After reading the information on the GuangZhou and Houston Chinese Consulate sites my SO and I are not in agreement on our individual interpretations. After getting all my paperwork todgether, single affidavit, divorce papers, passport and Chinese Visa. Is it absolutely necessary when I go to China to get married that we both have to go a Consulate (probably Shanghi) and fill out a "Certificate of Marriageability" in front of an officer? Is this something relatively new? When I got married before in Nanjing in 2005 we did not have to do this! If I remember they didn't even ask to see my documents then. All they needed was my passport and the money! I guess I had the easy route that time! I would appreciate a response from anyone who has done this or knows the facts unlike we do. Thank you very much!