On November 16, 2015, the Ministry of Justice issued Circular 15/2015/TT-BTP detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Civil Status Law and Decree 123/2015/ND-CP. The government decree details certain provisions and measures for implementing the Civil Status Law.
According to the provisions of Circular 15/2015/TT-BTP, there are 03 cases where authorization for civil registration is allowed:
- A person requesting a copy of an extract of civil status records, or requesting to register civil status matters as stipulated in Article 3 of the Civil Status Law may authorize another person to carry out the procedures on their behalf, except for the cases of marriage registration, re-registration of marriage, and registration of recognition of parent-child relationship.- The authorization must be made in writing and notarized or authenticated according to the provisions of the law; the scope of authorization can include all procedures of the civil registration process from the submission of the application to the receipt of the registration results.- When submitting an application for marriage registration, re-registration of marriage, or registration of recognition of parent-child relationship, one party with the request may directly submit the application to the competent civil registration authority without the need for written authorization from the other party.
More details can be found in Circular 15/2015/TT-BTP effective from January 2, 2016.
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