In Vietnam, where are children whose parents are foreigners registered for birth registration?

In Vietnam, where to apply for birth certificate of a child whose father is a foreigner?

Pursuant to Article 35 of the Civil Status Law 2014, the district-level People's Committee of the place of residence of the father or mother shall register births of children in the following cases:

1. Children born in Vietnam:

a/ Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen and the other being a foreigner or a stateless person;

b/ Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen residing in the country and the other being a Vietnamese citizen residing abroad;

c/ Having both parents being Vietnamese citizens residing abroad;

d/ Having both parents being foreigners or stateless persons.

2. Children born abroad with their birth not yet registered abroad and taken to reside in Vietnam:

a/ Having both parents being Vietnamese citizens;

b/ Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen.

Thus, according to the above regulations, you need to go to the district people's committee in Vietnam where you reside to make birth certificate for your child.

Birth registration procedures for children in Vietnam whose father is a foreigner?

According to Article 36 of the Civil Status Law 2014, the birth registration procedures for children whose parents are foreigners are as follows:

1. Birth registrants shall submit the papers specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of this Law to the civil status registration agency. In case either parent is or both parents are foreigner(s), a document on the agreement of the parents on the selection of citizenship for their child.

If the parents choose a foreign citizenship for their child, their agreement document must contain certification of a competent foreign state agency of which they are citizens.

2. Immediately after receiving the papers specified in Clause 1 of this Article, if seeing that the birth declaration information is complete and proper, the civil status officer shall record the birth declaration contents prescribed in Article 14 of this Law in the civil status book; for a child having a foreign citizenship, the civil status officer shall not record the content prescribed at Point c, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Law.

The civil status officer and birth registrant shall both sign in the civil status book. The district-level Justice Division shall report to the chairperson of the district-level People's Committee to grant a birth certificate to the person whose birth is registered.

3. The Government shall stipulate birth registration procedures for the cases prescribed in Clause 2, Article 35 of this Law.

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