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| Q |
Can a couple get
married in a Singapore embassy in another country? |
| A |
No. Officers of our
overseas mission are not authorised to solemnise
marriages. |
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| Q |
Can my friend be
a foreign language interpreter? |
| A |
No, only an interpreter
who is certified by the Courts or from the respective
country's Embassy will be accepted. |
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| Q |
Can we leave Singapore
after we have submitted an application for marriage? |
| A |
Yes. However, both
parties must be present for the marriage solemnisation. |
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| Q |
Can I file a notice
of marriage with a Decree Nisi only? My lawyer
says it is all right for me to do so. |
| A |
No. The Registry requires
a Decree Nisi Absolute. |
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| Q |
Can only one party
file notice of marriage or can a third party submit
application on behalf of the couple? |
| A |
Representation is not
allowed. Two parties must be present at the Registry
to file a notice of intended marriage. A Statutory
Declaration will have to be made by both applicants
at the Registry. |
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| Q |
The Courts had dissolved
my marriage. How long must I wait before I can
marry again? |
| A |
You can marry again
as long as you have obtained a Decree Nisi Absolute. |
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| Q |
I do not want my
partner to know that I had previous marriage.
Can verification of my divorce papers be done
before I come down with my partner to file notice
of marriage? |
| A |
The marriage Register
may be open to parties concerned and hence the
Registry is unable to assist with suppression
of information. |
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| Q |
Can two Muslims
get married under Civil law? |
| A |
Under the Woman Charter,
an act who governs civil marriages, persons who
are Muslims cannot register for marriage under
it. |
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| Q |
I am thinking of
registering my marriage abroad but the authority
there requires me to produce documents to prove
that I'm still single so that I could file notice
of marriage. What should I do? |
| A |
| You are required
to do a search of the marriage records maintained
by this Registry, on yourself. Searches
can be done as follows: |
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Apply for an
online search through the Search for Marriage
Records. |
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Make an application
for search through the post. Application
to contain your name, NRIC number and date
of birth. A cheque to the 'Registrar of
Muslim Marriages' is to be enclosed with
the application. |
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Call personally
or send a representative to ROMM to make
the application through the Electronic Marriage
Record Search (EMRS) kiosk or service counter.
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| For your information,
most countries only accept the Official
Search Result as a single status certificate
after it is endorsed by its Embassy in Singapore
and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore. |
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| Q |
Can the certificate
be collected within a day of application? |
| A |
Yes, it can be collected
within half an hour if the data is in electronic
format. For older records, which are in manual
archive, it may take up to one working day. |
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| Q |
Can I change my
particulars in the marriage certificate after
my marriage? |
| A |
The Marriage Certificate
contains records of original information at the
point of marriage. Such original records are not
for alteration or updating in any manner. |
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| Q |
By virtue of my
marriage, can my foreign spouse become Singapore
Citizen? |
| A |
ROMM is in no position
to advice you on immigration matter. You may want
to refer your query to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority. |
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| Q |
What is captured
in a Guardian (Wali) consent letter? |
| A |
The Wali must declare
in his consent that he allows his daughter to
marry in Singapore with the proposed groom and
that he appoints the Kadi as a Wali Hakim. By
the Syariah Law, the Wali must be more than 86
kilometres from Singapore and he is unable to
be present for the registration and solemnisation
due to extenuating circumstances. |
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