Is religious only marriage valid?

[ibzo]

my wife plans to submit the visa app form from jordan as iraq doesnt process spouse visas and we don't have a marriage certificate so were planning on getting an official marriage certificate from jordan. It has now come to my attention that jordan don't do civil marriages, just religious marriages, so if I get an islamic marriage contact done in jordan is that sufficient?
Also, Where should I get it translated?

Thanks

Also when we do get married, we are planning on applying straight awa, this would mean we will apply when it says on her iraqi id that she is single. Is that ok considering we have a marriage certificate to prove the marriage?[/img]

[Azhaar]

its accepted as long as the law of the country where you get married accept it as a valild marriage certificate..

you should be ok..

i got married the same b4 i came here, and it was accepted

[ibzo]

Thanks for the reply Azhaar
Did you get married and applied from jordan?
And do you know if its fine if my wife's iraqi id says she is single?

[Azhaar]

no jordan it was yemen, another arab country.. i was married there and didnt attend no courts or registerer.. it was accepted here,

as long as its accepted as a valid marriage certificate in the country of issue then it should be accepted here..

again its thing that happend to me..
when i came to the uk i had a valid passport since i was single so it was fine