Please ask the representation in advance if an interpreter is required. Any additional costs for the interpreter are at your expense.
The following documents must be submitted in person to your Swiss representation:
as well as
For Swiss citizens:
- original certificate of current residence
- valid passport or identity card
For citizens of other countries:
- original birth certificate establishing who the parents are
- original current civil status record:
a) certificate establishing that they are unmarried
b) divorce decree that specifies when it entered into force
c) registered partnership dissolution decision that specifies when it entered into force
d) death certificate of deceased spouse/partner - original certificate of current residence
- valid passport or identity card
Certain documents may no longer be required if the person is already registered in the Swiss civil status register.
If the second person is domiciled in Switzerland:
- copy of their certificate of current residence in Switzerland
- copy of their valid passport or identity card
For any joint children who are not yet entered in the Swiss civil status register:
- original birth certificate establishing who the parents are
- original official decree establishing filiation or recognition of paternity
- original certificate of current residence
- valid passport or identity card
For any joint children who are entered in the Swiss civil status register:
- copy of their birth certificate
- copy of their valid passport or identity card
Issuing authorities for Vietnamese civil status documents:
- As a birth certificate is only issued once in Vietnam, an extract from the birth register (Trích lục khai sinh) can be submitted. This extract is issued by the People's Committee of the place where the birth was registered or the place where the person concerned is permanently resident.
- Certificate of civil status (Xác nhận tình trạng hôn nhân): People's Committee of the place where the person concerned has his/her permanent residence.
- Residence certificate (Xác nhận nơi cư trú): Police station or People's Committee of the place where the person concerned has his/her current residence (the family book is not accepted).
- Divorce decree (Trích lục ly hôn / Bản sao Quyết định ly hôn): Court that executed the divorce.
- Death certificate (Trích lục khai tử): People's Committee of the place where the person concerned died. In the case of foreign nationals, at the Justice Department of the last place of residence of the deceased person.
Before submitting the documents to the Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, the following must be obtained:
- Legalization on the original document by the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
- Translation into one of the Swiss national languages by the Justice Office of the People's Committee of the competent district.
Fees
The fees for this preparatory procedure amount to VND 9,550,000 and must be paid in cash when the documents are submitted.
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.
