Regulations on Online Civil Status Registration in Vietnam

On July 28th, 2020, the Government issued Decree No. 87/2020/ND-CP (Decree 87) regulating the electronic civil status database, online civil status registration i.e. birth certificate registration, marriage certificate registration, death certificate registration.

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The Decree is the provisions on the building, management, updating, exploitation and use of the electronic civil status database; connecting and sharing data between the electronic civil status database with the national population database, the national public service portal, the public service portal, the provincial electronic one-door information system, other databases of ministries, branches and localities; issue copies of civil status extracts, certify civil status information; online civil status registration. Although an application can be submitted online, the person applying for civil status registration must still be present at the civil status registry to sign the civil status book and receive results in case of registration of the following procedures: birth certificate registration; marriage registration; guardian registration; recognition of parents, children; change, correct civil status, redefine ethnicity, supplement civil status information; death registration.

Upon receiving results at the civil status registration office, the requester for civil status registration must submit and present papers and documents that are part of the civil status registration dossier as prescribed.

Cases in which the requester is not present at the civil status registration office to sign the civil status book and receive the results, but still have to submit and present papers and documents that are part of the household registration dossier civil status according to the law on civil status, including: confirm civil status information; record in the civil status book the birth, marriage, divorce, marriage cancellation, guardianship, recognition of father, mother, child, identification of father, mother, child, adoption, change of civil status, death registration of Vietnamese citizens who have been settled at a foreign competent authority.

To perform online civil status registration, the requester needs to access the National Public Service Portal, the Provincial Public Service Portal to register an account and authenticate users according to the instructions. Upon successful account login, the requester must provide information in the available form; attach photocopies or electronic copies of papers, documents as prescribed; pay fees and charges through the online payment function or by other means as prescribed by law. After the submission of the dossier is completed, the system will automatically send a number of administrative documents for the requester to follow up, look up the progress of the application or access to complete the application when requested by the civil status registration agency.

Decree 87 will take effect from September 15, 2020. The construction of the civil status database, the development of online civil status registration, helps people to handle administrative procedures anytime, anywhere, without having to travel many times, without having to queue and not takes time to wait, limits crowds. In addition, the use of online public services also contributes to reducing the harassment, bureaucracy and troubles of a part of cadres and civil servants, increasing the publicity and transparency of the state agencies file handling.

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Cases Are Rejected When Get Married with Foreign Element in Vietnam

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The law of Vietnam prescribed quite detail about the marriage with foreign elements.

The registration of marriage with foreign elements will be rejected in the following cases:

-One or both parties are not old enough to get married under the laws of Vietnam

-The foreign applicant is not old enough to get married under the laws of the country of which he/she is a citizen or permanent resident (for stateless persons)

-The marriage between men and women is not due to a voluntary decision

-There is deception, coercion in the marriage

-One or both parties had husband or wife

-One or both parties had lost their capacity for civil acts

-The parties have the same direct blood line or relative within three generations

-The parties are or have been the adoptive parents and adopted children, father in law and daughter in law, mother in law and son in law, stepfather and his wife’s stepchild, stepmother and her husband’s stepchild

-The parties of the same sex (men marrying men, women marrying women)

-The marriage registration will also be rejected if the results of the interview, and verification showed that the marriage through illegal brokerage; sham marriage that is not intended to build prosperous, equal, progressive, happy and sustainable family; marriage is inconsistent with the fine traditions of the nation; taking advantage of marriage to trafficking of women, sexual abuse against women or for other self-seeking purposes.

ANT Lawyers- Law firm in Vietnam has experience in civil and family matters to advice clients whom are interested for such legal service in Vietnam. We assist our clients in the process of reviewing agreements, procedures and concerned matters in civil and family.

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