Vietnam: 04 cases of refusal to grant marital status certificates for marriage involving foreign elements

According to Decree No. 126/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a request for grant of a marital status certificate of a resident Vietnamese citizen for marriage with a foreigner at a competent foreign agency shall be refused when:

1. The Vietnamese citizen requests grant of a marital status certificate for marriage with the foreigner at a foreign diplomatic mission or consular representative mission in Vietnam;

2. The examination and verification result shows that the marital status of the Vietnamese citizen is inconsistent with the declaration in the dossier; the partners are ineligible to get married under the Law on Marriage and Family of Vietnam;

3. The interview result shows that the partners have not understood the family and personal circumstances of each other or the language, customs, practices, culture and law on marriage and family of each country; or

4. The marriage is arranged through brokerage for profit-seeking purpose; is sham not for the purpose of building a well off, equal, progressive, happy and sustainable family; or is made use of for human trafficking, labor exploitation, sexual abuse or for other self-seeking purposes.

Besides, Decree No. 126/2014/ND-CP also specifies the competence to grant marital status certificates to resident Vietnamese citizens for marriage with foreigners at competent foreign agencies as follows:

- The commune-level People’s Committee of the locality where a Vietnamese citizen registers permanent residence shall grant a marital status certificate to that person for registration of marriage with a foreigner at a competent foreign agency abroad.

- In case a Vietnamese citizen registers temporary residence but not permanent residence in accordance with the residence law, the commune-level People’s Committee of the locality where that person registers temporary residence shall grant the marital status certificate.

View more details at Decree No. 126/2014/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 15, 2015.

Le Hai

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