FEES
1.       Marriage Registration or Transcription       Rs. 50/-
2.      Teor (full) certificate   Rs. 50/-
3.      Simple marriage Certificate Rs. 10/-
4.      Solemnization outside office, extra fees       Rs. 100/-
5.      Solemnization outside office hours, extra fees  Rs. 1000/-

Normal Procedure For Registration Of A Marriage (Completed in 2 stages)

STAGE 1. Filing the declaration of Marriage in the Office

** Necessary: 

(a)    Presence of the Bridegroom and the bride including parents if Bride below 21 years.

(b)   Birth Certificate of Bride groom

(c)    Birth Certificate of Bride

(d)   Domicile / residence Cert. (Continous residence) issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch of Taluka/Village

(e)    Fee Rs. 50/- only.

(** Special documents/requirements: See below)

BETWEEN STAGE I AND II THERE IS A STATUTORY WAITING PERIOD OF 10 DAYS INCLUDING 2 SUNDAYS FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES.

(CAUTION:- Waiver of the waiting period could be obtained in deserving cases from the Delegado (A.P.P). This may be resorted to only in unavoidable circumstances since the parties stand to lose the easy option of desisting from proceeding with the registration in case bad antecedents of the groom/bride come to notice after the marriage registration).

STAGE II :- Actual Registration of a Marriage

Necessary:- Only the presence of the Bride-groom, Bride and 2 witnesses. (PLUS Parents, additional witnesses or Interpreter, etc., if advised at the Declaration Stage).

            (Roman Catholics opting for Canonical Marriage in church need to come only once. It would be in their interest to verify personally that their marriage papers actually reached the Civil Registration Office after their religious marriage).

** SPECIAL FACTORS / CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING GUIDANCE FROM THE OFFICE

  1. Any party, a foreign national. (Court document).
  2. Residence outside Goa for more than 1 year. (Auto)
  3. Minority of Bride(21) – (Consent of Parents/Court)
  4. Previous Divorce/ Widowhood. (Waiting period)
  5. Relation within 3 degrees of collateral line. (Governor’s permission)
  6. Illiteracy / dumbness / deafness. (Additional witness / intepreter)
  7. urgency for registration. (Imminent death/delivery, etc. Spl. Provisions)
  8. Physical inability – Marriage otside office (Witnesses / Fees)
  9. Marriage through proxy. (Special Power of Attorney)
  10. Ante nuptial contracts. (Copy of documents)
  11. Other Extra-ordinary / special circumstances.

IT  HELPS IF :-

1.      All documents are verified in advance

2.      No Middlemen are sent to obtain information from office

3.      The fee receipts are brought for reference.

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