Chapter V
MARTIAL STATUS CERTIFICATES
Article 65. Use of marital status certificates
Marital status certificates provided for in this Chapter shall be used for marriage registration or other purposes.
Article 66. Competence to issue marital status certificates
1. The commune-level People's Committees of the localities where requesters for marital status certificates reside shall issue marital status certificates to such persons.
2. If Vietnamese citizens residing overseas request the certification of their marital status in the period of their stay in the country, the commune-level People's Committees of the localities where such persons resided before their departure shall issue marital status certificates.
3. If Vietnamese citizens residing overseas request the certification of their marital status in the period of their stay overseas, the Vietnamese diplomatic missions or consulates in the foreign countries where such persons reside shall issue marital status certificates.
Article 67. Procedures for issue of marital status certificates
1. Persons requesting the issue of marital status certificates must submit their declarations (made according to a set form).
Where requesters for issue of marital status certificates have been married but divorced or their marriage partners have died, they must produce extracts of legally effective court judgments/decisions on their divorce or copies of death certificates. This provision also applies to the certification of marital status in the marriage registration declarations under the provisions in Clause 1, Article 18 of this Decree.
After the full receipt of valid papers, presidents of commune-level People's Committees or consular officials shall sign and grant marital status certificates to the involved persons (made according to a set form).
Where it is necessary to make verification, the time limit for verification shall be 5 days.
2. The issue of marital status certificates under the provisions of this Chapter must be recorded in the marital status certificate issue books for monitoring.
3. A marital status certificate shall be valid for 6 months as from the date of certification.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 158/2005/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)