When
marriages with foreign element are rejected?
Before a foreigner and
Vietnamese decide to get married, they must have known each other for some time.
However,due to difference in cultures, and laws in different countries, they
might fall under cases which are not allowed by Vietnam State Authority to get
married.
The marriage registration of marriage
with foreign elements will be rejected in the following cases:
-One or both parties
fail to reach the Vietnam legal age of marriage
-The foreign applicant
is not old enough to get married under the laws of the country where he/she is
a citizen or permanent resident (for stateless persons)
-The marriage is not
voluntarily decided by both parties
-There is deception,
forced marriage
-One or both parties are
married
-One or both parties
lose the civil act capacity
-The parties are in the
direct line of descent or relatives within three generations
-The parties are or have
been father, mother and child, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, mother-in-law
and son-in-law, stepfather and his wife’s children, stepmother and her
husband’s children
-The parties of the same
sex (men marrying men and women marrying women)
-The marriage
registration is also be rejected, if the results of the interview, examination,
verification show that the marriage through illegal brokers, sham marriage does
not aim to build a prosperous, equality, progress, happiness and sustainability
family, married inconsistent with the habits and customs of culture, taking
advantage of the marriage to trafficking in women and sexual abuse against
women or for other personal benefits.
ANT Lawyers - Law firm in Vietnam, we provide services
for marriage and family,
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