- Applicable to Hong Kong and Mainland residents.
- Applicants with Hong Kong Identity Cards can submit online applications. Relevant steps are as follows:
- Complete application form
- Select collection office
- Re-confirm submission
- Online payment
- Acknowledgement
- If the applicant is not a Hong Kong Identity Card holder, he/she may apply by post or authorize a representative to submit the application in person.
Please click on the button under “Quick Links” to submit online application.
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Search of Marriage Records
- Fee
- To apply for a certificate of absence of marriage record, the applicant is required to complete an application form and pay the prescribed fee for a search of marriage record, i.e. HK$140.
- Payment methods
- Paid online by credit card (VISA, Mastercard, UnionPay and JCB only), PPS, FPS or Mainland China's Licensed Digital Wallets (Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay App only).
- Fee
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Certificate of absence of marriage record
- Fee
- The prescribed fee for a certificate of absence of marriage record, HKD$680, should be paid at the time of collection at the selected marriage registry.
- If the search result shows that the applicant has marriage record in Hong Kong, a letter of marriage record indicating the date(s) of previous marriage(s) will be issued with no additional fee.
- Payment methods
- Payment can be made by cash, EPS, Octopus, FPS, Mainland China’s Licensed Digital Wallets (Alipay, WeChat Pay and UnionPay App only) , or by crossed cheque or cashier's order payable to ("The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region") in Hong Kong currency. Post-dated cheques will not be accepted.
- Fee
- The application processing normally takes 7 working days.
- If the search result shows that the applicants have no marriage record in Hong Kong, a certificate of absence of marriage record will be issued on payment of the prescribed fee. Otherwise, a letter of marriage record indicating the date(s) of the applicant’s previous marriage(s) will be issued.
- For online application
- When the applicant completes the online application, the collection date will be shown on the acknowledgement receipt.
- The authorised representative is required to collect in person the application result at the selected registry.
- The authorised representative is required to produce the following documents upon collection of the result:
- Copy of the applicant’s Hong Kong Identity Card or valid travel document
- Printout of online application acknowledgement
- Hong Kong Identity Card or valid travel document of the authorised representative
- Original copy of the authorisation letter
- Evidence supporting that the applicant is outside Hong Kong or that he/she is in Hong Kong but unable to collect the result in person
- Copy of the applicant’s travel document bearing his/her personal data and signature and properly certified by a Notary Public (applicable if the applicant’s travel document was not issued by the Hong Kong Immigration Department)
- Please click here to visit the website of relevant department for details.
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Methods of enquiry
- Email: enquiry@immd.gov.hk
- Telephone: (852) 2824 6111
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