Generally, as long as both men and women get a marriage certificate, their marriage relationship is established. From the moment they get the certificate, they are husband and wife. Holding a wedding is only the traditional cognition of marriage among the people, but it will not affect the legally recognized marriage relationship.

The legal conditions for marriage are as follows:

1. Both men and women must marry voluntarily, and one party cannot be forced to marry himself by any means;

2. To reach the legal age of marriage, boys should not be earlier than 22 years old and girls should not be less than 20 years old;

3. Both men and women cannot be bigamous, and those with spouses can no longer register for marriage;

4. Both men and women cannot be lineal blood relatives and collateral blood relatives within three generations;

Both men and women have no medically recognized diseases that can't get married.

The process of getting married is as follows:

1, application. Married men and women must apply for marriage registration at the marriage registration office where one party's household registration is located with their ID cards, household registration certificates, photos, and marital status certificates issued by their units or villagers' committees. When a divorced person applies for remarriage, he should also hold a divorce certificate. Where premarital health examination is carried out, the parties applying for marriage must also go to the designated medical and health institutions for premarital health examination and submit the certificate of premarital health examination to the marriage registration authority;

2. review. The marriage registration authority must carefully examine the identity certificate, household registration certificate and unit certificate of the parties concerned, ask the parties concerned, and conduct necessary investigation or medical appraisal of designated items in order to find out whether the parties meet the conditions for marriage;

3. register. After a comprehensive review, the marriage registration authority considers that it meets the conditions for marriage, it shall grant registration and issue a marriage certificate; Those who do not meet the requirements shall not be registered, and the reasons shall be explained to the parties. If the parties who apply for marriage cannot obtain the required documents due to the interference of their units or others, and it is found that they really meet the conditions for marriage, the marriage registration authority shall also grant registration and issue a marriage certificate. After registered marriage, according to the agreement between men and women, the woman can become a member of the man's family, and the man can also become a member of the woman's family.

To sum up, as long as both men and women get married, they should go to the marriage registration office in person to register their marriage. Those who meet the statutory conditions shall be registered and issued a marriage certificate. The marriage relationship is established when the marriage registration is completed.

Legal basis:

Article 1049 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Both men and women who want to get married should apply for marriage registration in person at the marriage registration office. Those who meet the requirements of this law shall be registered and issued a marriage certificate. The marriage relationship is established when the marriage registration is completed. Those who have not registered for marriage shall re-register.

Article 1050

After registered marriage, according to the agreement between men and women, the woman can become a member of the man's family, and the man can become a member of the woman's family.