Get your license in Beijing! On the first day of Beijing's marriage registration "Inter-provincial General Office", 222 pairs were made

Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Qipeng An Xudong

On June 6, Beijing officially implemented the "cross-province application" of marriage registration. At 1 a.m., at the marriage registration office of the Fengtai District Civil Affairs Bureau, the city's first couple of "inter-province" marriage registration couples received a marriage certificate. "If it weren't for the 'inter-provincial office', we would be on the high-speed train to Chifeng right now." Being able to get a certificate in Beijing, the little couple was particularly excited.

Hao Pengfei from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, is a programmer, and his lover Zhang Pan is from Qishan County, Shaanxi Province. As the first couple in the city to register their marriage "across provinces", the two arrived at the marriage registration office before 8 o'clock and waited early. Four years ago today, the two met through a mountain climb, so the two made a plan to get their license on June 4. However, neither of them has a household registration in Beijing, so they have to run to their hometown to get their permits.

"I'm a programmer, she's a bank teller, and it's the busiest time." Hao Pengfei said that they originally took two days off and returned to Chifeng by high-speed train at 7 a.m. this morning. It takes two and a half hours to take the high-speed train from Beijing, one or two hours to get home from the high-speed rail station, and four or five hours one way. While they were worried about getting their licenses, the civil affairs department announced that Beijing would implement the "cross-province application" for marriage registration on June 6, so the two decided to get their licenses in Beijing. At the marriage registration office of the Fengtai District Civil Affairs Bureau, after checking the household registration booklet, ID card, residence permit and other identity information, the two received a happy "little red book" in less than 1 minutes.

"Okay now, we finish getting our permits in the morning and can go to work in the afternoon." Hao Pengfei sighed that if he really went back to his hometown to get a certificate, work and life might keep them busy.

June 6 is also the third anniversary of Mr. Fan and Ms. Zhang's love. Mr. Fan is a native of Rizhao, Shandong Province, and Ms. Zhang is from Shijiazhuang, Hebei. The two originally planned to get their licenses in Shijiazhuang today, but because the marriage registration department in Shijiazhuang City was full, the two could only go to neighboring districts and counties to register. "It's really not okay, we are all going to Rizhao." Mr. Fan said that after learning that Beijing could "register across provinces," the two immediately changed their minds. After making an appointment online, the wedding registration staff also specially called them to advise them on precautions, making them feel particularly warm. "It's so convenient that something that used to take a day to do now doesn't even take an hour." Mr. Fan said.

"From today onwards, we will jointly shoulder the responsibilities and obligations entrusted to us by the law, filial piety to parents, teaching children, respecting and loving each other..." Under the auspices of the certificate issuer, the two couples took the oath in the oath hall. Yang Guolin, deputy director of the Social Affairs Department of the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, said that on June 6, the number of appointments for marriage registration "inter-provincial application" in the city was 1. "Coincidentally, it's an even number!"

Compared with ordinary marriage registration, the "inter-provincial application" has an additional procedure for verifying residence permits or work residence permits. It is understood that in Beijing to register a marriage across provinces, the masses should submit valid residence certificates in addition to the documents and supporting materials stipulated in the Regulations on Marriage Registration and the Norms for Marriage Registration. In order to do a good job in the work of "inter-provincial communication", the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, on the basis of system docking with the Municipal Public Security Bureau, also took the initiative to complete the system port docking with the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, the Beijing Municipal Work and Residence Permit Processing Agency, and the public can register in Beijing with Beijing residence permit or work residence permit.

Yang Guolin introduced that as one of the super-large cities with a large number of imported foreign population, Beijing has a strong demand for marriage registration in different places. In order to meet the needs of the masses for marriage registration in different places, in November 2022, Beijing submitted an application to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for "cross-provincial application". The civil affairs department estimates that after the implementation of the "cross-province universal application" of marriage registration in Beijing, the number of cross-provincial registrations will reach about 11,3 every year.