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Asked by Mr.IANQI | Feb. 02, 2012 19:11
About:Chinese Embassies and Consulates

i dont see an exact list of requirements for marriage documents, and their time sequence.

I am UK citizen planning marriage in China to a Chinese lady.
1) do I need Certificate of Non-impediment in addition to Divorce papers ?
2) do these these have to stamped by Notary Publice before going to Government for apostille
3) do I need an affidavit to be sworn as well? If so, what is the wording?
3) do these have to be translated before presentation to the chinese Embassy
4) do the translations themselves have to Notarised ?

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Answered by johnnash | Feb. 04, 2012 00:50
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British citizen divorced in UK applies for legalization of documents at China embassy/consulate in U.K. in order to get married in China: 1) One properly filled-in and duly signed application form for legalization. 2) A Single Status Certificate obtained in the last 3 months from Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages and authenticated by the FCO and its duplicate. 3) The Decree issued by the Court of UK and authenticated in the last 3 months by FCO and its duplicate. The divorced in UK whose former spouse is a Chinese citizen shall apply to a competent court in China to have the Decree recognized after the legalization by this Embassy. The divorced from a non-Chinese citizen shall provide a certificate in relation to the nationality of the former spouse and the duplicate copy. 4) Proof of identity with photo (such as valid passport) and its duplicate. For your questions: 1) you need a Single Status Certificate in addition to Divorce papers2) the two documents (Single Status Certificate and Divoce papers) don't need to b stamped by Notary Public before going to Government for apostille. 3) you don't need an affidavit to be sworn as well. 4) they should be translatted before presenting to Chinese embassy. 5) the translations have to be notarized.
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