How to apply for a Chinese marriage certificate after marrying a Filipino?

Up to now, more than 3 million of our compatriots have worked and done business in the Philippines, and some of them have met someone they like and formed a family in the Philippines, so is this marriage recognized domestically? How can we get domestic recognition of this marriage?

If you only get married in the Philippines and go through the marriage procedures in the Philippines, this kind of marriage relationship is not recognized in China, because the relevant domestic departments cannot know the authenticity of your marriage. If we want to recognize this marriage in China and obtain a Chinese marriage certificate, then we have to do it through the following steps.

First of all, after we complete the marriage formalities in the Philippines, we will obtain the Philippine marriage certificate. We need to take this marriage certificate to apply for double certification (I. e. psa certification and Chinese embassy certification). After completing this step, we can help the Philippine wife apply for a Chinese family visit visa and then enter China. After entering China, first apply for a residence permit for the Philippine wife at the local foreign affairs department, and then take her to the Civil Affairs Bureau where her household registration is located to apply for a Chinese marriage certificate. The Civil Affairs Bureau will examine the authenticity of the materials we submitted. If there is no problem, they will inform you to do a premarital examination. After getting the premarital examination report, they will submit it to the Civil Affairs Bureau, and finally wait for the Civil Affairs Bureau to issue a marriage certificate.

The above is the whole process for Chinese and Philippine couples to apply for Chinese marriage certificates. If you have any other questions or you will not apply for them, please contact our EasyGo International Online Customer Service and we will serve you wholeheartedly.