Contents
I. Cases of birth registration with foreign elements
- Children born in Vietnam:
– Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen and the other being a foreigner or a stateless person;
– Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen residing in the country and the other being a Vietnamese citizen residing abroad;
– Having both parents being Vietnamese citizens residing abroad;
– Having both parents being foreigners or stateless persons.
Children born abroad with their birth not yet registered abroad and taken to reside in Vietnam:
– Having both parents being Vietnamese citizens;
– Having a parent being a Vietnamese citizen.
II. Competent to register birth with foreign elements
The district-level People’s Committee of the place of residence of the father or mother (in the case of the child born in Vietnam) or the place of residence of the children (in the case of the child born abroad who has not yet been registered for birth and reside in Vietnam).
III. Order of processing
Step 1: Birth registrants shall submit the dossiers to the district-level People’s Committee
Step 2: Immediately after receiving all required documents, if seeing that the birth declaration information is complete and proper, the civil status officer shall record the birth declaration contents in the civil status book. The civil status officer and birth registrant shall both sign in the civil status book.
Step 3: The district-level Justice Division shall report to the chairperson of the district-level People’s Committee to grant a birth certificate to the person whose birth is registered.
IV. Dossiers
Case 1: Children born in Vietnam
- Declaration form
- Birth certification paper
- The agreement of the parents on the selection of citizenship for their child. If the parents choose a foreign citizenship for their child, their agreement document must contain certification of a competent foreign state agency of which they are citizens.
- Passports of father and mother
- Certificate of marriage
- Proof of residence (temporary residence certificate of the ward police/temporary residence card/permanent residence card…)
Case 2: Children born abroad with their birth not yet registered abroad and taken to reside in1. Declaration form
- Declaration form
- Birth certification paper
- A certificate of live birth or an equivalent document issued by the foreign competent authority certifying that the child was born abroad and mother-child relationship (if any
- The agreement of the parents on the selection of citizenship for their child. If the parents choose a foreign citizenship for their child, their agreement document must contain certification of a competent foreign state agency of which they are citizens.
- Passports of father and mother
- Certificate of marriage
- A documentary evidence of the child’s lawful entry into Vietnam (such as passport, documents enabling international travel bearing an entry stamp from an immigration authority)
- A written confirmation from the competent public security authority that the child is living in Vietnam
V. Settlement Time
Right on the day of receiving the dossier; in case the application is received after 15 o’clock but cannot be resolved immediately, the result shall be returned in the next working day.
VI. Fees
According to the fee rate set by each provincial People’s Council.
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