Latest sample of marriage certificate in Vietnam

Latest sample of marriage certificate in Vietnam (Internet image) 

1. Latest sample of marriage certificate in Vietnam

The sample of marriage certificate is issued together with Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP.

Sample of marriage certificate

2. How to fill in marriage certificate in Vietnam

The date, month and year of marriage registration shall be the date on which both the male and female partners are present to sign the marriage register and marriage certificate at the civil registration authority.

The marriage relationship shall be established at the time of marriage registration unless otherwise provided for in Clause 2 of Article 32 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP.

- In case of marriage re-registration and registration of marriages of couples cohabiting before January 03, 1987 per regulations in Clause 2 Article 44 of Decree 123/2015/ND-CP, recognition of marriage relationship per regulations in Clause 2 Article 11 of the Law on Marriage and Family, and marriage registration per regulations in Article 13 of the Law on Marriage and Family, the date, month and year of marriage relationship establishment shall be written on the back of the marriage certificate.

- In case of marriage re-registration and registration of marriages of couples cohabiting before January 03, 1987 with unknown date of previous marriage registration or date of establishment of cohabiting relationship, the first date of the month of the year of marriage registration or establishment of cohabiting relationship shall be chosen;

In case of unknown date and month, January 01 of the year of previous marriage registration or establishment of cohabiting relationship shall be chosen.

(Article 32 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP)

3. Contents of marriage certificate in Vietnam

Marriage certificate means a document issued by a competent state agency to the male and female partners upon marriage registration; A marriage certificate must contain the following information:

- Family name, middle name and first name; birthdate; ethnicity; citizenship; place of residence; information about personal identity papers of male and female partners;

- Date of marriage registration;

- Signatures or fingerprints of male and female partners and certification of the civil status registration agency.

(Clause 2, Article 17 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

4. Marriage registration procedures in Vietnam

* Marriage registration procedures for Vietnamese citizen residing in Vietnam

- The male and female partners shall submit the marriage registration declaration, made according to a set form to the civil status registration agency and must be both present at the time of marriage registration.

- Immediately after receiving complete papers specified in Clause 1 of Article 18 of the Law on Civil Status 2014, if seeing that the marriage conditions are fully met in accordance with the Law on Marriage and Family, the justice and 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 the marriage certificate; the justice and civil status officer shall report to the chairperson of the commune-level People's Committee to organize the handover of the marriage certificate to the couple.

In case of necessity to verify the marriage conditions of the male and female partners, the time limit for settlement is 5 working days.

(Article 18 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

* Marriage registration procedures when both or either of the partners are foreigners or Vietnamese residing abroad

- The male and female partners submit a declaration, made according to a set form, and a written certification of a competent Vietnamese or foreign health organization stating that he/she does not suffer any mental or other diseases which deprive him/her of the ability to perceive and control his/her acts to the civil status registration agency.

Foreigners and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad shall additionally submit papers proving their marital status and copies of their passports or valid passport substitute papers.

- Within 15 days after receiving complete papers specified in Clause 1 of this Article, civil status officers shall verify; if seeing that the law-prescribed marriage conditions are fully met, the district-level Justice Division shall report to the chairperson of the district-level People's Committee for settlement.

- 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.

- The Government shall stipulate additional papers in marriage registration dossiers, interview to verify the marriage purpose when settling marriage registration requests; procedures to grant marital status certificates to Vietnamese citizens for marrying foreigners at competent foreign agencies overseas in order to guarantee lawful rights and interests of parties.

(Article 38 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

Nguyen Thi Diem My

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