Can district-level People's Committees grant marriage registration in Vietnam?
Normally in Vietnam, men and women who want to apply for marriage registration will go to the Commune People's Committee. Can they go to the district-level People's Committee instead?
Pursuant to Article 37 of the Civil Status Law 2014, competence to register marriage is as follows:
1. District-level People's Committees of places of residence of Vietnamese citizens shall register marriages between Vietnamese citizens and foreigners; between Vietnamese citizens residing in the country and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad; between Vietnamese citizens residing abroad; and between Vietnamese citizens who also have foreign citizenship and Vietnamese citizens or foreigners.
2. In case a foreigner residing in Vietnam requests marriage registration in Vietnam, the district-level People's Committee of the place of residence of either partner shall register the marriage.
Thus, for the registration of marriage, the District-level People's Committee will have the competence to register marriage in Vietnam in the case cited above.
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