Procedure for Registering Mobile Marriages at the Commune Level in 2023: Latest Regulations
Procedure for Mobile Marriage Registration at the Commune Level in 2023
Based on the regulations in Subsection 7, Section B, Part I of Administrative Procedures, issued together with Decision 528/QD-BTP of 2023, the procedure for mobile marriage registration at the commune level in 2023 is specified as follows:
Step 1: The civil status - justice official at the commune level assigned to execute mobile marriage registration is responsible for preparing all necessary declaration forms, civil status documents, and conditions required for mobile registration.
Step 2: At the mobile marriage registration location, the civil status - justice official is responsible for checking and verifying the marriage conditions of the parties; guiding citizens to fill in all necessary information in the Marriage Registration Declaration Form.
If the documents are complete and valid, the civil status - justice official will receive the documents and issue a Receipt Note.
Step 3: After receiving the documents, the civil status - justice official reports to the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee.
If the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee agrees to process the application, they will sign and issue 02 Marriage Certificates to the applicants.
Step 4: The civil status - justice official records the registration content in the Marriage Registration Book, guides the parties to check the content of the Marriage Certificate and the Marriage Registration Book, and both parties sign the Marriage Registration Book and the Marriage Certificate in accordance with regulations.
The Marriage Certificate is handed over to the parties at the mobile registration location. The "Notes" section in the Marriage Registration Book should clearly state "Mobile Registration."
- In cases where the applicant is illiterate, the civil status - justice official directly fills out the Declaration Form, then reads it back to the applicant and guides them to fingerprint the Declaration Form.
When handing over the Marriage Certificate, the civil status - justice official must read the content of the Marriage Certificate to the applicant and guide them to fingerprint the Marriage Registration Book.
Procedure for mobile marriage registration at the commune level in 2023
Documents Required for Mobile Marriage Registration at the Commune Level
According to the regulations in Subsection 7, Section B, Part I of Administrative Procedures, issued together with Decision 528/QD-BTP of 2023, the documents required for mobile marriage registration at the commune level include:
Documents to be submitted
- Marriage Registration Declaration Form according to the prescribed format.
Both the male and female parties can fill out a shared Marriage Registration Declaration Form.
Documents to be presented
- Passport or Identity Card or Citizen Identity Card or other documents with photos and personal information issued by a competent authority, valid for proving the identity of the applicant;
- Documents proving residence information in cases where the civil status registration authority cannot retrieve information about the applicant's residence.
If information on documents proving the place of residence has already been retrieved from the National Database of Population by these methods, the applicant does not need to present (in case of direct submission) or upload (in case of online submission).
Requirements and Conditions for Mobile Marriage Registration at the Commune Level
Based on the regulations in Subsection 7, Section B, Part I of Administrative Procedures, issued together with Decision 528/QD-BTP of 2023, the requirements and conditions for mobile marriage registration at the commune level are as follows:
- Both the male and female parties must be permanent residents of the commune area, where one or both parties are people with disabilities or sick persons who cannot go to register the marriage.
- The male must be at least 20 years old and the female at least 18 years old;
- The marriage must be voluntarily decided by both the male and female parties;
- Neither party must be incapacitated;
- The marriage must not fall into one of the prohibited cases, including:
+ Sham marriage;
+ Child marriage, forced marriage, deceived marriage, obstructed marriage;
+ A person already married marrying another person or a single person marrying someone already married;
+ Marriage between persons within direct blood relatives; between persons within three degrees of kinship; between adoptive parents and adopted children; between persons who were once adoptive parents and adoptees, fathers-in-law and daughters-in-law, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law, stepfathers and stepchildren, stepmothers and stepchildren.
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