# Getting Married in Vietnam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253 "2018-01-09T18:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/1 "2018-01-09T18:14:08Z")
Hi guys, So I am getting married in Vietnam end of the month, the documents they VN government requested I have and they have been legalised by my government, but I am running out of time for them to be legalised by the VN embassy here, is there any way in which I can get married in Vietnam without having to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/2 "2018-01-09T18:47:20Z")
You can certainly have a ceremony without being legally married on paper. That’s in fact what I did, because my wife had obtained a fiancee visa, and being married would have nullified that. We did the big ceremony there, and then officially got married by a justice of the peace in the U.S. about a week after she arrived. To get legally married in Vietnam, I’m sure you’d need a license, but it seems your soon-to-be spouse should be able to arrange that. Do you have to go through the embassy? I have a friend that just got married there without a ceremony, so I can ask her about the procedure. Also, congratulations! Chúc anh trăm năm hạnh phúc! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/3 "2018-01-09T18:51:49Z")
I suggest you post in the Vietnam expat forums such as: > **[Vietnam forum, forum expat Vietnam](https://www.expat.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=219)** > > Vietnam forum: ask your questions, find answers, share your experience about Vietnam in the expat forum Vietnam. Blogs, pictures, forum Vietnam on expat.com [http://www.expatexchange.com/vietnam/liveinvietnam.html](http://www.expatexchange.com/vietnam/liveinvietnam.html) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/4 "2018-01-09T19:16:45Z")
Don’t have any advice, but CONGRATULATIONS! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/5 "2018-01-09T19:21:10Z")
Chời ơy! ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/6 "2018-01-10T09:49:56Z")
So wonderful news, the legalisation department rejected two of my three documents that I needed, all a few days before I go to Vietnam, naturally, my fiancee is furious, what can I do to mitigate this situation? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/7 "2018-01-10T20:55:25Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > So wonderful news, the legalisation department rejected two of my three documents that I needed, all a few days before I go to Vietnam, naturally, my fiancee is furious, what can I do to mitigate this situation? Tell her you’ll both look back in a few years and laugh about it? Sorry about the red tape, but congratulations on the what I hope, is the soon to be wedding! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-married-in-vietnam/806253/8 "2018-01-11T07:18:36Z")
I saw the poster name and thought they were banned long ago. Must be thinking of someone else…