Ans: Applicant can fill in the “Alteration of Personal Data Application Form” which can be obtained at this Bureau or downloaded from our website:
www.dsi.gov.mo . The applicant can then request for updating the marital status at this Bureau with the original copies of the Macao SAR Resident Identity Card and relevant supporting documents.
- If the marital status is changed to married, a photocopy of marriage certificate (original copy should be produced for verification) and a photocopy of the spouse’s identification document should be submitted*. For the name of the spouse, if there is only a Chinese name (without any transliteration) registered on the photocopy of spouse’s identification document, a Romanized Cantonese transliteration will be registered according to law. An authenticated copy of a valid household registration transcript may also be required for those applicants or their spouses who are originally from Japan, France or Taiwan Region.
- If the marital status is changed to divorced, a photocopy of the proof of divorce (original copy should be produced for verification) should be submitted.
- If the marital status is changed to widowed, a photocopy of the spouse’s death certificate (original copy should be produced for verification) should be submitted.
(Please submit all relevant proof of marriage if there is no record found in this Bureau)
*If expectant spouses are holding electronic Macao SAR Resident Identity Card, at the time of applying for marriage registration at the Civil Affairs Registry, they can authorize the entity to provide DSI with the information related to their application for marriage registration and the Marriage Registration Certificate that they have applied. Within 60 days from the date of marriage registration, the spouses can use the designated self-service kiosks to update the marital status of their identity card.
Attention:
1. In addition, if above-mentioned documents are not written in Chinese, Portuguese or English, applicants are required to produce an official translation.
2. When the personal data stored in the chip on the Macao SAR Resident Identity Card is being updated, the identity card will be temporarily kept at this Bureau until relevant formalities are finished. Also, the collection time of the identity card varies with different time of application. Please refer to the time table below for the corresponding collection time of the identity card:
The Identification Services Bureau on the 1st floor at China Plaza:
Time of Application |
Time of ID Card Collection |
09:00~10:15 |
13:30 |
10:15~14:30 |
17:00 |
14:30~16:00 |
17:45 |
Application for updating chip data of the identity card is not accepted after 16:00 |
Area R located on the 2nd floor at the Government Services Centre in Areia Preta:
Time of Application |
Time of ID Card Collection |
09:00~13:00 |
17:45 |
Application for updating chip data of the identity card is not accepted after 13:00 |