Option A
Getting married at the office of the Registrar of Marriages (ROM)
Option B
Getting married in church/temple through a religious ceremony or custom, where the clergyman/priest of the church/temple is an appointed Assistant Registrar of Marriages
Option A
Getting married at the office of the Registrar of Marriages (ROM)
Step 1 - Application
Do some research online to make sure you have got it all right. There are many websites providing similar guides, but some of them are outdated. The JPN website isn't helpful either. I'll try to be as accurate as possible.
To register, obtain a copy of Form JPN.KC02 from JPN (or you can print out from their website).
TIP: Look through the form online, but get the actual form to fill from JPN. Being at JPN would mean if you are not sure of anything, there is always someone for you to ask on the spot. Plus, the actual form is printed in colour and thicker, and is in a form of a booklet. :)
Fill out the relevant sections on the form. Do NOT sign the form, you need to leave that blank and sign it infront of the Registrar of Marriages. You also need these supporting documents to submit with your Form JPN.KC02:
- Original and photocopy of IC of you, your (soon-to-be) spouse.
- Photocopy of your 2 witnesses' IC.
- 1 passport-size photo (32mm x 38mm) of you and your (soon-to-be) spouse.
3) You will require a photocopy of Identification Card for the Bride and Groom and the two nominated witnesses. If any of the parties are not Malaysian, photocopy of the passport is required. If the Bride or the Groom is not Malaysian, you will need to photocopy the pages on the passport that shows your personal information and date of arrival in Malaysia. 5) If the applicant is a Divorcee, you will need to submit the Decree Nisi Absolute. 6) If applicant is a Widower/Widow, you will need to submit Certificate of Death of spouse. 9) Once all documents are obtained, only then the couple can approach a Commissioner of Oath for the form to be certified. The form needs to be certified before submission at any of the JPN offices. The Letter of Confirmation of Marital Status (for non-citizens), must be submitted together with all supporting documents together with the original Identification Card or Passport to the Marriage and Divorce Divison. 11) The couple needs to be present at the NRD office during the application and registration of marriage. Do note that your witnesses are not required to be present during the submission of form. Your witnesses are only required to be present during your registration day. 12) The place of application is based on address stated on the Identification Card for citizens and residential address in Malaysia for non-citizens. 13) At the NRD office, an officer will check the couple’s marital status. A fee of RM30 (RM20 for the marriage certificate and RM10 for declaration) needs to be paid at the office to the officer. 14) The solemnisation of marriage shall take place after 21 days but not later than 6 months from the date of application. For those who choose to be married at the Registrar of Marriage office, do book your date at the office when you submit your application. If you decide to have your registration at another location for example at Malacca although your application is in Selangor, do inform the officer when you submit your application form. They will advise you to return to the office after 21 days to collect your form and submit it at the NRD office of the district where you choose to have your registration. For those who would like to have a Registration of Marriage ceremony at a Hotel or at a garden, do note that you will be required to pay a fee of RM500 for the office to be present at your ceremony. Do inform the officer of your decision when you submit your application form. An officer will be appointed by the NRD office to be present at your registration day. On your registration day, whether you choose to be married at the Registrar of Marriage office or at a temple or church, do dress decently. No t-shirts,singlets, jeans, shorts or slippers are allowed. My suggestions is for the both of you to dress smartly since you will most probably have some pictures taken on that day. This blog post is only applicable for applicants who are above 21 years of age. Do note that rules may change over time and it is best to refer to the National Registration Department website or contact them directly for the latest information. The list of NRD offices can be found here. A person applying for marriage must have been resident in the marriage district for a period of not less than seven (7) days. If both parties to the marriage reside in the same marriage district then both have to fill and sign Form JPN.KC02 (Application Form, Notice of Marriage and Written Declaration) [2] in the presence of the Registrar of Marriages. Only one (1) such notice is required. If both parties to the marriage reside in different marriage districts then notice must be given to the Registrar of Marriages of each marriage district. Supporting documents must be attached to Form JPN.KC02. The Written or Statutory Declaration, embodied in Form JPN.KC02, has to be made in the presence of the Registrar who shall attest the same. The Written Declaration incorporates a declaration of no lawful impediment to the marriage and that all the requirements have been complied with. You will have to remit a payment of RM30 for marriage certificate and certification. Your two witnesses need not present during submission of application. You must decide the date for solemnisation of your marriage. This has to take place within six (6) months from the date of publication of the Notice of Marriage. Upon receipt of your application and supporting documents and fee, the Registrar of Marriages (ROM) will publish the Notice of Marriage by posting it on a notice board of the Registry for twenty-one (21) days for normal marriage. The Registrar of Marriages (ROM) will issue a Certificate for Marriage after the expiration date of publication of the Notice of Marriage. Total cost for registration done at JPN: RM20 for verification and RM30 for registering. Then I filled in the form for both of us and to avoid mistakes and the need to use blanco (don’tknow whether it is allowed or not) and since we have only one copy of the form,I actually used pencil first (because I am prone in making mistakes when filling up a forms). I then checked the form and after I am satisfied that all the particulars are correctly filled in the required blanks, I erased each particulars written in pencil and rewrite them with pen. It’s tedious but it’s a good way to avoid mistakes and ending up with messy forms. Preliminaries To Marriage (Marriage Application) The Affirmation and Verification After filling up the form and checking that all the details are correct, you will need to affirm the Statutory Declaration (SD) which comes with the form before a Commissioner for Oaths (CO). This SD is merely to declare that both man and woman are single i.e. not currently married to another person because polygamy is a crime punishable in Malaysia. See the thing iswe were so silly to assume that there will be a CO at the JPN office. We went to the JPN branch in Shah Alam as KC did not take a day off so I visited him during lunch to try and get it sorted at the nearest JPN office in Shah Alam. While at the JPN office, the clerk there told us that we have to go to PKNS building for the nearest CO. Both of us are really bad with directions and we don’t know where the PKNS building is so we decided to just go back to Shah Alam Court to get the SD affirmed by one of the staff that KC knows there who is also a CO too.The great part was we did not have to pay for our affirmation. See an affirmation by the CO will cost RM4 for each affirmation. So we expected to pay RM8 for each one of our affirmation. But at the payment counter the clerk informed that since it is a JPN document, affirmation will be free! I just can’t believe that on some blogs I read some people pay quite a bit to dot his affirmation! When it comes to marriage people will take every opportunity to make money out of the couple because they know that they will pay. So don’t fall into this trap. So after affirmation we went back to the JPN office at Plaza Masalam, Level 6 for the second time (since parking is only RM1, this mistake did not cost us a lot). We informed the counter clerk that we were there for verification for registration of marriage and she gave us a number. Before we could even take a seat near the verification counter, our number was called. We passed the form to the clerk there, he looked through the form and did some search on the system then stamp our form and it was done! All done in less than 10 minutes. I am very impressed with such speedy and efficient service in a government department! So I happily took a performance sheet placed at the counter and rated him 6 (if I remember correctly it's 6, the highest score) and put it into his locked performance box. Oh, before we left we paidRM20 for the verification fee. Next, for registrations outside JPN you have to submit your stamped form in the religious centre where you are solemising your marriage. Bring along IC (original) of couples, photocopy of couple’s IC (back and front printed on A4 size paper),photocopy of couple’s birth certs (back and front printed on A4 size paper) and photocopy of 2 witnesses IC (back and front printed on A4 size paper). Copies of all these documents are to be submitted along with your form. We went to submit our form at the Marriage Registry at Thean Hou Temple and paid RM80. The lady at the counter asked us when we want to have the solemnisation, we decided on 08/06/2013. Then she gave us that date and fixed it at 11.00 a.m. That’s about it for now. I have not gone through the solemnisation part yet so I can’t write about it. I will update this post once we come to that! http://milestones.my/getting-married-in-malaysia/
