Conditions for Acceptance

The application materials are complete and prepared in a legal form. See details in the List of Application Materials.

Application Materials

Instructions for Filling

1. The application materials shall be sequenced in the order as set out in the List of Application Materials in this Guide;

2. The documents prepared by the Applicant are printed with A4 papers, and those issued by the government and other authorities shall be provided in the size(s) as the original(s);

3. Copies of the application materials shall be clear and legible.

Formal Standards

The applicants of this administrative confirmation matter should provide applications materials required. The application materials should contain all necessary contents and be in valid form.

1.The applicant should, as required by the Marriage Registration Regulations, receive the marriage registration statement at the reception hall of the Shanghai Marriage (Adoption) Registration Center. They should complete the statement on-site. The template of the statement could be downloaded from the Form Downloading column of http://mzj.sh.gov.cn/, for reference.

2.Submit application materials in accordance with the instructions The information in the statement should be exactly the same as the information in the identity document.

3. Valid documents are documents issued by the competent departments with the true contents within the validity period.

List of Application Materials

Place of Business Handling

Name of the receiving body: Shanghai Marriage (Adoption) Registration Center

Address of receiving: Marriage Registration Accepting Hall, F/3, Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, No 80, Caobao Road, Shanghai

Business Hours

Registration of marriage (restoration of marriage): 9:00-16:00 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 9:00-11:30 on Tuesday; working overtime on Jan 1, May 1 and Oct 1 (except for other national holidays)

Procedures of Business Handling

(I) Registration of marriage (restoration of marriage)

Service description:

(1) Procedures: Shanghai Marriage (Adoption) Registration Center conducts the administrative confirmation of the application of marriage (restoration of marriage) by the applicants. Based on the on-site processing procedures, the staff ask both applicants about their willingness, check their certificates and supporting materials, and determine immediately if to permit their application. If permit, the staff enter the basic information of the applicants in the national marriage registration system, produce the marriage license and grant on-site.

(2) Review method: Written review

Application

Apply to application and processing of marriage (restoration of marriage)

Special Procedures

No

Service Charge

Charged or not

No

Consultation Method

Consultation Phone

1. Hotline: 021-64325088 (staff service), 021-64325087 (all-weather voice service), 021-962200 (all-weather); 2. Time: Staff service, 9:00-16:00 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 9:00-11:30 on Tuesday (except for national holidays), (021) 12345

Consultation Approach

Website of Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau: http://mzj.sh.gov.cn/ I Want to Consult column

Common Unacceptable Sample

Common mistake 1: Marital status is not clearly stated in the certificate of no spouse.

Correct action: According to Document MH (2008) No 49, the no-spouse certificate should specify unmarried, divorced, widowed, single and other words indicating the status of no spouse.

Common mistake 2: The no-spouse certificate is not translated into Chinese.

Correct action: According to Document MBH (2008) No 276, if being in foreign languages, the no-spouse certificate should be attached with Chinese translation by qualified translation institutions and the duplicate of business license of such institution affixed with its official seal.