I have seen the advice to get multiple copies of the Chinese White Books before you leave China. We may have one or two around but probably not enough..... The documents we need are our Chinese Marriage Certificate (married in Shenyang, Liaoning) and my wife's birth certificate (or really the info from her Hokou). My questions? If my wife has her Hokou and our certificate, any chance the Chinese consulate in NYC could do this? Does the office in Shenyang have to do our marriage certificate? I believe the birth certificate is done in the city of her Hokou which is different than her birth hometown? Luckily, my wife just updated her Hokou but unluckily I just found out we need these after she just came back from China? Any experience with this or are we going to have to get her family to help us out? Thanks in advance. Beachey.