America marriage certificate

[everydayisgreat]

We married in China, but we want an America marriage certificate for some business reasons. Is it possible to get one here if you already married in China? if we tell the city we already have a Chinese marriage certificate, will they still give us one?

[frank1538]

I'm going to make a wild guess and say no. Most US jurisdictions will not issue a new marriage certificate unless the marriage took place in the jurisdiction. There may be exceptions to this, but I would think they're few and far between.

 

There is a process within the Department of State for authentication of Chinese documents. I don't know if you are still in China, but here is one link that might help: http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/guangzhou/cons/auth.html

 

If you are already in the US, you might contact the DOS and ask if it can be done stateside.

[Guest Gene]

We got Married in Washington State...No problem

[HanLi]

two suggestions:

 

1) have your chinese marriage certificate translated and notarized, if that doesn't satisfy your requirements, then....

 

2) have a civil ceremony in the USA? (not sure if possible)

 

do what works for you and good luck

Edited August 27, 2005 by hankhoude (see edit history)

[beijingjenny]

the chinese marriage would be the only legally recognized one.