Single Status Affidavit and Pet Questions

1. Yes.

2.

Jaitch wrote:

Regional non-Vietnamese spouses are permitted to skip all the government crap and simply complete an Affidavit, translated and signed off by a Notary Public (of the City) .

This method is quicker and cheaper. This will require a copy of your birth certificate, a copy of your immigration **certificate**, a copy of your Divorce Final Order (see above).

Travel to VN. Prepare an Affidavit stating you were born on XXX; are a Canadian citizen by birth or naturalisation. (Either) you have never been married or were divorced on XXX.

NOTE: MEDICAL CHECKS HAVE TO BE DONE IN VN FOR THIS METHOD.

Then take it to the Official Notary Public (the one in Quan 1 is opposite the Diamond Pllaza - park at the Plaza as the notary has no parking). Get the paper translated and signed off.

If they ask why you are doing it this way just say you think your fiancée is pregnant and you want to get married before baby arrives. Remember to use the word THINK.

Guidelines for Application for Marriage to a Foreigner
(According to Government Decree 68/2002/ND-CP dated July 10, 1992)
< http://www.eng.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/vis … T10:32:13Z >

NOTE: This is ONLY GOOD FOR TP HCM

For foreigners

1. A marriage registration application, as per the form stipulated by the Ministry of Justice, with certification for the applicant's single status. The certification must be within six months of the date of receipt of the application by the competent authority.

The certification may be in the form of a separate paper. In case foreign laws do not have stipulations for certification in the marriage registration application or for issuing the certification paper, the certification can be made under the form of an oath of single status made by the applicant in accordance with the law of his/her own country.

2. Acertificate that the applicant does not have a mental disease, or does have a mental disease but not so serious that he/she cannot realize his/her action. The certificate must be issued by the competent health authority of Vietnam, for example, the HCM City Mental Health Center, or of the foreign country concerned within six months of the date of receipt of the application.

3. A copy of the passport. For foreigners living in Vietnam, a copy of the permanent residence card, the temporary residence card or the certificate for temporary residence.

4. Personal resume as per form.

Explanation:
Ho Chi Minh City is smart. They are doing it their own way - so don't go plan a wedding in Ha Noi without checking!

None of my countries in which I have citizenship know of my marriage status. In other words any certificates they issue would be worthless (and inaccurate). Therefore I used this VN Affidavit method to get married - it works!

3. No clue, sorry.

4. No clue, sorry.

5. Yes, only a Certificate of Visa Exemption (VECfor short) will allow you to stay for 6 months a time. Regular tourist visas will require you to leave the country every 3 months. You can leave the country and come back asap - you just need passport stamps to prove that you've left Vietnam.

I don't know about the dog situation, sorry.