This is the content stipulated in Decree No. 18/2026/ND-CP of the Government amending and supplementing a number of decrees to reduce and simplify administrative procedures and business conditions under the management scope of the Ministry of Justice.
The Decree amending and supplementing point c, clause 1, Article 26 on re-registration of birth registration for cadres, civil servants, public employees (CBCCVC), people working in the armed forces in the direction of removing the requirement to submit a written confirmation from the head of the agency or unit if the functional agency can exploit relevant information on the database systems.
Accordingly, in case the person requesting a re-registration of birth is a CBCCVC, a person working in the armed forces, in addition to the documents according to regulations, there must be a written confirmation from the head of the agency or unit about the contents of that person's birth registration.
In case the civil registration agency exploits this information through connection with the Electronic Civil Status Database, the National Population Database, and the database on officials, civil servants and public employees, the requester does not have to submit a written confirmation from the head of the agency or unit.
The Decree also amends and supplements the process of verifying dossiers for requests for re-registration of birth and re-registration of marriage when implemented at commune-level People's Committees not previously registered places in the direction of judicial officials checking information about previous birth/marriage registration on the electronic civil status database through the nghiep vu of issuing copies; using this search result as a basis to determine the conditions for re-registration.
Instead of having to certify documents from the People's Committee where birth/marriage registration was previously registered, within 5 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, judicial - civil status officials check and verify the dossier.
If the re-registration of birth is in accordance with the provisions of law, civil servants - civil status officials shall re-register the birth according to the procedure specified in Clause 2, Article 16 of the Law on Civil Status.
If the re-registration of birth is carried out at a commune-level People's Committee that is not the place where birth registration was previously carried out, the justice - civil status official shall look up information about the previous birth registration of the requester on the electronic civil status database through the professional issuance of copies, the lookup results are the basis for determining whether they are eligible or not eligible for re-registration.
Within 5 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, judicial - civil status officials check and verify the dossier.
If it is found that the re-registered marriage dossier is complete, accurate, and in accordance with legal regulations, the judicial - civil status official shall re-register the marriage in the order prescribed in Clause 2, Article 18 of the Law on Civil Status.
If the re-registration of marriage is carried out at the commune-level People's Committee, which is not the place where the marriage was previously registered, then the justice - civil status official shall look up information about the previous marriage registration of the requester on the electronic civil status database through the professional of issuing copies, the lookup results are the basis for determining whether they are eligible or not eligible for re-registration.
