Plan for getting married in Vietnam

[confusedasheck 21]

OK. I think I will be getting married in Vietnam next year and need to start planning. I would like to know if this plan will work.

I plan to take one month off. I will submit all the paperwork through my girlfriend through power of attorney two weeks before I arrive (We plan to use a local lawyer). She would get the paperwork (with single status) at least two weeks before I arrive in Vietnam.

I will get the physical / mental exam in Vietnam as I've read here that it's useless to get in done in the USA. We will have the dam hoi and wedding at the end of week 3 regardless of whether the marriage certificate is issued. I've read you pay a penalty for that, but is it that big a deal?

If the marriage certificate doesn't get issued in that time, then I can come back to sign it. But I would rather not do it if I don't have to.

Is this plan feasible?

[brian_n_phuong 193]

OK. I think I will be getting married in Vietnam next year and need to start planning. I would like to know if this plan will work.

I plan to take one month off. I will submit all the paperwork through my girlfriend through power of attorney two weeks before I arrive (We plan to use a local lawyer). She would get the paperwork (with single status) at least two weeks before I arrive in Vietnam.

I will get the physical / mental exam in Vietnam as I've read here that it's useless to get in done in the USA. We will have the dam hoi and wedding at the end of week 3 regardless of whether the marriage certificate is issued. I've read you pay a penalty for that, but is it that big a deal?

If the marriage certificate doesn't get issued in that time, then I can come back to sign it. But I would rather not do it if I don't have to.

Is this plan feasible?

Bring LOTS of VND (tea money) for each step, your going to need it to get things to work that fast in VN. Have you reserved a site for the Dam Hoi/Wedding dinner? Most of those wedding places are booked 6 months in advance.

[Dan_P 5]

I heard from a dich vu that you can do the mental exam here in the states, but that you need to go to certain places, not just you family doctor.

When I got married last year, the province my wife was in did not accept power of attorney, but this varies depending on the province.

We had our wedding before we signed the marriage license and it was not an issue for me.

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

3 hijack posts removed. stay on topic.

[brian_n_phuong 193]

3 hijack posts removed. stay on topic.

I was untill a "Troll" showed up

[confusedasheck 21]

I thought it took 4 weeks on average to get the certificate. So by allowing 2 weeks beforehand and 4 weeks total (assuming all the paperwork is correct), I would think that would be plenty of time. Though I could be wrong since I've never done this before.

I understand the need for coffee money, which why I want a local lawyer to handle it.

Thanks for the tip on the mental exam in the US. I'll ask about that.

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

I thought it took 4 weeks on average to get the certificate. So by allowing 2 weeks beforehand and 4 weeks total (assuming all the paperwork is correct), I would think that would be plenty of time. Though I could be wrong since I've never done this before.

I understand the need for coffee money, which why I want a local lawyer to handle it.

Thanks for the tip on the mental exam in the US. I'll ask about that.

Ask your wife to submit all the paperwork before you are in VN. (7-10 days)

Hope this help, check out the link below.

Good luck.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/341023-very-confuse-and-need-help-d/

[BinhJerome 14]

OK. I think I will be getting married in Vietnam next year and need to start planning. I would like to know if this plan will work.

I plan to take one month off. I will submit all the paperwork through my girlfriend through power of attorney two weeks before I arrive (We plan to use a local lawyer). She would get the paperwork (with single status) at least two weeks before I arrive in Vietnam.

I will get the physical / mental exam in Vietnam as I've read here that it's useless to get in done in the USA. We will have the dam hoi and wedding at the end of week 3 regardless of whether the marriage certificate is issued. I've read you pay a penalty for that, but is it that big a deal?

If the marriage certificate doesn't get issued in that time, then I can come back to sign it. But I would rather not do it if I don't have to.

Is this plan feasible?

It is good you are planning ahead, she can get most of your things notarized ahead of time and this will save time. There is no penalty for having the Dam Hoi prior to the certificate, actually many Vietnamese people wait for months after their party before they even try to do the paperwork simply because they are planning the party first the paperwork second. I would also still recommend that you use a service, I hate saying that but they do know people that can help get your paperwork up towards the front of the line helping with your paperwork issues. I would strongly suggest getting the mental test done as soon as you arrive and then also filing the paperwork pretty much the day that you arrive, because it can take a month or longer to get everything done. When we got married we did use a service and it took almost exactly one month from the date we filed the paperwork, and every paper we had was correct and we were never turned away. A friend of ours was actually turned away 3 separate times for paperwork errors and not having the right paperwork, this is why I suggest the service they make sure everything is correct and as I said earlier they can get things done a bit faster. Good luck and good plan! Jerome and Binh