Official Dispatch 481: Is a certificate trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay marital status required for marriage registration in Vietnam?
Official Dispatch 481: Is acertificate trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay marital status requiredfor marriage registration in Vietnam?
According to Official Dispatch 481/BTP-HTQTCT dated February 4, 2025, regarding the implementation trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the provisions trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decree 07/2025/ND-CP.
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On January 9, 2025, the Government trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Vietnam issuedNghị định 07/2025/NĐ-CPamending and supplementing several articles trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decrees in the fields trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay civil status, nationality, and authentication. This Decree took effect from the date trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay signing, and the Ministry trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice issued a Decision to announce the administrative procedures amended and supplemented in the fields trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay civil status, nationality, and authentication.
To ensure the uniform implementation trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the provisions trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nayNghị định 07/2025/NĐ-CP, the Ministry trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice requests the People's Committees trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay provinces and centrally-affiliated cities to pay attention to implementing the following contents:
Direct the Department trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice to cooperate with relevant departments and sectors to disseminate and thoroughly understand the content trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nayNghị định 07/2025/NĐ-CPto the relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals, focusing on the following key points:
- When receiving birth registration requests, the civil status registration agency does not require the presentation trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the marriage certificate trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the child's parents (if the child's parents have married, except in cases where the child's parents are foreigners);when receiving marriage registration requests, the civil status registration agency does not require submission trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay a certificate trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay marital status or divorce notation (for Vietnamese citizens) but rather checks the marital status information trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the child's parents, and trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the person requesting marriage registration on the Provincial Administrative Procedure Resolution System through connection with the electronic civil status database and the national database on population.If the marital status cannot be checked due to a lack trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay information in the database, the civil status registration agency will verify according to the provisions at point c, clause 3, Article 2 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decree 07/2025/ND-CP.
- Ensure the conditions regarding infrastructure, technology, and implement the connection between the local Administrative Procedure Resolution Information System and the Ministry trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice's shared electronic civil status registration and management information system to receive and resolve birth registration, marriage registration, and marital status confirmation procedures in compliance.
- The Department trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice shall proactively request the criminal record database management agency to issue a Criminal Record Certificate for individuals requesting to gain/re-gain/renounce Vietnamese nationality during their residence in Vietnam to complete the application for gaining/re-gaining/renouncing Vietnamese nationality, except for cases where the individual already has a Criminal Record Certificate at the time trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay application submission.
- The Department trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Justice or the representative office, where the applicant resides at the time trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay application submission, has the authority to receive and resolve the request for issuing the Vietnamese nationality confirmation, Vietnamese origin confirmation (as prescribed in clauses 5, 7, Article 4 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decree 07/2025/ND-CP).
- The commune-level People's Committee authenticates copies from originals trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay documents issued by competent bodies or organizations trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay foreign countries; competent bodies or organizations trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Vietnam linked with competent bodies or organizations trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay foreign countries for issuance or certification (as an added authority at clause 1, Article 1 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decree 07/2025/ND-CP).
Additionally, the authentication, civil status, nationality records received before the Decree takes effect but not yet resolved shall continue to be resolved under the provisions trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Decree 23/2015/ND-CP, Decree 123/2015/ND-CP, Decree 87/2020/ND-CP, Decree 16/2020/ND-CP.
Thus, when receiving a marriage registration request, the civil status registration agency does not require submission trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay a certificate trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay marital status or divorce notation (for Vietnamese citizens) but instead checks the marital status information trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the child's parents and trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the person requesting marriage registration on the Provincial Administrative Procedure Resolution System through the connection with the electronic civil status database and the national database on population.
What are the conditions for marriage registration in Vietnam?
According to the provisions in Article 8 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay theLaw on Marriage and Family 2014, the conditions for marriage are specified as follows:
Conditions for Marriage
1. A man and woman getting married must meet the following conditions:
a) The man must be at least 20 years old, and the woman must be at least 18 years old;
b) The marriage is voluntarily decided by the man and woman;
c) Neither party is losing the capacity for civil acts;
d) The marriage is not within one trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the prohibited cases as prescribed in points a, b, c, and d, clause 2, Article 5 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay this Law.
2. The State does not recognize marriage between people trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the same sex.
The conditions that must be met for marriage include the following:
(1) In terms trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay age:
Men must be at least 20 years old;
Women must be at least 18 years old;
(2) Marriage is based on voluntariness;
(3) Neither party is losing the capacity for civil acts.
Additionally, clause 2, Article 5 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay theLaw on Marriage and Family 2014prescribes some cases in which marriage is prohibited as follows:
(1) Sham marriage, sham divorce;
(2) Underage marriage, forced marriage, fraudulent marriage, obstruction trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay marriage;
(3) Those who are currently married and get married or live together as husband and wife with another person, or those who are unmarried and get married or live together as husband and wife with someone who is already married;
(4) Marriage or cohabitation as husband and wife among people trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay direct bloodlines; among those with third-degree bloodline relations; between adoptive parents and adopted children; between a person who used to be adoptive parents with adopted children, fathers-in-law with daughters-in-law, mothers-in-law with sons-in-law, stepfathers with stepchildren from the wife, stepmothers with stepchildren from the husband;
(5) Demanding wealth in marriage.
Thus, based on the conditions for marriage, there are no regulations regarding the number trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay times a citizen can marry. Therefore, there is no limit to the number trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay times marriage registration can be conducted as per the regulations.
Additionally, currently, the State does not recognize marriage between people trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the same sex.
What is the marriage registration fee in Vietnamfor 2025?
According to Article 11 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay theLaw on Civil Status 2014, the registration fee is stipulated as follows:
Civil Status Registration Fee
1. Civil Status Registration fees are waived in the following cases:
a) Registering civil status for people from families with meritorious services to the revolution; people from poor households; people with disabilities;
b) On-time birth, death registration, guardianship, marriage registration trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Vietnamese citizens residing domestically.
2. Individuals requesting registration trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay other civil status events beyond the provisions in clause 1 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay this Article, requesting copies trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay civil status excerpts, must pay fees.
The Ministry trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Finance details the authority for collection, collection levels, payment, management policies, and use trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay civil status fees.
Additionally, Article 3 trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nayCircular 85/2019/TT-BTCprovides for the list trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay fees under the authority trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the provincial-level People's Council as follows:
List trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay fees under the authority trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the provincial-level People's Council
1. Registration fee for residence (for activities carried out by local agencies).
2. Identity card issuance fee (for activities carried out by local agencies).
3. Civil status fee.
4. Labor permit issuance fee for foreigners working in Vietnam (for permits issued by local agencies).
5. Land use right, house ownership, and attached land assets certificate issuance fee.
6. Construction permit issuance fee.
7. Business registration fee.
Thus, based on these provisions, the marriage registration fee for 2025 varies depending on the specific circumstances as follows:
- If registering the marriage trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay Vietnamese citizens residing domestically:Free trực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay charge
- If registering a marriage involving foreign elements:The fee depends on the specific province as determined by the respective provincial People's Council.
For example:According toNghị quyết 06/2020/NQ-HĐNDtrực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the Hanoi People's Committee, the marriage registration fee at the district-level People's Committee in Hanoi is 1,000,000 VND per case.
Appendix 1B issued withNghị quyết 124/2016/NQ-HĐNDtrực tiếp bóng đá việt nam hôm nay the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee provides that the marriage registration fee at the district-level People's Committee is 1,000,000 VND per case.
