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Getting Married for Foreigners in Marriage in China
Getting Married for Foreigners in Marriage in China
Two foreigners can get married in China if both of them meet the marriage requirements in China (see above at Certificate of Marriageability and at least one of them has a Chinese residence permit.
The marriage is to be documented in Marriage Registration Office, Bureau of Civil Affairs. There is no preliminary sign up for the registration, the registration itself takes about 30 minutes. This includes filling out the application (in Chinese; the assistance from a Chinese speaker will be required, the officials at the Marriage Registration Office not necessarily speak English); entering by the official your data into the database; and printing out two Marriage Certificates.
The list of the documents includes:
- a valid passport with the valid Chinese visa. China doesn't issue a "fiancée" visa; the marriage can be executed with a "tourist" ("L") visa;
- a Chinese residence permit for at least one of the marrying parties;
- a certificate of marriageability obtained at the parties' Embassy/-ies. The certificate must be issued in Chinese or to be translated and notirized at one of the Municipal Public Notary Offices. (Important: each of the persons need one certificate, where it clearly says: not married, single, is allowed to marry)
- three photos of the marrying couple taken together. There is special format for such photos, the Chinese photo shops should know that;
- a registration fee (9 RMB as of June 2010).
Some countries require additional steps to be taken to allow using the Chinese Marriage Certificate on its territory.
For example, Russia requires
1) translation and notarization of Chinese Marriage Certificate at the authorized Government Notary Office;
. Beijing Fangyuan Notary Public Office
they notify the documents and translate it into english or german
take:
weddingpasses
900yuan
1 week
adress:
Beijing Fangyuan Notary Public Office
BeijingInn, Chaowai Dajie 206, Jixiangli
www.bnpo.gov.cn
subwaystation: Chaoyangmen
新址:
北京市方圆公证处
北京市东城区东水井胡同5号北京INN大厦1
www.bnpo.gov.cn
地铁站: 朝阳门
2) verification of the translated and notarized copy at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
. CTS, China Travel service
this agency sends the documents to the foreign ministry for certification
(you can also tell them also to send them to you embassy for further certification = next + last step, +1000yuan)
take:
certified wedding documents
1000 yuan
3 days
adress:
China Travel service
Dong Jiao Min Xiang 8
subwaystation: Chongwenmen
中国旅行社总社
北京市东郊民巷8号
地铁站: 崇文门
3) legalization by a Russian diplomat at the embassy of the translated, notirized and verified copy.
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