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Answer-first guides on how matchmaking works, registering a marriage in India, kundli matching, staying safe, and marrying across borders.

Featured · Guide

How Personalised Matchmaking Works

What a matchmaker actually does, how the search moves from a first conversation to a wedding, and how it differs from a matrimonial website. The place to start.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

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Guide · Legal

How to Register a Marriage in India

The Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, the 30-day notice, the documents you need, and why the certificate matters more than families expect.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

Guide · Tradition

Kundli Matching (Guna Milan) Explained

The 36 gunas, the eight kootas and their points, the 18-point threshold, Nadi and Mangal Dosha, and an honest view of what the score really means.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

Guide · Safety

Staying Safe in Matrimony

How to verify a match before money or travel, the red flags of matrimonial fraud, and exactly how to report a scam through the 1930 helpline and cybercrime portal.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

Guide · NRI

Marrying and Moving a Spouse to the USA

The CR-1 and IR-1 spouse visa, the K-1 fiance route, Form I-130, green cards, and OCI. The India to US corridor, step by step.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

Guide · NRI

Marrying and Moving a Spouse to the UK

The spouse visa under Appendix FM, the income requirement families ask about most, the English and settlement rules, and OCI. The India to UK corridor.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

Guide · NRI

Marrying and Sponsoring a Spouse to Canada

Spousal sponsorship for permanent residence, inland versus outland, the three-year undertaking, open work permits, and OCI. The India to Canada corridor.

Guide · Updated 17 July 2026

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