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The practice of issuing official marriage certificates in China originated in the Qing Dynasty.The newlywed couples would collect their certificate from the county Yamen, the certificate includes the names and ages of the couple, as well as names of the officiant and the matchmaker, the official seal is stamped to legitimate the marriage.
W v Registrar of Marriages [2013] HKCFA 39; FACV 4/2012 (Chinese: W訴婚姻登記官) is a landmark court case for LGBTQ rights in Hong Kong.In a 4:1 decision, the Court of Final Appeal gave transgender people the right to marry as their affirmed gender rather than their assigned gender (referred to in the decision as 'biological sex') at birth.
Declaration Form for Holders of the Macau SAR Permanent Resident Identity Card to Hong Kong SAR; Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Resident; Manu propria; Marriage bond; Marriage certificate; Marriage license; Medallion signature guarantee; Medical identification tag; Microchip implant (human) Migration card; Military identity card; Mug shot
When a person with household registration in mainland China is settling in Hong Kong or Macau by means of a One-way Permit, they must relinquish their household registration, therefore losing citizen rights in mainland China. However, they need to settle in the SARs for seven years to be eligible for permanent resident status (which is ...
Hong Kong’s top court has ordered the city’s government to set up a new framework to legally recognize the rights of same-sex couples in a ... co-founder of Hong Kong Marriage Equality, said ...
Hong Kong’s top court in September ruled against same-sex marriage but acknowledged same-sex couples’ need “for access to an alternative legal framework in order to meet basic social ...
When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
Hong Kong’s top court ruled on 26 November to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights protection (AFP via Getty ...