MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

The applicant who will go to China for marriage registration shall apply for a single/non-marital status certificate. Legal marriage age in China is 22 or older for male and 20 or older for female.

You must Download, complete, and sign one copy of the authentication application form.

Photocopy of the applicant’s passport.

Complete Affidavit of Single Status, signed before a notary public. Send the original and photocopy of the notarized Affidavit of Single Status.

Send the original, and a photocopy, of the Secretary of State certification. The certification must be certified by the Secretary of the State Office of the state where the document is executed. *Some states require the notarized document to be sent to the notary public’s county clerk for verification before presenting to the Office of Secretary of State. Please contact Secretary of State Office of the state where your document is executed for details.

Area of residence. The Consular District of the Chinese Consulate General in Houston covers: Alabama, Arkansas, Flordia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas. Only documents certified by the Secretaries of State Office of the above listed 8 states (Click here for Their Contact Information) can be certified by the Chinese Consulate General in Houston.

Click here to completely fill-out order form. You will be asked to input your personal information, order information, and payment information. After inputting your data, click on “Submit Order” which will create your completed order form, then print it out and sign it.

We accept company check, money order, cashier’s check or credit card**. Please make check or money order payable to Visa Express. You can write the total amount on one check or money order.

** Credit card payment is subject to a $3 or 3% processing charge, whichever is greater.