| Registration for international marriage | |
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| Jun 2, 2009 01:53 |   |
 | What's the policy of registration for international marriage in China? What is needed for the registration? Where to register? Could anybody tell me? Thanks in advance. |
| Jun 2, 2009 03:00 | #1 |
| Chinese citizens and foreigners who apply for marriage registration shall respectively hold the following certificates: A. For Chinese citizens: (1) certificates of the applicant''''s residence registration; (2) certificate signed and issued either by the people''''s government at the county level or above which is stationed in the locality where the applicant has his/her residence registration, or by a government department, a school, an institution, or an enterprise at the county level or above, which is the applicant''''s place of work; the certificate indicates the applicant''''s name, sex, date of birth, nationality, marital status (single, divorced, bereft of spouse - the same below), occupation, nature of work, name of the person to marry. B. For foreigners: (1) the applicant''''s passport or other documents certifying his/her identity and citizenship; (2) "Residence Permit for Foreigners" signed and issued by the public security department, or identification certificate issued by foreign affairs department, or entry permit and residence permit for foreigners who come to China for a short stay; (3) marital status certification issued by the notary office of the applicant's country and confirmed by both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or a department authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the applicant''''s country and the Chinese embassy or consulate in the said foreign country; or marital status certification issued by the embassy or consulate of the said foreign country in China. C. For resident foreigners in China: (1) the applicant's passport, or identification certificate or nationality certificate used to substitute for passport (those who have no nationality may be exempted from presenting their nationality certificates); (2) "Residence Permit for Foreigners" signed and issued by the public security department; (3) certificate signed and issued either by the people's government at the county level or above, which is stationed in the locality where the applicant has his/her residence registration, or by a government department, a school, an institution, or an enterprise at the county level or above, which is the applicant's place of work; the certificate indicates the applicant's name, sex, date of birth, marital status,occupation, name of the person to marry. In addition, both the man and the woman applying for marriage registration shall also present the pre-marital health check-up report signed and issued by a hospital designated by the marriage registration department. |
| Jun 2, 2009 04:10 | #2 |
| So complicated! However, it is good for the couple and their marriage's legality. |
| Jun 12, 2009 19:21 | #3 |
| The pre-marital health check up no longer applies, I didn't do this when I got married. Alan |
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