lahore district, they also issued an English Nikkahnama.
I went to the Goethe Institute in Lahore and got it translated into German, since the Austrian embassy required that to issue a visa for my wife.
And here in Austria that German translation of the Goethe Institute is accepted as legal marriage certificate at all official bodies. So we did not re-register our marriage here.
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Hmm.. i also married in Lahore and we've both nikaah nammah in Urdu and
English.
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I got married in Pakistan, and provided Pakistani nikkah nama for my wife visa, Britain hasnt raised any objection rather its quite common.
No civil marriage is required in UK.
one doesnt has to get married again in that country to prove this.
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Hmmm i also need the English version of Nikaah namma coz for my husband visa
Lots of pplz marry in Pk and settle in Uk America ect.
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Oops.. I'm wrong. You need to register your marriage in Pakistan with the UK authorities though. The Pakistani nikkahnama gets you a spouse visa, but once the spouse in in country you need to register it.
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I got married in oman but before going for nikah, i had to get a document which stated that i never got married in ontario. My nikah papers were in arabic and i had to get them translated and then i had to get them attested from canadian consulate or british embassy if the place doesn't have a canadian consulate..so mine were attested from british embassy. Only if you get married within ontario then only you have to get a marriage license.
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u should be good if u can get ur nikah documents translated into enlish. Those r acceptable in US atleast..
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our nikah document was in Urdu, we got it translated in Pindi and got it registered in Foreign office in ISB. Everything was done in half a day... and was quite easy as well... this attested/registered copy was easily accepted by British counsulate in Mumbai
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best way is to have your nikah document in English, In pakistan it is pretty easily available. No hassle. Although you need to get it attested by Pak embassy and other authorities as per individual case