New rules for NRI marriages announced by Indian govt

World Thursday 07/June/2018 15:25 PM
By: Times News Service
New rules for NRI marriages announced by Indian govt

Muscat: All Non Resident Indian (NRI) marriages must be registered within 48 hours, the Indian government announced.
In a tweet, the official account of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, said: “All Non Resident Indian marriages must be registered within 48 hours.”
Announcing this, Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi said: “Passport and visas will not be issued if the marriage is not registered within 48 hours.”
Until now, there was no time frame to register marriages in India.