THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE - THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Joint Circular No. 06/2012/TTLT-BTP-BNG of June 19, 2012, amending and supplementing a number of provisions of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Joint Circular No. 11/2008/TTLT-BTP-BNG of December 31, 2008, guiding the Government’s Decree No. 158/2005/ND-CP of December 27, 2005, on civil status registration and management at overseas diplomatic missions and consulates of Vietnam
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 93/2008/ND-CP of August 22, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 15/2008/ND-CP of February 4, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 158/2005/ND-CP of December 27, 2005, on civil status registration and management;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 06/2012/ND-CP of February 2, 2012, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the decrees on civil status, marriage and family and certification;
The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly amend and supplement a number of provisions of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Joint Circular No. 11/2008/TTLT-BTP-BNG of December 31, 2008, guiding the implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 158/2005/ND-CP of December 27, 2005, on civil status registration and management at overseas diplomatic missions and consulates of Vietnam (below referred to as Vietnamese representative missions), as follows:
Article 1. Amended and supplemented provisions
1. To amend and supplement Point b, Clause 1 of Section II as follows:
“b/ The order of and procedures for birth registration for children are provided as follows:
A birth registration applicant shall submit a declaration (made according to a set form), the written birth certification and a duplicate of the marriage certificate of the parents of the child (if their marriage has been registered) and produce the original marriage certificate for comparison.
Written birth certifications are those granted by medical establishments where children are born. For a child born outside a medical establishment, such written birth certification may be replaced with a witness’ written certification. If there is no witness, the birth registration applicant shall make a written commitment that the birth is real.

After checking all valid papers, a consular officer shall record information in the birth registration book and the original birth certificate. The head of the Vietnamese representative mission or an authorized consular officer shall sign and grant the original birth certificate to the birth declarant. Duplicates of a birth certificate may be granted at the request of the birth declarant.