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I'm planning on marrying my Vietnamese fiance soon, and I was wondering what costs I'm looking at. I know people are going to charge whatever but I don't want to be completely ripped off. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the marriage license, the process of marriage paperwork, and TRC will cost, I will know what kind of costs to budget for. Does it depend on the city/district we are living in? Any assistance would be appreciated.
-@IamCharlie

It does depend on where you live, but its roughly between 3-5 million vnd. 1 mil for the actual certificate, 800k for a mental health check or physical test, certificate of non-impediment from your embassy/consulate. Its an easy process, just takes time to do it and your future wife needs to do it where her family book is registered.

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@IamCharlie

Well congratulations, IamCharlie!

Nice to hear this good news from you, sir.

Please keep us updated on the ease/difficulty/cost(s) of the whole process.

Again, a big congratulations to you both!

...give me an idea of what the ... TRC will cost...
-@IamCharlie

鈧�3,603,750 VN膼 ($145.00 USD) is the current fee for a 3-year spousal TRC in H脿 N峄檌.

If you follow the link Colin shared, please scroll down to the comment I left, pointing out some problems with the article.

Also note this portion of that article:

Putting legal costs aside for a moment, the average cost of a wedding in Vietnam is around $7000. Food is generally one of the top priorities and this can vary depending on the type of cuisine you would like. Many Vietnamese families do prefer to keep things as Vietnamese as possible. Another point worth noting is that Vietnamese marriages are typically large. Catering for 100 guests is not uncommon and even poor families will spend around 80 million VND (3,220 USD) during such occasions.

At this point, a lot of expats will tell you they didn't spend anywhere near that much money on their simple wedding celebration (or no celebration at all, since it's not a legal requirement).

I'm planning on marrying my Vietnamese fiance soon, and I was wondering what costs I'm looking at. I know people are going to charge whatever but I don't want to be completely ripped off. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the marriage license, the process of marriage paperwork, and TRC will cost, I will know what kind of costs to budget for. Does it depend on the city/district we are living in? Any assistance would be appreciated.
-@IamCharlie

Charlie, though you're a South African, I believe the same conditions apply as with a Canadian (or any nationality?).

See, here for P滩R滩O滩C滩E滩D滩U滩R滩E滩 滩T滩O滩 滩G滩E滩T滩 滩M滩A滩R滩R滩I滩E滩D滩 滩T滩O滩 滩A滩 滩V滩I滩E滩T滩N滩A滩M滩E滩S滩E滩 滩C滩I滩T滩I滩Z滩E滩N滩 , post #9 in that sticky, linking to the .

I'm planning on marrying my Vietnamese fiance soon, and I was wondering what costs I'm looking at. I know people are going to charge whatever but I don't want to be completely ripped off. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the marriage license, the process of marriage paperwork, and TRC will cost, I will know what kind of costs to budget for. Does it depend on the city/district we are living in? Any assistance would be appreciated.
-@IamCharlie

Charlie, though you're a South African, I believe the same conditions apply as with a Canadian (or any nationality?).
See, here for P滩R滩O滩C滩E滩D滩U滩R滩E滩 滩T滩O滩 滩G滩E滩T滩 滩M滩A滩R滩R滩I滩E滩D滩 滩T滩O滩 滩A滩 滩V滩I滩E滩T滩N滩A滩M滩E滩S滩E滩 滩C滩I滩T滩I滩Z滩E滩N滩 , post #9 in that sticky, linking to the .
-@Aidan in HCMC

The cost of going through an embassy will be more expensive and require more paperwork than necessary, than if the person were to come to Vietnam and do it all here in this country.

There's been consensus on this in recent discussions.

The other consensus is that the person needs to FIRST have the fianc茅e or her family contact the local office of the party in the city where she is registered in the homebook.

Since no one is referencing it, here is my comment that I added to the ExpatDOTcom article previously referenced:

I can speak to all of this with some authority since I was married in Vietnam as recently as August 2022. the biggest problem with this article starts with the advice to contact your Embassy or consulate. in fact the very first thing that any Foreigner should do when considering marriage in Vietnam is have your fiance check with the party officials in their home province. this is because each province sets its own specific guidelines and regulations regarding marriage. under Vietnamese law you must be married in the home province of your fiance where that person's name is registered in their family home book. the second huge problem is that you say the record of no marriage has to be obtained from your Embassy or consulate. in fact, many provinces don't require this, especially if a person has never been married before. and if they do require it, it must be obtained from the home county of the Foreigner in their native country. the county clerk must attest to no record of marriage having been found and then the state government Secretary of State can certify that the record is indeed genuine from the county of that person. once that record has been fully verified by the state government it can either be sent to an embassy/consulate of Vietnam for certification since Vietnam is not a signatory to the Hague convention, or it can be brought to Vietnam and notarized at the individual's embassy or consulate and then that notarization can be taken to the Foreign Service office where the document notarization by the US government is further notarized, meaning that the Foreign Service office guarantees that the notary is in fact from the embassy or consulate. nobody approves the underlying document. they simply notarize. once all of that is done, if that document is required on the provincial level then that must be presented at the provincial level as a part of the marriage application.

I'm planning on marrying my Vietnamese fiance soon, and I was wondering what costs I'm looking at. I know people are going to charge whatever but I don't want to be completely ripped off. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the marriage license, the process of marriage paperwork, and TRC will cost, I will know what kind of costs to budget for. Does it depend on the city/district we are living in? Any assistance would be appreciated.
-@IamCharlie
It does depend on where you live, but its roughly between 3-5 million vnd. 1 mil for the actual certificate, 800k for a mental health check or physical test, certificate of non-impediment from your embassy/consulate. Its an easy process, just takes time to do it and your future wife needs to do it where her family book is registered.

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-@colinoscapee

Yep same experience me also being Australian - my GF (future wife) went to the people's committee like you say, (she was told ward cant do for westerners she had to go district office) Aus Consulate was 2.3mil took 30min, 184 Bis Pasteur took an hr and 90k, mental hospital was around 1hr 20min we paid more than the 800k for quick service +200k, her translations were 700k, District committee office lodging was 1mil (Phu Nhuan) all up it was 2 days getting everything done and then 10 days before going back and signing the book and getting the certificates. all told was 12 days and 4.09mill

All of it was done here in HCMC because my wife is Saigon born - only reason we went to Aus Consulate was "no impediment to marriage form" which is the process for Australians. We needed nothing from overseas - my docs were passport & divorce papers hers were divorce papers and single status.

@AndyHCMC

did you have to get the police certificate for your residency? We have everything with the exception of that. Have read it鈥檚 required and it鈥檚 not required so a little more confusion. 馃槀聽 The red book for her home is screwed up because the former owner didn鈥檛 have the address correct. Fixing that is a coffee drinkers delight.

We will have to wait now until I return from US. Identity has been hijacked and haven鈥檛 been able to recover everything from here.

@IamCharlie

I agree with everything said by the other posters as far as costs. Most costs are set but of course coffee has various strengths. We have paid between 3-4 million right now but still have a little more to go.

Good luck and welcome to the site.

I'm planning on marrying my Vietnamese fiance soon, and I was wondering what costs I'm looking at. I know people are going to charge whatever but I don't want to be completely ripped off. So if anyone can give me an idea of what the marriage license, the process of marriage paperwork, and TRC will cost, I will know what kind of costs to budget for. Does it depend on the city/district we are living in? Any assistance would be appreciated.
-@IamCharlie
It does depend on where you live, but its roughly between 3-5 million vnd. 1 mil for the actual certificate, 800k for a mental health check or physical test, certificate of non-impediment from your embassy/consulate. Its an easy process, just takes time to do it and your future wife needs to do it where her family book is registered.

/en/guide/asia/vie 鈥� etnam.html
-@colinoscapee

Yep same experience me also being Australian - my GF (future wife) went to the people's committee like you say, (she was told ward cant do for westerners she had to go district office) Aus Consulate was 2.3mil took 30min, 184 Bis Pasteur took an hr and 90k, mental hospital was around 1hr 20min we paid more than the 800k for quick service +200k, her translations were 700k, District committee office lodging was 1mil (Phu Nhuan) all up it was 2 days getting everything done and then 10 days before going back and signing the book and getting the certificates. all told was 12 days and 4.09mill

All of it was done here in HCMC because my wife is Saigon born - only reason we went to Aus Consulate was "no impediment to marriage form" which is the process for Australians. We needed nothing from overseas - my docs were passport & divorce papers hers were divorce papers and single status.
-@AndyHCMC

All,

8 years ago, my wife went to America on 90 day K1 Fiance' Visa. We did have a ceremony in VN previous to that. We called it our Engagement ceremony We did that at her Pagoda in VN. However, we then married in America. She and I went through all the same steps it sounds like as you are going through. Health checks, single person checks, etc.

IT will be interesting to hear what the final cost is to marry in VN. We decided that we may do it all over again in VN. Various reasons for this.

MAc

@AndyHCMC
did you have to get the police certificate for your residency? We have everything with the exception of that. Have read it鈥檚 required and it鈥檚 not required so a little more confusion. 馃槀 The red book for her home is screwed up because the former owner didn鈥檛 have the address correct. Fixing that is a coffee drinkers delight.
We will have to wait now until I return from US. Identity has been hijacked and haven鈥檛 been able to recover everything from here.
-@pogiwayne

Good question Wayne, I think she put the residency paperwork in the folder where all docs are passports rental stuff etc so we had it where ever we went seeing she spoke to all the people behind the counters to do everything (apart from Aus Consulate) I have no clue what she pulled out and when.

Which leads back to Colins comment - get the missus to do everything.

@AndyHCMC
did you have to get the police certificate for your residency? We have everything with the exception of that. Have read it鈥檚 required and it鈥檚 not required so a little more confusion. 馃槀 The red book for her home is screwed up because the former owner didn鈥檛 have the address correct. Fixing that is a coffee drinkers delight.
We will have to wait now until I return from US. Identity has been hijacked and haven鈥檛 been able to recover everything from here.
-@pogiwayne

I'm wondering how the Red Book is involved in obtaining the police check (which is, indeed, required in H脿 N峄檌)?

The requirement is for police registration (both bride and groom) in the locality of the FAMILY BOOK.

The only exception is if the Vietnamese citizen has managed to permanently register theirself in another location (my lawyer whose family book is in Ngh峄� An province has managed to permanently register herself in HCMC, and all of her marriage paperwork for her upcoming wedding in January is being processed there).

But even so, I'm unaware of how a red book is necessary in the process.

I'm happy to be educated.

If the red book where she is living is also her registered address for police, then she has a problem.

@AndyHCMC
did you have to get the police certificate for your residency? We have everything with the exception of that. Have read it鈥檚 required and it鈥檚 not required so a little more confusion. 馃槀 The red book for her home is screwed up because the former owner didn鈥檛 have the address correct. Fixing that is a coffee drinkers delight.
We will have to wait now until I return from US. Identity has been hijacked and haven鈥檛 been able to recover everything from here.
-@pogiwayne
I'm wondering how the Red Book is involved in obtaining the police check (which is, indeed, required in H脿 N峄檌)?
The requirement is for police registration (both bride and groom) in the locality of the FAMILY BOOK.

The only exception is if the Vietnamese citizen has managed to permanently register theirself in another location (my lawyer whose family book is in Ngh峄� An province has managed to permanently register herself in HCMC, and all of her marriage paperwork for her upcoming wedding in January is being processed there).

But even so, I'm unaware of how a red book is necessary in the process.

I'm happy to be educated.
-@OceanBeach92107

If the red book where she is living is also her registered address for police, then she has a problem.

-@colinoscapee

Thanks Colin.

Please help me understand that?

Red Book is for home ownership, right?

@AndyHCMC
did you have to get the police certificate for your residency? We have everything with the exception of that. Have read it鈥檚 required and it鈥檚 not required so a little more confusion. 馃槀 The red book for her home is screwed up because the former owner didn鈥檛 have the address correct. Fixing that is a coffee drinkers delight.
We will have to wait now until I return from US. Identity has been hijacked and haven鈥檛 been able to recover everything from here.
-@pogiwayne
I'm wondering how the Red Book is involved in obtaining the police check (which is, indeed, required in H脿 N峄檌)?
The requirement is for police registration (both bride and groom) in the locality of the FAMILY BOOK.

The only exception is if the Vietnamese citizen has managed to permanently register theirself in another location (my lawyer whose family book is in Ngh峄� An province has managed to permanently register herself in HCMC, and all of her marriage paperwork for her upcoming wedding in January is being processed there).

But even so, I'm unaware of how a red book is necessary in the process.

I'm happy to be educated.
-@OceanBeach92107

If the red book where she is living is also her registered address for police, then she has a problem.
-@colinoscapee


Thanks Colin.

Please help me understand that?

Red Book is for home ownership, right?
-@OceanBeach92107

Police registration always shows the property address and owner of the premises. If she owns the house and the red book doesnt correlate with the physical address, she has a problem. Thats my take on it.

@IamCharlie i think its open season (like so many things in vietnam). What he rulkes say and wha happens in practice may be entirely different (e.g. did you know is against the law to sell things on the sidewalk?)... b utb a friend of mine had to make a $10,000 bride's fee to the family.

@Guest2023 I'm a US citizen going back to VN to ge tmarried to a vietnamese citizen, would I be able to get the "certificate of good health" once I land in vietnam before applying for the marriage application? In the US the wait time to get that form through a mental health doctor is 1 month or more wait. thanks

聽 聽 @Guest2023 I'm a US citizen going back to VN to ge tmarried to a vietnamese citizen, would I be able to get the "certificate of good health" once I land in vietnam before applying for the marriage application? In the US the wait time to get that form through a mental health doctor is 1 month or more wait. thanks
聽 聽

聽 聽 -@tracydinh1988

It takes one morning (less if you pay extra coffee money) no appointment necessary.

@OceanBeach92107 thanks so much!!!! I'll just do it while I'm over there! Any specific location you reccomend for foreigners to do?

聽 聽 @OceanBeach92107 thanks so much!!!! I'll just do it while I'm over there! Any specific location you reccomend for foreigners to do?
聽 聽

聽 聽 -@tracydinh1988

HCMC or Hanoi?

@OceanBeach92107 HCMC.. =]

聽 聽 @OceanBeach92107 thanks so much!!!! I'll just do it while I'm over there! Any specific location you reccomend for foreigners to do?
聽 聽

聽 聽 -@tracydinh1988

The place in Saigon is in District 5.

Search Google map:聽 聽 B峄噉h vi峄噉 T芒m Th岷�n Th脿nh ph峄� H峄� Ch铆 Minh

Google Translates this to "Ho Chi Minh City Psychiatric Hospital".聽 It is where we went.聽

Go with your girlfriend to translate. There is a small fee, we didn't bribe.

Assuming you are in Saigon, you didn't say. Vietnam is a big country, longer than California.

@gobot hahahaha thank you friend! I'll do there! No translate needed I'm fluent =]

聽 聽 @OceanBeach92107 thanks so much!!!! I'll just do it while I'm over there! Any specific location you reccomend for foreigners to do?
聽 聽

聽 聽 -@tracydinh1988

In HCMC, it's at the psychiatric hospital here:

766 膼. V玫 V膬n Ki峄噒,

Ph瓢峄漬g 1, Qu岷璶 5

Th脿nh ph峄� H峄� Ch铆 Minh

Taxi or Grab might drop you at the main gate to the hospital complex, but don't go inside there.

The outpatient annex building is to your left on the street from there.

Enter at the center of the building front.

Walk through the waiting area/lobby to the stairwell.

At the top of the stairs, turn left.

The examiner's office is halfway down the hall on the right.

They will provide the forms you need BUT they do want to see that you've already filled out the application for marriage that you are going to be submitting, so have that fully prepared for eventual submission.

Before you arrive, have 4 small ID sized photos (2 of each of you) and 4 passport sized photos (2 of each of you) prepared.

Some people will say only passport sized photos are necessary, but one completed form they issue has spaces for only the small ID sized.

But the other form they issue uses passport sized.

Plus, they will affix your passport photos to your application for marriage that you will be submitting.

Don't sweat the "exam".

It's one short page of questions about your health and your family's mental health history.

Plus the doctor asks about 3 questions.

If you are like most people who want the completed and certified documents returned without having to wait more than 10 or 15 minutes, then be prepared to pay a total of a bit more than 1 million VND for the both of you.

It breaks down like this:

It's about 200,000 VND each for next day service.

When you take your forms to see the doctor, you each include 100,000 VND coffee money in your individual passports (which the doc will sweep into his desk drawer).

When you return to the receptionist, you say you want same day service, and that will cost extra.

You also make it clear you want to wait and get the forms before lunch (so you don't have to return).

There's an extra charge for that too.

Sorry I can't remember exact amounts, but you can always choose not to pay extra and return for your forms the next day.

Good luck!

We had to see 6 different doctors.

They counted fingers and toes. (can鈥檛 marry if one missing?) lol

Different doctor for each exam.

Looked in ears and mouth, counted teeth.

Hearing test -聽 fianc茅e had to instruct me because no English translation what to do?

Some exams conducted with other patients in the room.

I had to pee in a glass pipe no bigger than a drinking straw, and no facility for washing or drying hand.

Good luck with good aiming on that one!

We also had to leave and come back with 鈥檆orrect鈥� size photos.

Chest xray - fingers crossed on machine strength!

The one thing apparently not necessary

for marriage聽 was to check genitalia?

Didn鈥檛 examine for either of us.

I spent so much time laughing at the ridiculous procedures, that the 4 hours passed quickly.

Clincher was having to return next day because head doctor needed to approve other 6 doctor鈥檚 exams had gone home.

This was in the main hospital in Vung Tau.

Your experience may be different.

Some restrictions may apply.

May not be available in your area.

Consult Health Authorities for details!

Monty Python can鈥檛 hold a candle to these clowns!

Good luck and maybe slide 200,000 to avoid? 馃檪

We both had to undergo examinations. It wasn't a money grab situation, as it was very inexpensive by any standards, - just pure bureaucracy gone wild, and job justifications?

Is anyone able to confirm whether or not you can get married while on a 3 month tourist evisa?

聽 聽 Is anyone able to confirm whether or not you can get married while on a 3 month tourist evisa?
聽 聽

聽 聽 -@KKK36

Yes.

I was married in 2022 on a 30 day evisa in Qu岷�ng Ng茫i.

However, if you then want to apply for a spousal TRC (Temporary Resident Card) it seems that different provinces and provincial cities have various policies about transitioning to a TRC.

In Hanoi, I was able to transition from a 30 day evisa to a 3 year TRC without any problem.

In B矛nh 膼峄媙h (Quy Nh啤n) my expat friend needed to first get a 6 month TT visa (for spouse) and then travel to Hanoi for the TRC.

In HCMC, more than one person has reported that immigration required them to first switch from an Evisa to a TT visa before applying for the TRC.

One friend in V农ng T脿u was first required to apply for a TT visa in HCMC and then apply for the TRC in B脿 R峄媋鈥揤农ng T脿u. He then received only a 2 year TRC, which is normal for B脿 R峄媋鈥揤农ng T脿u.

Your ability to transition from an Evisa to a TRC will depend on the province or provincial city where your fianc茅e is required to apply (she is the sponsor so she applies for your TRC).

Good luck!

O.B.

Thanks, her city is HCMC.聽 I'm not fazed by a laborious process for getting a later TRC.聽 However, keen to get the marriage completed to keep her in good moral standing with her family etc.

The TT visa seems to be something that can only be issued if already married?聽 聽 So, I'm uncertain if you are saying that the TT may be a required step after marriage to transition to TRC, or, whether it is required to get married in the first place.

We are going back to Australia for a few weeks in September. We could extend our stay to a month and get legally married there.聽 In many ways simpler. However, I thought as our intention was to be in Vietnam for a number of years, it made more sense to do as much as possible within the Vietnamese system.聽 Having second thoughts now though .聽 A registry office in Australia seems simpler聽

聽 聽 Thanks, her city is HCMC.聽 I'm not fazed by a laborious process for getting a later TRC.聽 However, keen to get the marriage completed to keep her in good moral standing with her family etc.
The TT visa seems to be something that can only be issued if already married?聽 聽 So, I'm uncertain if you are saying that the TT may be a required step after marriage to transition to TRC, or, whether it is required to get married in the first place.

聽 聽 -@KKK36

I never said or implied that a person would need anything other than a tourist visa to get married.

Please read again what I said about getting married.

I then talked about getting a TRC after marriage and how you might need more than a tourist visa (even though I didn't)

Please don't overthink this and good luck with your marriage.

O.B.

@KKK36 hello, if you already have all the required documents to book your Marriage Registration in Vietnam, that takes a couple of weeks and cheap.聽 The real headache, expensive and long is completing those papers. All papers from your side must be notarized and legalized by your country, and stamped by the Embassy of Vietnam inside your country (not inside Vietnam) and finally translated into vietnamese inside Vietnam. In my personal case that took about 2 months and US$1200

If your papers can be聽 legalized/apostilled by your Embassy INSIDE Vietnam, only in that cases are granted to be stamped by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in Hanoi/Saigon/DaNang. But not all countries have nor permit that service (USA for example) and everything must be done from your country of origin.

-@KKK36

If you are sending me a contact request to ask further questions, please continue your inquiries in the public forum.

My time is quite limited and it's a much more efficient way for me to be helpful to the greatest number of readers in the forum.

Thanks!

O.B.

@OceanBeach92107

The contact request was to get a recommendation for a VISA agent.

I seem to be caught in a loop.