A. For Chinese citizens:

(1) certificate of the applicant’s residence registration;

(2) certificates signed and issued either by the people’ s government at the county level or above which is stationed in the locality where the applicant has his/her residence registration, or by a government department, a school, an institution, or an enterprise at the county level or above, which is the applicant’s place of work; the certificate indicates the applicant’s name, sex, date of birth, nationality, marital status (single, divorced, bereft of spouse - the same below), occupation, nature of work, name of the person to marry and name of the person with whom to get married.

B. For foreigners:

(1) the applicant’s passport or other documents certifying his/her identity and citizenship;

(2) "Residence Permit for Foreigners" signed and issued by the public security department, or identification certificate issued by foreign affairs department, or entry permit and residence permit for foreigners who come to China for a short stay;

(3) marital status certification issued by the notary office of the applicant’s country and confirmed by both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or a department authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the applicant’s country and the Chinese embassy or consulate in the said foreign country; or marital status certification issued by the embassy or consulate of the said foreign country in China.

C. For resident foreigners in China:

(1) the applicant’s passport, or identification certificate or nationality certificate used to substitute for passport (those who have no nationality may be exempted from presenting their nationality certificates);

(2) "Residence Permit for Foreigners" signed and issued by the public security department;

(3) certificate signed and issued either by the government at the county level or above, which is stationed in the locality where the applicant has his/her residence registration, or by a government department, a school, an institution, or an enterprise at the county level or above, which is the applicant’s place of work; the certificate indicates the applicant’s name, sex, date of birth, marital status, occupation, name of the person to marry. In addition, both the man and the woman applying for marriage registration shall also present the pre-marital health check-up report signed and issued by a hospital designated by the marriage registration department.

Place: Jiaxing Certificate Application and Approval Centre
Telephone: 0573-82512250