In an effort to implement stringent laws against Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) abandoning their wives in India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said that all NRI marriages solemnised in India would have to be registered within 48 hours. Failing to do so will result in non-issuance or revoking of passport and visa. NRI marriages have to be registered within 48 hours, else the passport and visas would not be issued, Maneka Gandhi.