hi, saw your forumits kinda helpful, i also have a question i hope you can help me..

Question

I am married to a PRC citizen, we are currently residing in the philipines, I am half chinese half filipina but I am a philippine citizenship holder, we got married last 2013 here in the philippines, last year 2014 we went home to china and tried to register our marriage there, but we were totally lost on how to start nor where to start. we've been to their local PSB. they asked us to go to the Local Exit Entry Admin. Bureau and Civil Affairs Bureau (Minzheng Ju 民政局) of shishi, fujian, then the shishi Civil Affairs Bureau (Minzheng Ju 民政局) asked us to go to Quanzhou Civil Affairs Bureau (Minzheng Ju 民政局).  But unfortunately non of them know how to do it. some of them said their computer dont have english encoding system and can not encode our records, some dont know how to do it, some said it cant be registered, and I am totally lost on what and how i will do it. We also asked if I can apply for a long term or residence permit. non of them can answer..I hope you can help me.. Thank you!

Sandy · Answer

Katherine, I am afraid that you can't get married in mainland China. According to the requirements, you should provide your single certificate or divorce paper if you plan to register your marriage at local civil affairs bureau. Apparently, you can not provide it because you are married in your country. Don't worry. Your marriage is admitted by Chinese authorities. However, you need to go through a complicated process if you plan to use your marriage certificate in mainland China. You need to notarize it at local notary office in your country and then get it authenticated by your Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Then you should bring it to be certified by Chinese embassy. Afterwards, you can bring it into mainland China. However, you still need to translate it into Chinese and get it notarized again at the notary office in China before you finally use it.

KATHERINE_SY · Answer

Hi, thank you for your response. Anyway, I had our marriage certificate authenticated both by our department of foreign affairs and china embassy here in philippines. And that time when we went to china I had the docuents translated in an accredited translator in shishi, china. Then i went to exit entry admin and civil affair bureau like what i said in my prior post. I probably missed something on the proper procedure which I am really confused. I hope you can teach on how and where to go exactly i should start the process of filing our marriage in china..And another thing, is it possible for my husband to have his own household registry and is it possible for me to be register in his household registry?

Sandy · Answer

Katerrine, I think you misunderstood me. As I said, you can't register your marriage in China because you already get married and can't provide single certificate. Your marriage is admitted by Chinese laws as long as you both got married legally in your country. The reason why I asked you to go the process I mentioned is that these documents are required when you are required to provide your marriage certificate. For example, you both want to buy an apartment. I didn't say that you can register your marriage after you got the documents I said. The documents just have the same function as the Chinese marriage certificate.According to what I know, you can't get yourself registered under your husband's Hukou. You know, Hukou is for Chinese citizens.

KATHERINE_SY · Answer

Oh.. Thank you! Anyway.. How about our child? Is our son have the right to be in his huhou? Do you have idea if we can have a resident permit just in case we decide to live in china? And also does it mean my husband civil status in china is married  Already? If not how can we update his civil status?

Sandy · Answer

Katherine, it depends on your son's nationality. I am not sure if you already applied Philippines nationality for your son. If so, he doesn't have a chance to become a Chinese unless he drops his Filipino nationality. If he doesn't have Chinese nationality, then it's impossible for him to register his Hukou with his dad. Your husband can go to local police station to renew his Hukou information. Of course, your marriage certificate is required. Then his marriage status changes. If he doesn't inform the local police station, I am afraid that his marriage status on Hukou page won't be updated automatically. If you and your son hold Filipino passports, you both can apply for Q1 type to stay as long as you can in China. It requires invitation letter from your husband, marriage certificate, your son's birth certificate and your husband's Chinese ID card. By the way, I think you should ask your husband to consult your case with local civil affairs bureau and police station. You know, he is a Chinese. It's easier for him to do these things.

Hi, saw your forum and its kinda helpful, I also have a question I hope you can help me..

Related Questions: