Laws in Vietnam

Nowadays, though marriage to foreigners is not too strange, not everybody comes to thoroughly know procedures for marriage recognition and requirements under which a marriage is legally attested and protected.   Below are application procedures and requirements for marriage to a foreigner which are applied in two following situations: * 1. Click HERE to see application procedures for registration of marriage to foreigners living in Vietnam. * 2. Application procedures for recognition of marriage to a foreigner living in his/her resident country: If you marry a foreigner and all marriage registration procedures are carried out in a foreign country, you will not be required to apply for your marriage registration in Vietnam. In this case, you must observe the following basic regulations: - Fully meet all requirements set out in the 2014 Law on Marriage and Family ; - Avoid committing any of the prohibited acts defined in the Law on Marriage and Family. ...

Registration of marriages with foreigners is probably not a new concept to many Vietnamese and more popular when our country is in the process of integration, broad-based development on the international market. Recently, a number of policies related to the registration of marriages with foreigners shall change, with the main objective is to facilitate the foreigners to do business, live, marry and learn ... in Vietnam , such as the registration of the marriage is no longer to be carried out at the Department of Justice but at the district-level People’s Committee . Thus, marriage registration procedures for foreigners under the new regulation is implemented as follows:   Note: Guidance procedures outlined below applies to the registration of marriages between: - Vietnam ese citizen and foreigner. - Resident Vietnamese citizen and Vietnam ese citizen residing abroad. - Vietnam ese citizens residing abroad together. - Vietnam ese citizen also has...