Sample of birth registration application in Vietnam 2023

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1. Sample of birth registration application in Vietnam 2023

The birth registration application is issued together with Circular 04/2020/TT-BTP.

Sample of birth registration application in 2023

2. Birth registration procedures in Vietnam 2023

2.1. Birth registration procedures for cases both parents are Vietnamese

Procedures for making a birth certificate without foreign elements as follows:

- Birth registrants shall submit declarations made according to a set form and birth certification papers to the civil status registration agency. If having no birth certification paper, a document of a witness certifying the birth shall be submitted;

If there is no witness, there must be a written pledge of the birth; for birth registration for abandoned children, there must be a written record certifying the child’s abandonment made by a competent agency; for birth registration for children born by surrogate mothers, there must be a document proving the surrogacy as prescribed by law.

- Immediately after receiving full papers specified in Clause 1 of Article 16 of the Law on Civil Status 2014, if seeing that the birth declaration is complete and proper, justice and civil status officers shall record birth registration contents under Clause 1, Article 14 of the Law on Civil Status 2014 and update them in the electronic civil status database and the national population database for getting personal identification numbers.

Justice and civil status officers and birth registrants shall together sign in the civil status books. Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees shall grant birth certificates to birth registrants.

(Article 16 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

2.2. Birth registration procedures for cases either parent is or both parents are foreigner(s)

- Birth registrants shall submit the papers specified in Clause 1, Article 16 of the Law on Civil Status 2014 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.

- Immediately after receiving the papers specified in Clause 1 of Article 36 of the the Law on Civil Status 2014, 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 the Law on Civil Status 2014;

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 the Law on Civil Status 2014.

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.

(Article 36 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

3. Birth registration contents in Vietnam

- Birth registration contents include:

+ Information of the person whose birth is registered: family name, middle name and first name; gender; birthdate; birthplace; native place; ethnicity; and citizenship;

+ Information of the parents of the person whose birth is registered: full name, middle name and first name; year of birth; ethnicity; citizenship; and place of residence;

+ The personal identification number of the person whose birth is registered.

- The determination of citizenship, ethnicity and family name of a person whose birth is registered must comply with the law on Vietnamese nationality and civil law.

- Contents of birth registration specified in Clause 1 of Article 14 of the Law on Civil Status 2014 are basic civil status information of individuals and shall be recorded in the civil status books and birth certificates and updated in the electronic civil status database and national population database.

Dossiers and papers of individuals related to birth registration information must be consistent with their birth registration contents.

(Article 14 of the Law on Civil Status 2014)

Nguyen Thi Diem My

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