Please submit the following documents and information to your Swiss representation:
- original marriage certificate
- copy of the Swiss certificate of capacity to marry
- address of spouses
Issuing authorities for Vietnamese civil status documents:
As a marriage certificate is only issued once in Vietnam, an extract from the marriage register (Trích lục kết hôn) can be submitted. This extract is issued by the People's Committee of the city or province where the marriage took place.
Before submitting the documents to the Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, the following must be obtained:
- Vietnamese civil status documents must first be legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi or by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ho Chi Minh City before submitting
- Vietnamese civil status documents must be translated by an official notary office in Vietnam into a Swiss national language or into English
The original documents are submitted to the civil status authority concerned in Switzerland and must not be older than six months. They will not be returned. Photocopies are not accepted. Additional documents may be required if necessary.
The costs of a thorough verification, should it be necessary, of the foreign civil status documents by a lawyer approved by the Swiss representation are at your expense.
Use the online desk to upload copies of the required documents. The Swiss representation will then check the documents to ensure they are correct and will ask you to submit the original documents.
