How To Obtain a Death Certificate In China
The process for registering the death in China is different for each region and the location where the death occurred. For counties and cities which are under the watch under the supervision of the Ministry of Health for deaths and the causes of death, medical death Certificate is issued once the death has occurred. The certificate must be used to remove the Hukou registration as well as to be buried by the person who died. A medical death certificate is mandatory in areas covered by the Ministry of Health Surveillance, which included 85 counties and 41 cities in 2005. 10percent of the population is covered by this death surveillance system. About half of which is urban and the other half are rural. For those areas which aren’t part from the system of surveillance the usage of the regular Medical Certificate of Death Certificate is advised but is not required.
Documents Required Obtain a Death Certificate
- The applicant must present the applicant’s Hong Kong identity card or an authentic travel document to prove identity document.
- The application form
Office Locations and Contacts
Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Public SecurityTel 23111111
Address: 593 Fuxing Rd. M.
Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department (GDPSD)
Address: No.97 Huanghua Road,Guangzhou
Telephone: 86-20-83832980
Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
Address: No.9, Dongdajie, Qianmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Address: No 1, Fuqian Lu, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P.R.C.
Post code 510030
Tel: 83125410
Email: waiban@gz.gov.cn
U.S. Consulate General of the United States in Chengdu
4 Lingshiguan Road
Chengdu, Sichuan 610041
China
Switchboard: (86-28) 8558 3992
Validity
This document will not expire.
Instructions
If someone is killed in China while they aren’t in an hospital, the first step to take is to call to the city’s Public Security Bureau (the local police department).
Requirements Information
- Age
- Sex
- Marital status
- Permanent residency (where Hukou is)
- The place of death
- Education attainment
- Occupation
- Deaths caused by causes
- Information about the Applicant
Documentation is needed
There isn’t a specific process to register the death of a person who died in China and the procedure is different across the country. Certain areas of the country are managed through the Ministry of Health, and in these regions, the death certificate has to be issued. In these areas, the death certificate is required to plan a funeral. Death certificates are issued by a hospital or public security department.
Information that can be useful
You are entitled to request access and corrections to your personal information as per the sections of 18 and 22,, and the Principle 6 from Schedule 1 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486). The right to access also includes the right to request the copy of the personal information you have provided on the application form, subject to the payment of fees.
Other uses for the document/certificate
- For processing registration of births and deaths search and issue of birth and death records, or other applications
- In order to administer registration of births and deaths laws
- To enforce pertinent requirements that are contained in Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115) and the Immigration Service Ordinance (Chapter 331) and to aid in the implementation of any additional Ordinances and Regulations from other government bureaus and departments, by performing the duties of immigration control.
- To review the applications of other people for immigration services that you are named as a referee or sponsor for research or statistics purposes with the understanding that the final figures or results of the study are not made public in a manner that could reveal the identity of the data subjects, or any of them.
- Any other legitimate purpose that can be required, authorized or allowed by the law
External Links
http://english.gov.cn/2005-10/09/content_75326.htm
http://www.researchhongkong.org.uk/hong-kong-vital-records/hong-kong-birth-marriage-death-certificates
http://www.immd.gov.hk/en
Other
Complete the application form with BLOCK lettering using blue or black pen.
Please review the guidelines before you fill out the application form.
Application forms are available for free.