Processed by: Marriage Administration Section of Shanghai
Civil Administration Bureau
Procedures:
For Shanghai Resident:
(1) Permanent residence book and resident ID card
(2) Testimonial of marital status (unmarried, divorce or bereft)
issued by the employer, or sub-district office or the town
government (validity: 3 months)
(3) In case of going abroad on business or otherwise, they shall
also provide testimonial of marital status issued by Chinese
embassy or consulate in this country.
(4) In case of divorce, the original credentials of divorce are
required: Certificate of Divorce, Certificate of Disengagement of
Matrimonial Relationship and written conciliation statement or
court judgment (accompanied by certificate of validity); The
testimonial of divorce issued by a marriage registry office of a
foreign country shall be certified by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of such country or a competent authority authorized by it
and the embassy or consulate of China in such country; The judgment
or written conciliation statement by a foreign court shall not be
valid until an intermediate court of China orders the
recognition.
(5) If the spouse of the applicant deceases in a foreign
country, the applicant shall provide the original certificate of
death of spouse certified by Chinese embassy or consulate in such
country.
For Foreigner:
(1) Passport and certificate of nationality
(2) Foreigner Residence Permit or Testimonial of Temporary
Residence in China issued by a public security office of China;
(3) The testimonial of marital status issued by the notary of
his home country shall not be valid until certified by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and
embassy or consulate of China in such country (valid for 6
months;)
(4) Foreigners who permanently stay in China may submit
testimonial of marital status issued by embassy or consulate of
China in his home country. (valid for 3 months)
(5) In case of divorce, the original credentials of divorce are
required. If the applicant was freed of the former marriage in
accordance with the local legal procedure of a foreign country, he
shall also provide the certificate of nationality of his spouse
certified by embassy or consulate of China in such country; If his
spouse is a Chinese citizen, the certificate of divorce shall not
be valid until an intermediate court of China orders the
recognition; If his spouse is a foreign citizen, the certificate of
divorce shall not be valid until certified by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and the
embassy or consulate of China in such country or embassy or
consulate of such country in China.
(6) If the spouse of the applicant deceases, the certificate of
spouse bereaving shall not be valid until certified by the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and
the embassy or consulate of China in such country or the embassy or
consulate of such country in China.
The restoration of marriage shall comply with the fore-going
provisions.
Procedures:
The would-be couple shall go to registration at a marriage
registry office. Application with credentials and certificates in
line with relevant requirements →fill out the Marriage Registry
Application→go through pre-marriage medical checkup at a hospital
specified in the letter of reference →translate marriage registry
materials →verification and check by the authority →go through the
procedures of certificate issuance appointment →obtain the
certificate
Charge rate and basis:
Charging basis: Notice on Items and Standards for Charging
Administrative Items within the Civil Administrative System Jointly
Issued by the National Price Bureau and the Ministry of Finance.
(J.F.Z. No. 249 by the National Price Bureau and the Ministry of
Finance in 1992)
Charging standard: Service charge for marriage registry between
Chinese citizen and foreigner: RMB 40/case
Submitted to: Shanghai Civil Administration Bureau
Address: 70 Caobao Road (3rd Floor, Wedding Ceremony Plaza in
Everbright Exhibition Center)
Basis: The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China;
Regulatory Provisions on Registry and Consultation of Marriage
between Shanghai Residents and Foreigners, or Overseas Chinese, or
Residents in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; Temporary Provisions on
Administration of Foreign-related Marriage of Shanghai
Telephone: 64325087
Office Hours: 9:00-11:30?AM 1:30-4:00?PM on each
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Period: 30 days
Eligible applicants shall:
(1) Both reach the legal marital age, i.e. no earlier than 22
for male, no earlier than 20 for female.
(2) Both are voluntary and single.
(3) Without the relationship of linear consanguinity or of
collateral consanguinity within the third generation each
other.
(4) Both have no diseases leading to prohibition or postponement
of marriage by law.
(5) Either of them shall have the permanent residence of
Shanghai.
(Shanghai.gov.cn October 17, 2006)
