Marriage Registration Procedure

In India, in order to register your marriage, do this:

• Get the following (with photocopies)
• identity proof (for both husband and wife)
• age proof (for both husband and wife)
• address proof (for both husband and wife)
• only one of these needs to be within the jurisdiction of the registrar office you are going to.
• marriage proof (photograph of the ceremony, or the wedding invitation)
• Three witnesses
• Any 3 witnesses will do, but there should be at least one from the husband's side, and one from the wife's side.
• They should come with their photo ID.
• 5 Photos
• Should be a joint photo of husband and wife.
• B5 size (double of passport size) 
• Find out the location of the Sub-registrar office in the area of your residence (there might be problems of jurisdiction; call and confirm if that office is the right one).
• Call them and confirm that the list above is correct and sufficient.
• Find out when the office opens, and go there early (usually 10 to 10.30 am).
• You will have to spend some time filling forms. (They are also available online. You could print them out, fill them at home, and take them there. But the rules/forms might have changed in the meantime. So, don't expect that things will go smoothly.)
• Submit all forms and documents; wait while they make the marriage certificate.
• They will ask for "Charges/Fees", but may not give the receipt; be careful about that. You could ask beforehand if they are going to give you a receipt for the whole amount that they quote as "charges".