Vietnam - Register Adoption

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Procedure

1. Child adopters will need to personally file the child adoption dossiers with their local civil registry office.
2. Before registering a child adoption, civil status judicial officials will check for the following:
   1. If the child was given up and adopted voluntarily.
   2. The child adopter's capacity;
   3. The purpose of the child adoption.
3. It will take about 5 days for your documents to be examined and verified. After the above time limit, if deeming that the child giving and adoption fully meets the conditions prescribed by the Law on Marriage and Family, the commune-level People's Committees will register the child adoption.
4. Upon registration of child adoption, the presence of the child giver and child adopter is required; if the to be-adopted person is aged 9 or older, his/her presence is also required. Facts about the adoption is entered in the books and a certificate is issued.

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Required Documents

• A written agreement on child giving and adoption (made according to a set form).
• A written agreement on child giving and adoption must be made by the biological father and/or mother and the adopter of the child, even in cases where the biological father and mother have divorced. Where a parent has died, lost his/her civil act capacity or has been restricted in his/her act capacity, only the signature of the other parent is required; if both parents have died, lost their civil act capacity or been restricted in their civil act capacity, the person or organization that undertakes child guardianship will act as the natural parents of the child and sign the written agreement. For children living in foster homes whose natural parents' addresses are unidentifiable, the representatives of the foster homes will be the one to sign the written agreements.
• If the adopted children are full 9 years or older, the written agreements must contain their opinion agreeing to be adopted, except where they have lost their civil act capacity or been restricted in their civil act capacity.
• In case the adopters reside in communes, wards or district townships where the adoption of children defined in Clause 2, Article 25 of this Decree, is registered, the written agreement on child giving and adoption must contain the certification by the commune-level People's Committees of the localities where the adopters reside that such persons fully satisfy the conditions on child adoption under the provisions of the Law on Marriage and Family.
• A copy of the birth certificate of the to be-adopted person.
• The record certifying the child abandonment if the to be- adopted person is an abandoned child.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Interior
15 Tran Binh Trong Str., Hanoi.
Tel: 826 8231
Fax: 826 0774

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Validity

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Processing Time

It will take about 5 days for your documents to be examined and verified.

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Instructions

Where to register:

• The adoption must be registered in the locality where the adopters resides.
• Where abandoned children are adopted, the commune-level People's Committees which have certified in writing the child abandonment shall register the child adoption; if such children have been sent to foster homes, the commune-level People's Committees of the localities where the foster homes are located shall register the child adoption.

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External Links

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