What are the dossiers of adopting persons in Vietnam? What are the cases of exemption from adoption registration fees in Vietnam?
What are the dossiers of adopting persons in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 17 of the Law on Adoption 2010, regulations on dossiers of adoptive parents are as follows:
Dossiers of adopting persons
A dossier of an adopting person comprises:
1. A written request for adoption;
2. A copy of the passport or identity card or a valid substitute paper;
3. The judicial record sheet;
4. Written certification of the marital status;
5. A health certificate granted by a district-or higher-level health agency; a written certification of family circumstances and housing and economic conditions granted by the commune-level People's Committee of the place in which the adopting person permanently resides, except for the case specified in Clause 3, Article 14 of this Law.
Accordingly, A dossier of an adopting person comprises:
- A written request for adoption;
- A copy of the passport or identity card or a valid substitute paper;
- The judicial record sheet;
- Written certification of the marital status;
- A health certificate granted by a district-or higher-level health agency; a written certification of family circumstances and housing and economic conditions granted by the commune-level People's Committee of the place in which the adopting person permanently resides, except for the case specified in Clause 3, Article 14 of the Law on Adoption 2010.
What are the dossiers of adopting persons in Vietnam? What are the cases of exemption from adoption registration fees in Vietnam?
Vietnam: Shall adopting persons pay an adoption registration fee?
According to the provisions of Article 12 of the Law on Adoption 2010 on fee for adoption registration, expenses for settlement of intercountry adoptions are as follows:
Fee for adoption registration, expenses for settlement of intercountry adoptions
1. Adopting persons shall pay an adoption registration fee.
2. In addition to the adoption registration fee referred to in Clause 1 of this Article, a foreigner not permanently residing in Vietnam and seek to adopt a child in Vietnam shall pay a sum of money to partly offset expenses for settling intercountry adoptions, including expenses for nurturing, caring for and educating the child from the time of introduction for adoption to the time of completion of procedures for the child's delivery and receipt, verifying the origin of the introduced child, delivering and receiving the child and reasonable remuneration for the nurturing center's employees.
3. The Government shall specify the competence to collect the adoption registration fee. its rates and its exemption and reduction, management and use, and expenses for settling intercountry adoptions under Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.
4. In addition to the adoption registration fee and expenses for settling intercountry adoptions referred to in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, organizations and individuals engaged in intercountry adoption activities may not impose any other charges.
Accordingly, adopting persons shall pay an adoption registration fee and the Government shall specify the competence to collect the adoption registration fee. its rates and its exemption and reduction, management and use, and expenses for settling intercountry adoptions.
What are the cases of exemption from adoption registration fees in Vietnam?
According to the provisions of Article 4 of Decree 114/2016/ND-CP on cases of exemption or reduction of adoption registration fees as follows:
Exemption from and deduction in adoption registration fees
1. Domestic adoption registration fees shall be exempted in one of the following cases:
a) A stepfather or stepmother adopts a stepchild of his/her spouse; or an aunt or uncle adopts a niece or nephew;
b) A person adopts one of the following children: Disabled children, HIV/AIDS infected children or children suffering fatal disease/illness as prescribed in the Law on adoption and guiding documents;
c) A people with meritorious services to the revolution adopts a child.
2. Intercountry adoption registration fees shall be deducted in one of the following cases:
a) A reduction of 50% in intercountry adoption registration fee shall apply to a stepfather or stepmother that adopts a stepchild of his/her spouse or an aunt or uncle that adopts a niece or nephew;
b) In case of simultaneously multiple adoption of biological brothers/sisters, a reduction of 50% in intercountry adoption fee shall apply to each of children excluding the first child;
c) In case of adoption falling into the both aforesaid cases prescribed in Point a and Point b of this Clause, the payer may select to apply the reduction in fees prescribed in either of those Points.
3. Exemption from adoption registration fees shall apply to the cases of re-registration of adoption as prescribed in law on adoption.
Thus, the domestic adoption registration fees shall be exempted in one of the following cases:
- A stepfather or stepmother adopts a stepchild of his/her spouse; or an aunt or uncle adopts a niece or nephew;
- A person adopts one of the following children: Disabled children, HIV/AIDS infected children or children suffering fatal disease/illness as prescribed in the Law on adoption and guiding documents;
- A people with meritorious services to the revolution adopts a child.
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