Registration Criteria: For Muslim applicants, the marriage registrar signs and stamps each original Nikah Nama, submitting the first copy to the local Union Council and providing the second and third copies to the bride and groom. Issuing Authority Personnel Title: For Muslim applicants registering a Nikah Nama, the Secretary of the local Union Council and the Nikah Registrar constitute the appropriate authorities.įor non-Muslim applicants, priests or other religious leaders are considered appropriate issuing authorities. Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: This varies by location and religion. As a result, such NADRA certificates are not required for non-Muslim applicants, per the above.) church or temple), (Note: Some Union Councils have begun issuing NADRA marriage certificates to Hindus and Christians, though this process has not yet been standardized. Marriage certificates for Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus, Parsis, and other non-Muslim citizens are issued by their respective sectarian registration authority (i.e. Issuing Authority: Union Councils register Nikah Nama documents for Pakistani Muslim citizens and issue subsequent NADRA marriage certificates. a church or temple), since Union Councils do not uniformly issue NADRA certificates to these groups.Ĭitizens of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Afghans living in Pakistan must also only present a marriage certificate issued by religious authorities, as Union Councils do not issue NADRA certificates to these groups. Note that while both documents reflect similar information, each on its own does not constitute sufficient proof of marriage.Ĭhristians, Hindus, Ahmadis, and other applicants considered to be non-Muslim must present only a marriage certificate issued by their respective religious authority (i.e. immigration purposes, Pakistani Muslim applicants must present both an original, signed Nikah Nama (with its English translation) and a NADRA-issued marriage registration certificate. They also generate the "Marriage Registration Certificate" (which is a NADRA-style paper)ĭocument Name: For U.S. They register Urdu Nikah Namas, English Nikah Namas, Birth Certificates, etc. the Union Council/NADRA already has both languages.
The problem is that they want an Urdu nikah nama, the unofficial document. The Union Council is the same as the NADRA thing, right?
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