Documents proving personal relationship in accordance with Vietnamese law

Permanent residence registration in cases of coming to live with spouse; a child coming to live with their parent(s); or a parent coming to live with their child:

- Documents proving marital relationship: Marriage certificate; marital status confirmation; confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside.

- Documents proving parental relationship: Birth certificate; adoption certificate or decision; decision on acknowledging foster parents, children; confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside; Valid passports containing information on parental relationship; decisions of courts, civil status registry excerpts or documents of medical authority, expertise assessment authority, other competent agencies capable of verifying parental relationship.

Permanent residence registration in cases prescribed in Point b, Point c Clause 2 Article 20 of the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam:

“Article 20. Conditions for permanent residence registration

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2. A citizen may register a lawful place of residence that is not under their ownership as their permanent residence with the permission of the household head and owner of such place in the following cases:

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b) The citizen is an old person coming to live with their biological sibling or grandchild; or a person with very severe disability, a person with severe disability, a person who has lost work capacity, a person suffering from a mental illness or another disease that causes them to lose awareness or behavior control coming to live with their paternal grandparent(s), maternal grandparent(s), biological sibling, biological uncle, biological aunt, biological niece/nephew, biological grandchild or guardian;

c) The citizen is a minor coming to live with their great-grandparent(s), paternal grandparent(s), maternal grandparent(s), biological sibling, biological uncle or biological aunt with the permission of their parent or guardian or if they have no parent; or a minor coming to live with their guardian.

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- Documents proving sibling relationship: Birth certificate, confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside.

- Documents proving grandparent, uncle, aunt, sibling, guardian relationship: Decision on assigning guardian; confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside regarding personal relationship.

- Documents proving absence of parents: Death certificate of parents, decisions of courts declaring missing or deceased parents, confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside regarding deceased parents.

- Documents proving the elderly status: Birth certificate, Citizen Identity Cards or ID Cards or passports; Social insurance registry, health insurance card or confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside regarding date of birth.

- Documents proving persons with very severe disabilities, persons with severe disabilities, persons lacking working capacity, persons suffering from mental illnesses which cause loss of awareness or behavioral control: Certificate of medical facilities of districts or higher or confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside.

- Documents proving juvenile status consist of: Birth certificate, Citizen Identity Cards or ID Cards, passports, social insurance record, health insurance card or confirmation of People’s Committees of communes or People’s Committees of districts where commune division is not established where the citizens reside regarding date of birth.

Note: In case information proving personal relationship of a citizen has been included on the National database on population of specialized database, residence registry authority shall not request the citizen to provide documents proving personal relationship.

 Bao Ngoc

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