In Vietnam, if I do not receive the certificate of marriage by the deadline, will it be invalidated?

Who has the authority to issue marriage certificates to registrants in Vietnam?

According to Clause 3, Article 38 of the Civil Status Law 2014, the procedures for marriage registration are as follows:

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3. Upon marriage registration, both male and female partners must be present at the head office of the People's Committee, the civil status officer shall ask for opinions of the male and female partners. If seeing that they voluntarily marry each other, the civil status officer shall record the marriage in the civil status book and together with the male and female partners sign in the civil status book. The male and female partners shall both sign in the marriage certificate.

The chairperson of the district-level People's Committee shall hand the marriage certificate to the couple.

According to this Article, in the regulations, the Chairman of the district-level People's Committee will award marriage certificates to both men and women.

In Vietnam, if I do not receive the certificate of marriage by the deadline, will it be invalidated?

In addition, Article 32 of Decree 123/2015/ND-CP stipulates the organization of the award of marriage certificates as follows:

1. Within 3 working days from the date on which the President of People’s Committee of district signs marriage licenses, Committee Division of Justice shall grant marriage licenses to the partners in person.

2. The granting marriage licenses shall be consistent with Clause 3 Article 38 of the Law on civil status.

Marriage licenses shall be valid from the date on which they are documented in the vital records and granted to the partners as prescribed in this Clause.

3. If either or both partner(s) cannot present to receive marriage license(s), Committee Division of Justice shall, upon their request in writing, give an extension of granting period providing not exceeding 60 days, from the date on which the President of People’s Committee of district signs marriage licenses.  Upon expiration of such 60-day period, if both partners fail to present and receive marriage licenses, Committee Division of Justice shall request the President of People’s Committee of district to cancel the signed marriage licenses.

If the partners still wish to get married thereafter, they shall follow the procedures for marriage registration from the beginning.

Thus, if after 60 days from the date of registration, the two parties do not come to receive the marriage registration certificate in Vietnam , the Judicial Department shall report to the Chairman of the district People's Committee to cancel the signed marriage certificate and shall have to carry out the procedures for re-registration of marriage from the beginning.

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