The standard checklist
The final list depends on nationality, marital status and the competent authority. This checklist is enough for a preliminary review, and it prints cleanly if you want to take it with you.
Pakistani applicants
Standard documents- Original CNICs, or another legally acceptable identity and age record
- Recent passport-size photographs, in the number required locally
- Agreed Haq Mehr details
- CNICs and particulars of the witnesses
- Information for every relevant Nikah Nama column
- Divorce documentation or death certificate, where applicable
Foreign-national cases
Reviewed before travel- Valid passport and evidence of lawful entry
- Evidence of present marital status, where required
- Divorce decree or death certificate, where applicable
- Certified translation of documents not issued in English or Urdu
- Religion or conversion documentation, where legally relevant
- Any further nationality-specific document identified on review
Case-specific documents
- Divorce decree, Talaq record or Khula documentation
- Former spouse’s death certificate
- Evidence relating to an applicable waiting period
- Foreign single-status or identity documents
- Certified translations where a document is not in English or Urdu
- Any additional affidavit or declaration identified on review
Photographs, witnesses and Haq Mehr
Bring recent passport-size photographs in the number required locally, the CNICs and particulars of your witnesses, and agreed Haq Mehr instructions. Witness requirements depend on the applicable personal law and procedure; witness identity and legal competence are checked in advance.
Please do not send identity documents by web form. Send them on WhatsApp or bring the originals to the appointment, as we advise for your case.
General legal information about the position as at the review date, not case-specific advice. Requirements differ between Islamabad Capital Territory and Punjab and can change. How we research and review these pages.