How to get Single Status Certificate Apostille in India | Bachelorhood Certificate Apostille | Affidavit of Unmarried Certificate Apostille

In order to marry any foreigner you must get a certificate of singleness which is known as single status certificate or unmarried certificate with an apostille.

Process to prove you are single through singlehood or bachelorhood certificate.

Single Status certificate / affidavit of no marriage Bachelorhood certificate is mandatory document for marriage-related processes.

Today, the term Singlehood has its own importance in abroad specifically to marry a foreigner. The Single Status Certificate is an essential document if a person wants to register a marriage in a Hague Countries.

In the countries such as Europe, the US and South America, You will be asked to provide the singlehood or single status certificate with MEA Apostille  when you are marrying a foreigner. The single status certificate helps the foreign country to know about the candidate’s marital Status & Age, Apostille will ensure that the details in the documents are correct and genuine, Single status will explain whether he/she is married, single, divorced, or a widow. So, it is essential to get the affidavit of single status.

4 Simple steps to get MEA Apostille on your Documents 

  1. Register on Apostille Portal 
  2. Collect all  Documents you want to Apostille 
  3. Submit the Original / Photocopies of documents
  4. Receive Documents with Apostille Directly to your home

Documents Required to Get a SINGLEHOOD or Single Status certificate

Here, we have listed out the documents which are needed for a single status certificate/bachelorhood certificate

  • A single status affidavit stating that you are free to marry     
  •  AADHAR card or Passport – as address proof 
  • Birth certificate/school leaving certificate- as proof of birth.
  • A letter from applicant’s parents stating that “the applicant is single and they have no objection in his marriage”
  • AADHAR or ID of parents
  • An original Divorce Certificate-  only if the applicant is an divorcee.
  • Death Certificate of previous spouse, if applicable.

What is a single status affidavit and how is it used?

An affidavit is a written statement confirmed by taking an oath or affirmation. A single status affidavit is a sort of declaration affidavit, where you declare your details related to your meritorious status, Date of Birth, and passport details.

The person who creates the affidavit is called the deponent. The affidavit swears facts that are true to the best knowledge of the deponent along with the statements from the witness. These documents can be used as evidence in courts.

A sample of the single status Affidavit.

Process of Getting the Affidavit of Single Status Certificate Apostille for an Indian:

  1. The affidavit can be drawn up by a notary and then the Affidavit declaring your single status needs to get attestation either from State Home Department or Sub Divisional Magistrate(SDM). So, there are two ways to get document Attestation and which Attestation to choose is explained in the next section.
    Here is the affidavit format for unmarried status in India
    Edit your details exactly as per passport 
  2. The Affidavit which is attested(State/SDM) will further proceeds to Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) for Apostille.
  3. MEA apostille on the ‘SINGLE STATUS CERTIFICATE’ is enough If the person whom you are marrying belongs to a country which is in the Hague Nation List. The document that is stamped by the Ministry of External Affairs is regarded as lawful and can be used in any of the Hague nations without any requirement for further investigation.
  4. In case the country is not written in the Hague nation list then Apostilled document has to get ‘EMBASSY ATTESTATION’ as well.

State and SDM Verification for unmarried certificate.

The state Attestation for Single Certificate or Bachelorhood certificate is a long time process because the state Authentication has to validate. The process of State Attestation is usually completed in three or four weeks. As there are many applications that require attestation and all the applications are checked carefully so it takes more time. Once it is done, it goes to the MEA department for Apostille.

The SDM Verification is done faster. Once the process of Magistrate Signature is done, the details are sent to MEA for Apostille.

The working of both State and SDM attestation is similar. However, it is better to select the SDM attestation as it is a fast process. Although if the country has specified to show the State Attestation then do not take a risk and opt for State Attestation only. 

According to the MEA rules, the validity of the Apostilled documents will be carried only for six months.

Process of Getting an Apostille for Single status Affidavit in India

Step by Step Process of Getting a Single Status Certificate Apostille in India

  1. Visit the nearest public notary with filled single status affidavit and supporting documents.
  2. Get the affidavit notarized.
  3. Submit the notarized single status affidavit to Secure Apostille Services. 
  4. Notarization of affidavit. (one more notary is required for the apostille process)
  5. SDM/ State Attestation
  6. MEA Attestation and apostille for single status certificate. 

Why Apostille is needed for unmarried Certificate?

There are several countries that do not accept a simple notarized document. As the document is just a simple statement that tells whether the person is married or not married and the country does not feel satisfied with this, as there are chances of fraud. So, for their faith and to get married in a foreign country an applicant requires an affidavit of single status.

An apostille stamp adds authenticity to the document and makes it legal and valid to use in foreign countries. If an individual is having an apostille stamp on the document then there is no further need for any other call, phone, or email verification. This helps in saving both parties time and also makes the apostille/attestation process fast. 

FOLLOWINGS ARE THE SITUATIONS WHERE SINGLEHOOD APOSTILLE COMES TO HELP

There are several ways where a single status certificate Apostille is used:

  1. Single Status Certificate Apostille, if you have never been married and you are marrying a foreigner now

    If you are marrying foreigner then you should produce SINGLE STATUS APOSTILLE for the foreign country to which your partner belongs.

    Register for apostille to get SINGLE STATUS APOSTILLE

  2. Requirement of Singlehood apostille, if you are legally divorced and you are marrying a foreigner:

    If you are previously divorced and now, you are marrying a foreigner then the foreign government will ask you to produce SINGLE STATUS CERTIFICATE APOSTILLE along with DIVORCE DECREE APOSTILLE. Therefore getting both documents apostilled is very important when it comes to marrying a foreigner. 

    {NOTE: Divorce decree/decree absolute is a legal document which ends your marriage}

  3. You are widowed and you are marrying a foreigner. single status certificate Certificate with an apostille is required.

    If your spouse/husband is dead and now, you are marrying a foreigner then the foreign government will ask you to produce SINGLE STATUS CERTIFICATE APOSTILLE along with DEATH CERTIFICATE APOSTILLE

  4. For Employment Visa some countries may ask for proof of your marriage status:

    If the applicant is going abroad to work there, then the country might ask for a SINGLE STATUS CERTIFICATE APOSILLE for verification of an individual status.

What is an Apostille Sticker?

The Ministry of External Affairs legalizes a simple document with an apostille sticker on it. The sticker is in a square shape that is a printed form having  11 standard fields. On the top of the certificate, there is written “APOSTILLE”, and beneath that, a line is written- Convention de La Haye du 5 October 1961. This means the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961. 

A single status Apostille contains the following details:

  • Name of country from which the document was issued.
  • Name of the Person to whom document is issued.
  • Name of person signing the document.
  • Designation of the singed person.
  • Place of certification date of certification.
  • Number of certificate.
  • Seal or stamp of authority issuing certificate.
  • Signature of authority issuing certificate.

Validity of Single status Certificate Apostille

The validity of an apostille document is 6 months only. However, there are certain nations that accept an apostilled document that is more than 6 months old or even a year old. An apostille service provider can tell you better about the correct validity of the apostilled document by considering the country where the document is to be presented.

Cost of apostille for unmarried or bachelorhood certificate

There are a few expenses that an applicant has to pay to get the single status document apostilled. These are several charges at various levels of authority, apostille service fees, number of documents, type of document, and other various fees that vary from state to state and country to country. In short, it is difficult to find the accurate cost that an individual has to pay for an apostille document, an apostille service provider can guide you better about complete charges after analyzing the state and all the documents. 

Time Required to complete the unmarried certificate Apostille

The Single Status Certificate apostille is a lengthy process as there are several authorities involved in the complete process. The authorities that legalize a single status certificate are mentioned above. The estimated time that generally takes to finish the procedure is 10-12 days. However, the time depends on the place where the documents are issued. A person can speed up an apostille procedure if he/she has chosen a genuine and trustworthy apostille service

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Below are the steps to get Single status certificate in India
  1. Prepare a single status affidavit Content as per your passport( Edit the Above given content )
  2. Purchase a 100₹ stamp paper 
  3. Visit a Notary to put the content on Stamp paper and get Notary Seal 
  4. Register in the Apostille Portal
  5. Submit the Original affidavit for MEA attestation process.
  6. Get Single status certificate couriered to your home from Delhi MEA.

Validity of single status/unmarried certificate depends on the following factors:

  1. In which country you will be using the unmarried certificate.

      2. Marriage certificate

      3. Are you a divorcee or a bachelor.

Generally 6 months is considered as a standard validity period for unmarried/bachelorhood certiifcate.

  • Self declared single status certificate affidavit with notary attestation.
  • Passport scanned copy(first and last page)
  • Parents ID cards photocopy
  • Two passport size photo
  • Apostille application form

Unmarried certificate or single status certificate is an affidavit stating you are not married or single and eligible to marry. This certificate is required for an Indian to marry outside India or to marry a foreigner. 

Given below is the sample format of a bachelorhood/unmarried certificate: 

I (Name), S/o. (Father’s and Mother’s name), residing at (Full address), do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows:

  1. That I am a citizen of India.
  2. That I am above (age) years old.
  3. That I am of good health and good mental condition.
  4. That I was born on Date in the format DD-MM-YYYY (Date in words) at (place of birth), (State).
  5. That I am a holder of valid Indian passport bearing No. (Passport Number) issued at (Place of issuance), valid from (from date) to (to date).
  6. That I am Currently not married and have no spouse living or dead anywhere in India or abroad.
  7. That I am eligible to marry an Indian or person of any other nationality according to the law. I am Single at present.
  8. That my mother is (mother’s name), a holder of valid Indian passport with passport No. (any ID Number) issued at (place), India.
  9. That my father is (Father’s name), a holder of valid Indian Passport with passport No. (Passport number) issued at (Place), India.
  10. That whatever stated hereinabove is correct to the best of my knowledge and understand that I am liable to be prosecuted, if this affidavit or any part of it is anyway found incorrect or false.
  11. That my parents have no objection for me getting married to an Indian or person of any other nationality according to the law.
  12. This affidavit is true, and it conceals nothing and no part of it is false.

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Date:                                                                                                             DEPONENT

You can get your unmarried certificate affidavit attested by a public notary. Then, you need to submit it to the sub divisional magistrate from your locality. Now the document is valid for use in India.

To legalize this single status certificate/bachelorhood certificate outside India you need to get it attested from the ministry of external affairs.

To apply for for a single status certificate online follow the steps below:

  • Fill the Bachelorhood certificate affidavit using the format we provided in our website.
  • Fill the

    Single Status certificate application form.

  • Get your single status certificate with or without MEA attestation as per your requirement.
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