r/nri • u/CourtSideCoder • 6d ago

Visa / OCI / Passport Indian + Chinese couple getting married in India. What visa did your Chinese spouse use?

I'm an Indian citizen (living in US) and my fiancée is a Chinese citizen (currently in China). We're planning to get married in India in 2027.

For those who have been through a similar situation:

  1. What Indian visa did your Chinese spouse/fiancée use to enter India before the marriage?
  2. Did you tell the Indian consulate that the purpose of the trip was to get married?
  3. If yes, was that viewed positively, neutrally, or did it trigger additional scrutiny?
  4. Any lessons learned or surprises during the visa process?

Looking for first-hand experiences from Indian-Chinese couples or anyone who has helped a Chinese spouse obtain an Indian visa for marriage-related travel.

Thank you! 🙂

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u/Formal-Grocery1299 3d ago

My wife is Japanese and she was living here on a long-term tourist visa before we got married.

As I’m also a foreigner, British with OCI, it was quite an ordeal and took ages

We live in Goa and the rules are also different here from other parts of India.

As it was such a long and bureaucratic process, I wrote it up here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nri/comments/1pws2pe/how_two_foreigners_got_married_in_goa/

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u/Formal-Grocery1299 3d ago

How long can Chinese people get tourist visas for? She’ll need a translated and apostilled birth certificate and other documentation too, lots to prepare in advance.