Marry A Malaysian In Malaysia (Widower/Widow)

By admin on June 26th, 2007

If both are Malaysians, one or both of you are widow or widower, here’s what you need to do:

Submission for Application
Both the bridegroom-to-be and the bride-to-be must be present in person with the following documents :

Original and photocopy of identity cards
Original and photocopy of birth certificates
Original and photocopy of death certificate of spouse who has passed away.
Original and photocopy of the previous marriage certificate or birth certificate of children from previous marriage.
Two (2) passport-size (5.0cm x 3.5cm) coloured photographs each.
A photocopy of the respective identity cards of two witnesses. The witnesses must be a Malaysian Citizen and above 21 years old. The witnesses do not required to be presented during the submission.

Appointment
Appointment date of registration may be fixed during the submission of application.

On the day of registration of marriage
Both the bridegroom-to-be and the bride-to-be must be present in person together with their two witnesses. The documents required to bring along and guidelines are:

Original identity cards of the bridegroom-to-be, bride-to-be and two witnesses.
Original birth certificates of the bridegroom-to-be and bride-to-be.
Original death certificate of spouse who has passed away.
Original previous marriage certificate or birth certificate of children from previous marriage.
The bridegroom-to-be and their male witness(s) must be neatly dressed (long sleeves shirts with tie or our national costume – batik). While the bride-to-be and their female witness(s) must also be neatly dressed. T-shirt, jeans, short pants and slippers are not allowed.
Children are not allowed to attend the registration. This is to avoid them causing disturbances during the registration.
Photograph taking is allowed, however, the photographer shall not be the bridegroom-to-be, bride-to-be or any of the two witnesses.
The registration of marriage may not be carried out if the couple do not follow the above guidelines.

This is to serve as a reference only, the law might change, do check with Jabatan Perkahwinan Negara to confirm and finalise.