Ming Zheng Ju

In larger municipalities the Chinese government has decided that Chinese persons who wish to marry foreign persons will be married at this government agency.  This agency is one level above the Hu Kou level and usually a little more organized than the Hu Kou.

The ceremony mainly consists of you and your significant other signing your name and putting a fingerprint on a piece of paper.  When they hand you each a red book with your pictures and information in it, you are then married.  It's quick and if you are not careful you'll miss it. 

My wife stood up and said "Let's go."  I asked her if we were done as in married and she indicated yes.  At that point I sat her down, we exchanged rings and had the woman who gave us the paperwork take some pictures.  You should probably take some pictures to give to the Visa interviewer when your spouse/fiancée goes to Guangzhou for the visa.

On this site you will find these needed items:  Chinese Visas, International Marriage

• K3 Visa Forms
• Why you need an Affidavit of Single Status.
• The difference between a Hukou and a Ming Zhen Ju.
• How to obtain a Police Report or Gold Seal Letter Visa.
• American government forms needed for K3 and K1 Visas.
• Visa Interview questions.
• What you need to bring to the K3 Visa interview at the Chinese Consulate.
• First hand accounts of people who have actually married in China and gone through the Visa interview process from start to finish.