• Deserted Woman Certificate will be issued to abandoned women for whom there is no support for livelihood.
• A woman whose husband is missing (for at least 7 years) then please get the FIR copy from the police station where the complaint is being lodged about missing.
  
  

Apply In-Person:

1. In order to apply for Deserted Woman Certificate, the applicant has to approach their concerned revenue department office.
2. Please go to the Tahsildhar / Sub-Divisional Officer / Dy. Collector office.
3. Link for the office contact details:Link AND Link please select the district as per the map to reach next page. In the given page please select menu option “ABOUT THE DISTRICT” > “Who’s (Whose) who” to get contact details.
4. Go to the respective office. Consult with the designated authority about the applying procedure for this certificate. Collect the application form or write on a plain A4 sheet as advised.
5. Complete the application form. Attach the entire required document as per our “Required Documents” section and submit it to the designated receiving authority.
6. After receiving the application, authorities will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place the application will be accepted with applicable fees as appropriate.
7. Authorities will make entries about this application in the manual record or electronically using computer.*Acknowledgement receipt will be given against every form received. So, collect it and please keep it safe for future reference.
8. Applicant will be informed of the probable date of collecting the certificate.
9. Designated authority will forward the application to the concerned Circle Officer / designated authority for his report.
10. The Circle Officer / designated authority will verify the applicant’s details. A report will be created after verifying the details of the applicant through field verification.
11. This report will be sent back to the issuing authority.
12. Based on the outcome of the above report and other internal processing, the issuing authority will make a decision.
13. The status, viz. Approval or Rejection if any will be conveyed to the applicant through an SMS.
14. If approved, the certificate will be hand delivered or sent through post to the address mentioned while applying or issued as per applicable norms.
    

Note:

• Applicant has to bring original documents to the applying office while applying for cross verification purpose and scanning if required.
  
• Without cross signature on photograph and signature on undertaking, the application will be rejected
  
• Certificate will be despatched or handed over directly as per the request made while applying by the applicant. Mostly handover in office will be in practice to get counter signature from the applicant for the delivered certificate.
  
• Applicant may be asked to apply with the specific format as advised by the respective benefit providing government departments.
  
• If the applicant is a divorcee, then verification of the applicant for not being remarried will be made.
  

• Application form
• Applicant’s Residence proof (ration card / Passport / Aadhaar card / Driving licence)
• Applicant’s Identity proof (ration card / Passport / Aadhaar card / Driving licence)
• Ration Card
• proof of marriage (marriage certificate if available can be attached)
• Proof of desertion (FIR copy)
• Income Certificate
• Land or Property Details
• Divorce order from court
• Self-declaration Affidavit.
• Aadhaar Card

Note: Apart from the above documents authorities may ask for additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office of the Sub-Divisional Officer,
9th Floor, Administrative Building,
Bandra (E), Mumbai.
Ph : +91 022-26510136

Contact Link: Link AND Link please select the district as per the map to reach next page. In the given page please select menu option “ABOUT THE DISTRICT” > “Who’s (Whose) who” to get contact details.

• Applicant should be citizen of India.
  
• Women’s with Spouse is deserted/ divorced are eligible.
  
• A woman whose husband is missing (for at least 7 years).
  
• Also she has not remarried until the date of application.
  

• Please pay as authorities quote while applying.
• Please pay the applicable Service Charge, Printing Charge and Scanning Charge
• For online, please pay as per prompt while processing.

• This certificate is valid for the period as mentioned on the certificate.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.

• The whole process shall be completed within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the application.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".

• Do not submit fake documents as a proof to obtain this certificate.
• Incomplete application will be rejected.
• Avoid spelling mistakes while filling the application form.
• Applicant will be penalized if any information provided by the applicant while applying for this certificate is being found false or incorrect.

• Name of the Applicant
• Father/Husbands Name
• Complete postal address
• Sex
• Applicant Address
• Date of Birth
• Marital status
• Caste
• Name of Mother
• Recent Passport size photograph
• Date of application
• Mobile number
• Email ID

• Deserted women certificate is required for getting preference in government employment
• This certificate is required to apply for the seats that come under the category of seats reserved for deserted woman in different courses enlisted by government as per quota.
• This certificate is required to avail different benefits offered by government for deserted woman.

• The candidate has to declare clearly that she is not in receipt of any financial assistance from any other department or agency.

NOTE : It is a punishable offence to try with fraudulent documents to get this certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.