Marriage registration conditions with foreign elements in Vietnam that foreigners need to know

According to Decision 2228/QD-BTP of the Ministry of Justice dated November 14, 2022 regulating the announcement of new administrative procedures; administrative procedures amended, supplemented in the field of citizenship implemented at the citizenship registration authority within the management scope of the Ministry of Justice.

The marriage registration conditions with foreign elements are as follows:

- Males aged 20 or older, females aged 18 or older;

- Marriage is a voluntary decision of both parties;

- The parties are not devoid of legal capacity;

- Vietnamese citizens residing abroad must have residency permits issued by the competent foreign authorities.

- Marriage is not prohibited in any of the cases under points a, b, c, and d of Article 5, Clause 2 of the Marriage and Family Law, including:

+ Fictitious marriage;

+ Forced marriage, coerced marriage, deceptive marriage, obstruction of marriage;

+ A person who is already married marrying another person or a person who is unmarried marrying a person who is already married;

+ Marriage between blood relatives in direct line; between persons with the same surname within three generations;

Between adoptive parents and adopted children;

Between former adoptive parents and adopted children, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, mother-in-law and son-in-law, stepfather and stepdaughter, stepmother and stepson.

*The state does not recognize marriage between people of the same sex.