Tariq works as an engineer in Dubai and has three weeks’ leave. Afreen lives in Delhi. Their families have fixed the Nikah for the second Saturday of his visit. What nobody has asked yet is what happens after the Nikah: which paper will the UAE accept to sponsor Afreen’s residence visa, who has to attest it, in what order, and how long each step takes. A Nikah between an NRI or a foreign national and a partner in India is, in its essentials, the same as any other. It is the paperwork on either side of it that decides whether the couple can actually live together afterwards. This guide explains how to plan it so that one trip is enough.
People use “NRI” loosely for anyone who lives abroad, but for a Nikah and everything after it, the partner’s legal status changes the documents and the visa route. There are three broad cases.
| Status | Who | Identity in India | Proof of freedom to marry |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRI | Indian citizen living abroad | Indian passport; no visa needed | Affidavit, or a document from the Indian mission where asked |
| OCI cardholder | Foreign citizen of Indian origin, registered as OCI | Foreign passport and OCI card | Certificate of no impediment from the country of citizenship |
| Foreign national | Any other foreign citizen | Foreign passport and a valid Indian visa | Certificate of no impediment, single-status certificate or equivalent |
The distinction continues after the Nikah. An NRI’s spouse from India simply joins them abroad on that country’s spouse or family visa. A foreign spouse who wants to live in India needs the appropriate Indian visa and, in time, may apply for OCI. And an OCI cardholder marrying in India is, for most documentary purposes, treated as the foreign citizen they are.
The most useful single question in any cross-border Nikah is: where will this marriage need to be proved, and for what? The answer is usually a spouse visa or family residence permit in the country where the NRI or foreign partner lives. That country’s rules decide almost everything else — whether a registration certificate is needed or the Nikahnama will do, whether it must be apostilled or legalised, which translator is acceptable, and what other evidence of the relationship is expected.
We therefore plan backwards. Before any date is fixed, we look at the current checklist of the destination’s embassy or immigration authority, identify every document it asks for, and work out which of them must be created in India, in what order, and how long each step takes. Only then do we fix the Nikah date. A couple who do it the other way round — Nikah first, questions later — often find at the airport or the visa centre that one attestation is missing and a second trip is needed.
Nothing in Muslim personal law changes because one partner holds a foreign passport. The Nikah needs offer and acceptance at one sitting, the free consent of both, the witnesses personal law requires, mehr due to the bride, and no bar such as a prohibited relationship, a subsisting marriage that the law does not permit, or an iddat that has not ended. In India the minimum ages are eighteen for the bride and twenty-one for the groom under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, whatever the age of majority in the foreign partner’s own country. The full list of conditions, with the reasons behind each, is set out in our Muslim Nikah guide.
One practical difference is language. A foreign partner who does not speak Urdu or Hindi must understand the offer and acceptance, the khutba and the terms of the Nikahnama. A Qazi who can conduct the Nikah in English or Arabic, or an interpreter named in the Nikahnama, avoids any later suggestion that the foreign partner did not know what was agreed.
Both a careful Qazi and the government registrar must be satisfied that neither partner is already married in a way that bars the Nikah. For an Indian partner, an affidavit and local knowledge usually suffice. For a foreign partner, nobody in India can check their home records, so the proof must come from their own country.
The usual document is a certificate of no impediment, also called a single-status certificate, a certificate of freedom to marry or a no-objection letter. It is issued either by the foreign partner’s embassy or consulate in India, sometimes on the basis of the partner’s own sworn declaration there, or by the civil registry of their home country. Practice varies widely: some embassies issue it within days, some require a notice period, and some do not issue one at all and instead attest the partner’s affidavit. Many registrars expect it to be recent, commonly within the last few months. Where it is not in English, a certified translation is needed.
For an NRI who is an Indian citizen, an affidavit of marital status, sworn in India or before an Indian consular officer abroad, is usually accepted. Where the NRI has lived for years in a country with its own marriage register, a record from that register showing no marriage is strong additional proof.
Authentication works in both directions. Documents issued abroad — a foreign partner’s birth certificate, a divorce decree, a certificate of no impediment issued at home rather than by the embassy in India — generally need to be authenticated before an Indian registrar will rely on them. India is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so a public document from another Convention country is accepted with that country’s apostille. A document from a country outside the Convention is usually legalised by the Indian embassy or consulate there after the issuing country’s own foreign ministry has attested it.
Documents not in English need a translation. Registrars in Delhi usually accept a translation by a professional translator with a declaration of accuracy, notarised in India; some prefer a translation certified by the embassy. Planning this early matters, because getting a decree apostilled in another country can take longer than the whole of the couple’s visit to India.
Where either partner was married before, the proof of how that marriage ended must be produced. For a foreign partner this is usually a divorce decree from a court in their country, or a death certificate of the former spouse, with a certified English translation and, where the registrar requires it, an apostille or attestation. For an Indian Muslim partner, it may be a talaqnama, khulanama, or a court decree dissolving the marriage under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939.
Two particular problems arise. First, a divorce pronounced abroad by instant triple talaq does not end a marriage in Indian law, because it is void under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019; a woman divorced only in that way is still married for Indian purposes. Second, a divorce granted in one country may not be recognised in another, and Indian courts examine foreign divorce decrees against the grounds and procedure Indian law accepts. Where there is any doubt about whether an earlier marriage has validly ended, advice should be taken before the Nikah, and a question of recognition is for an advocate.
A foreign partner must be lawfully present in India and must comply with the conditions of their visa. There is no separate “marriage visa”, and many foreign partners marry while in India on a tourist or business visa. That is common, but it is worth being prepared: some registrars ask about the visa, and certain categories of visa carry a requirement to register with the Foreigners Regional Registration Office within a set period. The foreign partner should carry the passport, visa and any registration papers to every appointment.
For nationals of certain neighbouring countries, Indian visas carry additional restrictions, including on the places that may be visited, and registrars may require security or police verification before registering a marriage. These checks can take weeks and cannot be hurried. If the foreign partner is from such a country, we raise the question at the very first conversation, because it can change the whole timetable.
Some countries regulate their citizens’ marriages to foreigners. Several Gulf states, for example, require a citizen to obtain permission from a government authority before marrying a foreign national, and a marriage contracted without it may not be registered or recognised there, with consequences for residence, children’s nationality and inheritance. Some countries also require their citizens to register a marriage performed abroad with their own embassy.
These rules bind the foreign partner under their own law; an Indian Qazi or registrar will not usually ask about them. That is exactly why they are missed. We ask the foreign partner to confirm, with their own authorities, whether any permission or subsequent registration is required, and we build that into the plan.
Some foreign partners were not born Muslim and have accepted Islam, sometimes years before meeting their spouse, sometimes more recently. A Qazi will usually ask for a certificate of acceptance of Islam from a recognised institution, in India or abroad, and may speak with the partner about it. Where the certificate was issued abroad, it should be authenticated and translated like any other foreign document.
We do not arrange conversions, and a conversion made only to make a Nikah possible may later be questioned, both in India and in the partner’s own country. Couples of different faiths who each wish to keep their own religion should marry under the Special Marriage Act, which is open to foreign nationals on the conditions explained in our NRI marriage registration guide.
A careful Qazi treats a cross-border Nikah with more questions, not fewer, because he cannot rely on local knowledge of the families. Expect him to ask to see the original passports and visas; the certificate of no impediment or affidavit of status; the proof of any earlier divorce; and, for a foreign partner who has accepted Islam, the certificate of acceptance. He will want to speak to the bride directly about her consent. He may ask where the couple will live and whether the bride’s family knows the groom’s circumstances abroad. These questions protect the couple; a Qazi who asks none of them is not doing them a favour.
Every document in a cross-border Nikah will eventually be compared with the partners’ passports by an officer who has never met them. The Nikahnama, the Qazi’s certificate, the registration application and every affidavit must therefore carry the names exactly as in the passports, including spelling, spacing and order. This sounds obvious and is ignored constantly: the family calls the groom “Mohd. Tariq”, his UAE residence card says “TARIQ MOHAMMAD”, and his passport says “MOHAMMAD TARIQ” with no surname.
Passports issued by different countries handle names differently. Some separate a given name from a surname; some list a father’s or grandfather’s name as part of the full name; some Indian passports have no surname at all. The rule we follow is to copy the passport exactly, field by field, and where a family name or honorific must also appear for religious or community reasons, to record it as an additional description rather than changing the passport form. Where the bride intends to change her surname abroad, that should happen afterwards, in the order the destination country’s rules describe, not by writing a new name into the Nikahnama.
In many NRI Nikahs one family cannot travel. That affects the ceremony more than the law. Under Hanafi law, followed by most Sunni Muslims in India, an adult woman may contract her own marriage, and a wali is customary rather than essential; where the bride’s family is abroad, her father or brother may appoint a relative in India to convey her consent, or she may give it herself before witnesses. Shia and other schools have their own rules, and the Qazi should be of the couple’s school.
Where a family abroad cannot attend but wants to witness the Nikah, a live video link to the ceremony is common and harmless, as long as the offer, acceptance and witnesses are all physically present in the room. Families should also agree who keeps the original Nikahnama. With one family abroad, it is sensible for the bride to hold one original set and the groom another, with certified copies for both families.
It is common for a groom working abroad to be unable to get leave at the time the families have fixed, and for the Nikah to take place in India through a wakil — an agent he appoints to make or accept the offer on his behalf. Muslim law has long allowed marriage through agents, and many Qazis in India will conduct such a Nikah if the appointment is properly proved.
The appointment should be in writing, naming the wakil, the bride, and the mehr the groom authorises, and executed by the groom before an Indian consular officer at the embassy or consulate in his country, or before a local notary with an apostille or the attestation the Qazi asks for. A copy of the groom’s passport and visa should be attached. The Nikahnama should record that the groom was represented by a named wakil under an authority of a stated date.
The catch comes at the next step. A Nikah through a wakil may be valid, but the government registration of the marriage in Delhi ordinarily requires both spouses to appear before the registrar in person. Until the groom comes to India, the marriage usually cannot be registered, and without a registration certificate the bride will struggle to obtain a spouse or family visa. Couples should therefore plan the groom’s first visit after the Nikah around registration, and should not assume that a wakil Nikah alone will be enough for immigration.
Since the pandemic years, some couples have had Nikahs conducted over a video call, with the Qazi and witnesses in one place and the groom or bride in another. Scholars differ on whether the requirement of a single sitting (majlis) is met, and Qazis in India are divided; some will not perform such a Nikah at all, and some will only with a wakil present in the room. Registrars and foreign embassies may, in turn, question a Nikah in which one party was on a screen.
Our advice is straightforward. If the groom or bride cannot be present, a Nikah through a properly appointed wakil is the established and safer route. If a video call is used, the Nikahnama must describe what happened truthfully — which party was where, and who was with each of them — rather than pretending that both were in the room. And for immigration, plan on registration in person later.
For an NRI or foreign couple, government registration is not optional in practice, whatever the strict position in law. It is the document that embassies, immigration authorities and the Indian OCI process all rely on. Delhi has made registration compulsory for marriages performed there, through the Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014; couples apply online and then attend in person before the registrar, who in practice sits in the SDM’s office.
For a couple with a foreign partner, the registrar will usually want, in addition to the ordinary documents: the foreign partner’s passport and visa in original with copies, the certificate of no impediment or its equivalent, proof of the Indian partner’s residence in the area, the Nikahnama and Qazi’s certificate, affidavits of both spouses, photographs and a witness with Indian identity. Where the foreign partner comes from a country for which security verification is required, that clearance too. We can prepare and file the application through our Muslim marriage registration service, with the sworn statements drafted under our Muslim marriage affidavit service.
Couples of different faiths who are not having a Nikah register under the Special Marriage Act instead, which has its own notice and residence rules. Our NRI marriage registration guide explains that route in full.
Sometimes the Nikah takes place through a wakil, or the NRI partner has to leave before the registrar’s appointment. The marriage remains valid, but the government certificate has to wait. Appearance before the registrar is personal; a power of attorney does not usually allow someone else to appear in a spouse’s place. The couple then have three practical options: register on the partner’s next visit, which is usually the simplest; check whether the destination country will begin the visa process with the Nikahnama, the Qazi’s certificate and affidavits, and accept the registration certificate later, which a few do; or, where the bride can travel first on another visa, consider registering the marriage in the country of residence under its own rules. None of these is as good as registering before the partner leaves, which is why we build the appointment into the trip from the start.
An OCI cardholder is a foreign citizen for marriage purposes and needs the same proof of freedom to marry from the country of citizenship. After the Nikah, the OCI card itself does not need to record the marriage, but a woman who changes her name in her foreign passport must usually have her OCI documents updated to match, under the rules then in force. An OCI cardholder’s foreign spouse becomes eligible to apply for OCI in their own right on the same two-year basis as the spouse of an Indian citizen.
A certificate issued in India has to be authenticated before a foreign authority will rely on it. There are two systems, and which one applies depends on the destination.
Registration certificates follow these routes readily. The Nikahnama and the Qazi’s certificate are private papers; they generally go through a notary before any authentication, and foreign offices accept them only for narrow purposes. Step-by-step detail is in our apostille assistance guide.
A large share of NRI Nikahs involve a groom working in the Gulf who wants his wife to join him on a family residence visa. The requirements differ between the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, and change from time to time, but the pattern is similar. The sponsoring husband must usually meet a minimum salary or have accommodation of a certain standard, and the marriage certificate must be attested along a chain: State verification in India, attestation by the Ministry of External Affairs, legalisation by the Gulf country’s embassy in India, and often a final attestation by that country’s foreign ministry after arrival. A translation into Arabic by an approved translator may also be required.
The Qazi’s certificate on its own is rarely enough for this chain. The certificate that moves through it smoothly is the government registration certificate. Couples should also check whether the Gulf country requires the husband’s employer or a local authority to approve the family visa first, because that step can be done in parallel while attestation is under way in India.
Countries with detailed immigration systems examine marriages closely. For a UK spouse visa, a partner visa in Canada or Australia, or an immigrant petition in the United States, the authorities typically want a government marriage certificate, a translation where the original is not in English, evidence that the relationship is genuine — photographs over time, communication, visits — and evidence that the couple meet financial and accommodation requirements. Some publish country-specific lists of the civil documents they accept from India, and those lists should be read before the Nikah, not after.
These authorities are alert to marriages arranged for immigration. A Nikah performed in a hurry, with no family present, weeks before a visa application, is not unlawful, but it invites questions. A genuine couple should keep ordinary evidence of their relationship and of the Nikah itself — photographs with family, the guest list, the invitation — because it is exactly what an interviewing officer may ask to see.
Where the couple will live in India and the spouse is a foreign national, the spouse needs an Indian visa that permits residence as a spouse, and must comply with registration requirements for foreigners. The appropriate visa category and its conditions are set by the Ministry of Home Affairs and change from time to time, so the current rules should be checked before the foreign spouse’s existing visa expires.
Two longer-term routes follow. A foreign spouse of an Indian citizen, or of an OCI cardholder, may apply for registration as an Overseas Citizen of India under Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 once the marriage has been registered and has subsisted for at least two continuous years, subject to security clearance; nationals of certain countries are excluded. And a person married to an Indian citizen who has been ordinarily resident in India for seven years before applying may seek citizenship by registration under Section 5 of the same Act, giving up the foreign nationality, since India does not allow dual citizenship.
Mehr may be fixed in any currency, in gold, or in property. NRI families often fix it in the currency the groom earns — dirhams, riyals, pounds or dollars. That is perfectly valid, but the Nikahnama should state it clearly, with the currency named in words, the prompt and deferred portions, and ideally the Indian rupee equivalent at the date of the Nikah, so that nobody later argues about which exchange rate applies. Where mehr is fixed in gold, the weight and purity should be written, not only a value.
Whether mehr can be enforced abroad depends on the law of the country concerned. Courts in some countries treat it as a contractual promise and enforce it; others do not, or only in limited circumstances. A wife who expects to live abroad should not assume that a foreign court will enforce her mehr as an Indian court would, and should keep the Nikahnama, its translation and any record of payments safe. Where detailed terms are wanted, they can be set out through our mehr and Nikah conditions agreement service.
Lawful conditions in the Nikahnama are more important, not less, when the couple will live abroad. Common and useful ones include that the wife will not be taken to live in another country without her consent; that the husband will provide a named standard of accommodation; that the wife may visit her parents in India at stated intervals at the husband’s expense; and a talaq-e-tafweez clause, under which the husband delegates to the wife a right to end the marriage herself if something named happens, such as desertion or a second marriage without her consent. Such conditions give the wife a recorded position if things go wrong far from her family.
NRI families often hold the Nikah at a banquet hall or hotel as part of a larger wedding, or at a relative’s home because the time in India is short. The place makes no difference to validity. What matters is that the Qazi has the checked passport details in advance, that the Nikahnama is completed at the venue rather than “later”, and that the witnesses have their identity documents with them. Our Nikah at home with Qazi service arranges home and hall ceremonies. The Nikah at home guide covers the practical arrangements in detail.
A child born abroad to an Indian citizen parent does not automatically receive Indian citizenship. Under the Citizenship Act, 1955, citizenship by descent generally requires the birth to be registered at an Indian consulate within a set period, usually a year, and a declaration that the child does not hold another country’s passport. If that is not done, the child may instead apply for OCI as a person of Indian origin. The parents’ registered marriage certificate is among the first documents the consulate asks for, which is one more reason to register the Nikah in India before leaving.
Where one parent is a foreign national, the child may be entitled to the other country’s nationality too, and the rules on dual nationality differ; parents should decide early which passport the child will hold, because India does not permit dual citizenship for adults.
A bride travelling to join her husband should keep her name exactly as in her passport until the visa is issued and she has arrived. Airline tickets, visa applications and immigration forms must match the passport, and a surname changed halfway through the process causes delays. Any change of name is best made afterwards, in the order the destination country’s rules require.
Bank accounts need similar care. An NRI’s accounts in India are governed by the Reserve Bank’s rules on non-resident accounts, which limit who may be a joint holder and on what basis; a resident spouse can often be added to certain NRI accounts only on a former-or-survivor basis. Couples should ask their bank before assuming that a joint account or nomination can be arranged in the usual way, and should update nominations on insurance and investments after the marriage is registered.
Muslim personal law permits a man to have more than one wife subject to conditions, and a second Nikah may be valid in India. Immigration law abroad is another matter. Many countries do not grant a spouse visa to a second wife while the first marriage continues, even if the marriage was valid where it was performed, and some treat an undisclosed first marriage as deception. A man with a living wife must disclose it, both to the bride and to any immigration authority, and the bride should understand before the Nikah whether she will actually be able to join him.
Abandonment of brides by NRI husbands — a Nikah, a few weeks together, a promise to send for her, and then silence — is a recognised problem, and the Law Commission of India has recommended compulsory registration of NRI marriages for that reason. A bride and her family can protect themselves with a few precautions:
If a husband abroad deserts his wife, she can claim maintenance, and the 1939 Dissolution Act lets her seek a decree on grounds that include a husband’s long absence or failure to maintain her. Serving and enforcing orders across borders is difficult, and these are proceedings for an advocate, whose fee is engaged and paid by you directly; we do not quote, collect or share it. You can look for one through our advocate directory.
Families often come to us after a proposal has already been accepted, and ask what they should have checked. The list is short, and none of it is rude to ask. Request a copy of the groom’s passport and his residence card or visa abroad, and check that the dates are current. Ask for his employer’s name and address, and verify it independently, not through the broker. Ask directly whether he has been married before, and for the divorce papers if so. Ask where the couple will live, and whether his income and housing meet the destination country’s family-visa rules. Speak to someone who knows him in the country where he lives. And agree before the Nikah that the marriage will be registered in India before he leaves.
A genuine groom and family will understand these questions; many will have asked the same of the bride. Reluctance to answer them is itself information.
When a marriage between partners in different countries ends, the legal questions multiply. A talaq pronounced abroad must meet the requirements of Muslim law and Indian law to be recognised here; instant triple talaq is void. A divorce decree from a foreign court is examined by Indian courts against principles laid down by the Supreme Court, including in Y. Narasimha Rao v. Y. Venkata Lakshmi (1991), which looks at the jurisdiction of the foreign court and the grounds on which it acted. A wife in India may seek maintenance and dissolution here even while her husband lives abroad, though serving and enforcing orders overseas is slow.
Children raise the hardest questions. India is not a party to the Hague Convention on international child abduction, so disputes about a child brought to or taken from India are decided by Indian courts on the child’s welfare. Couples in such situations need an advocate in India and often one abroad as well; these are matters for them, not for documentation services.
Couples sometimes ask whether it would be simpler to have the Nikah in the country where the NRI partner lives. A marriage valid under the law of the place where it was performed is generally recognised in India, and in many Muslim-majority countries Nikahs are registered with a court or ministry that issues a certificate. That certificate, attested or apostilled, is then used in India and elsewhere. Indian missions also register marriages under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1969, but that is a civil procedure, not a Nikah.
For most families with relatives in India, a Nikah in India followed by Indian registration is simpler, because the witnesses, documents and family are all here. Where the bride will in any case travel abroad first, a Nikah registered there may be easier. The right answer depends on where the families are and what the destination country requires.
Cross-border timetables are often broken by holidays nobody planned for. Embassies in India close on their own national holidays as well as some Indian ones; the registrar’s office and the Ministry of External Affairs close on Indian gazetted holidays; and many families want to avoid fixing a Nikah during Ramadan. A trip timed around Eid, when the groom’s leave is easiest to get, can lose a week of working days in India. Check both calendars before booking flights.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| Six to eight weeks before | Destination checklist read; passports and visas checked; certificate of no impediment applied for; divorce papers translated |
| Two to four weeks before | Qazi booked; Nikahnama details drafted in passport names; affidavits drafted; security clearance applied for if needed |
| Arrival week | Original documents checked; affidavits sworn; Nikah performed |
| Days after the Nikah | Registration application filed and appointment attended by both spouses |
| Following one to three weeks | Registration certificate issued; apostille or attestation and legalisation; translations |
With good planning, a visit of two to three weeks is usually enough for the Nikah, registration and the start of attestation. Where attestation or a foreign embassy’s legalisation takes longer, a trusted family member can often complete the remaining steps after the NRI partner leaves, with a written authority.
Tariq, from the opening of this guide, sent us scans of his passport and UAE residence card five weeks before his leave. We read the UAE family-visa requirements with him, checked that his salary and accommodation met them, and fixed the Nikah for his third day in Delhi rather than his second Saturday, to leave time for registration. The Nikahnama used the names exactly as in both passports and recorded mehr in dirhams with the rupee equivalent. Both swore affidavits the same day. Registration was completed eight days later with both present, and the certificate went for MEA attestation and UAE embassy legalisation before Tariq flew back. Afreen’s brother collected the attested certificate and couriered it to Dubai, where Tariq completed the final attestation and sponsored her visa.
Nur, a Malaysian citizen, met Faraz while studying in Delhi. Both are Muslim. Nur obtained a letter from her embassy confirming her single status, and we checked with her whether Malaysian law required her to register the marriage with her own authorities afterwards; it did, through her embassy. The Nikah was conducted in English and Urdu with an interpreter named in the Nikahnama. After registration in Delhi, the certificate was apostilled for use in Malaysia, and Nur later applied for the appropriate Indian visa as the spouse of an Indian citizen. Two years after registration she became eligible to apply for OCI.
A groom in Saudi Arabia had his Nikah performed in Delhi through his brother as wakil, under an authority signed before a local notary there without any attestation. The Qazi accepted it, but the registrar asked how the authority could be verified, and the bride’s family realised that the Saudi family visa would require a registered certificate in any case. The groom executed a fresh authority at the Indian consulate for the record, and the couple registered the marriage in person on his next leave. Planning the registration visit from the start would have saved a year.
Our NRI and Foreigner Muslim Nikah service costs ₹4,500 and usually takes 3 – 15 days, depending on the documents and the destination.
| Our work | Your benefit |
|---|---|
| Destination-first planning from the embassy’s current checklist | One trip instead of two |
| Advance check of passports, visas and single-status papers | No surprise at the Qazi or registrar |
| Qazi of your school; English or Arabic where needed | A Nikah both partners understand |
| Nikahnama in exact passport names; mehr stated clearly | Documents that match abroad |
| Wakil authority drafted and attestation explained | A valid Nikah even if one partner cannot travel |
| Guidance on registration, apostille, attestation and the visa file | The path to living together planned |
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