How
to Change Name on Birth Certificate in Vietnam?
Changing family
name, middle name, first name are considered changing civil status. Due
to different reasons that an individual needs to change his/her name or his/her
children’s name on the birth certificate. Such changes are civil status changes
governed under the Law on Civil status.
However, not every
case of civil status change registration is accepted by the competent
authority.
Under the
provisions Law on Civil status, individual can change of family name, middle
name and first name of individuals in birth registration contents when there
are grounds as prescribed by the civil law.
The “legitimate reasons” to change the family name is
specified in the Civil Code on the right to change name include:
a) Changing the family name of
a natural child from biological father’s to biological mother’s or vice versa;
b) Changing the family name of
an adopted child from biological father’s or mother’s to adoptive father’s or
mother’s at the request of the adoptive parents;
c) If a person ceases to be an
adopted child and such person or his/her biological father or mother request to
reclaim the family name which is given by the biological father or mother;
d) Changing the family name of
a person whose biological parents have been identified upon the request on that
father or mother or such person;
e) Changing the family name of
a lost person who has discovered the origin of his/her bloodline;
f) Changing the family name of
a person to his/her spouse’s in the marriage and family relations involving
foreign elements in accordance with law of the country in which the foreign
spouse is a citizen or retrieves his/her family name before the change;
g) Changing the family names of
children upon the change of family names of their father’s or mother’s;
h) Other cases prescribed in by
law on civil status affairs.
An individual has the right to request a competent
authority to recognize the change of a given name in any of the following
cases:
a) Where it is so requested by
the person who has a given name which causes confusion or has an adverse effect
on his/her feelings or on his/her honor, legitimate rights and interests;
b) Where the adoptive father or
mother of the person wishes to change the given name of their adopted child; of
if a person ceases to be an adopted child and such person or his/her biological
father or mother request to reclaim the given name which is given by the
biological father or mother;
c) Changing the given name of a
person whose biological parents have been identified upon the request on that
father or mother or such person;
d) Changing the given name of a
lost person who has discovered the origin of his/her bloodline;
e) Change the given name of a
person to his/her spouse’s in the marriage and family relations involving
foreign elements in accordance with law of the country in which the foreign
spouse is a citizen retrieves his/her family name before the change;
f) Changing of given name of a
person whose gender identity is re-determined or a transgender person;
g) Other cases prescribed in by
law on civil status affairs.
The changing of
names for the person from nine years old must have the consent of that person.
The changing of names of individuals does not affect and terminate the rights
and civil obligations established under their old name.
Thus, if the use
of one’s first name, last name and middle name cause confusion, affecting the
family love, honor, rights and lawful interests, causing difficulties in the
transaction, he/she may conduct the name changing.
Procedures to change name will be performed at the District
People’s Committee where the person has registered the birth.
Dossier includes:
– Declaration (in
the prescribed form);
– Presenting the
original birth certificate of the person who need for change names and civil
status;
– The relevant
documents as a basis for the change or correction of civic status.
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