By the way - - we have been married 40 years!

Cheers - - JJ

And don't forget - marriage is the leading cause of divorce!

Great information. I live in Chiang Mai Thailand and I plan to marry my Kunming Chinese GF next year probably back in Kunming. Chiang Mai has a US Consulate so I was wondering if it mattered to the Chinese government that I got my single's declaration from them and then got it translated back in Kunming? Can I assume that the tourist visa which I have had during my last 3 visits will be acceptable to get married here?

If your fiancee's hukou (household registration) is in Kunming - then you can pretty much get married wherever you want. IF, however her hukou is in some remote far away place - you MAY want to consider getting married in Thailand somewhere (it's allegedly easy) - get the thai or english docs registered at the consulate/embassy, then bring everything back to China for re-registration (and get yourself added to your new wife's household registration).

Safer to cover all the bases and go with the path of least resistance/red tape.

Is same sex marriage legal in KM? What if I want to marry my Chinese bf?

Congrats, Ocean and Danmairen. Nice, btw, to see another Scandinavian getting hitched in this part of the world.

Am admittedly on my first marriage visa (got married to a Dali woman in 2009, but was on work visas for various schools until recently), but I was told when I applied for it (in Dali) that it is only for one year the first time around; next time I apply for one I'll be able to get a two-year visa. That said, I haven't looked up whether that's correct or not. Other than that I can only verify what other people have said.

AlPage48, I doubt that's the easy way... I couldn't even get my girl friend out of the country for a simple vislt to America. We went thru the whole procedure and it was declined... I figure the 'easiest' way in this case would be to do the deed in China and then apply for the rest later.

@justalex,
Not as hard as it sounds. although my wife is a Kunming girl she had moved to Toronto and gained Canadian citizenship, so going to Las Vegas on Canadian passports was pretty easy. I agree it would be difficult (if not impossible) for a Chinese citizen to accompish.