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 Overseas Chinese:
(1) Passport and ID card of the country of residence
(2) Certificate of unmarried status issued by the notary of the
country of residence and 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 certificate of marital
status issued by embassy or consulate of China in such country
(validity: 6 months.)
(3) Anyone who reaches the legal marital age before going abroad
is required to provide certificate of unmarried status issued by
the competent authority of his domicile or a notary deed for pledge
of unmarried status before going abroad.
(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 processed by a marriage registry office of
the foreign country shall be certified by its Ministry of Foreign
Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and the embassy
or consulate of China in such foreign country; the divorce 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.
(6) Evidence of employment
For Hong Kong resident:
(1) ID card of Hong Kong resident and pass for transit from Hong
Kong, Macao to the Chinese mainland or seaman card;
(2) Statement of no spouse issued by Marriage Registry Office of
Hong Kong and verified by a lawyer in Hong Kong entrusted by the
Department of Justice (valid for 3 months);
(3) Anyone who reaches legal marital age before settling down in
Hong Kong is required to provide certificate of unmarried status
issued by the competent authority of his domicile or notary deed
for pledge of unmarried status until leaving the
Chinese mainland;
(4) The original certificate of divorce in case of divorce:
divorce judgment of a Hong Kong court required to be identified by
a lawyer in Hong Kong entrusted by the Department of Justice; the
divorce judgment or conciliation statement by a foreign court 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; the testimonial of divorce issued by a
marriage registry office of the foreign country 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;
(5) If the spouse of the applicant deceases in Hong Kong, the
evidence of spouse bereaving shall be identified by a lawyer in
Hong Kong entrusted by the Department of Justice; if the spouse of
the applicant deceases in a foreign country, the evidence of spouse
bereaving shall be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or
a competent authority authorized by it and the embassy or consulate
of China in such country
(6) Evidence of employment
For Macao resident:
(1) ID card of Macao resident and pass for transit from Hong
Kong, Macao to the Chinese mainland or seaman card;
(2) Testimonial of marital status issued by Marriage and Death
Registry Board of Macao (valid for 3 months)
(3) Anyone who reaches legal marital age before settling down in
Macao is required to provide certificate of unmarried status issued
by the competent authority of his domicile or notary deed for
pledge of unmarried status until leaving the
Chinese mainland;
(4)The original certificate of divorce in case of divorce; the
testimonial of divorce issued by a Macao court of law; the
testimonial of divorce issued by a marriage registry office of the
foreign country shall not be valid until certified by its Ministry
of Foreign Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and
the embassy or consulate of China in such country; the divorce
judgment or conciliation statement by a foreign court shall not be
valid until certified by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a
competent authority authorized by it and the embassy or consulate
of China in such country;
(5) If the spouse of the applicant deceases in Macao, the
applicant shall provide original evidence of spouse bereaving; if
the spouse of the applicant deceases in a foreign country, the
evidence of spouse bereaving shall be certified by its Ministry of
Foreign Affairs or a competent authority authorized by it and the
Chinese embassy or consulate in such country.
(6) Evidence of employment
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 rate: service charge for marriage registry between
Shanghai resident and Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong resident or Macao
resident: RMB 30/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 and Friday
Period: one month
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)