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Judicial Service, [https://www.citizenservices.gov.bt/Judiciary/openApplication.html?method=openApplication&applType=MC Marriage Certificate Application Form] | Judicial Service, [https://www.citizenservices.gov.bt/Judiciary/openApplication.html?method=openApplication&applType=MC Marriage Certificate Application Form] | ||
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Though village records exist, few birth and death records are created. | Though village records exist, few birth and death records are created. | ||
Polygamy and polyandry are legal in Bhutan, however only the first wife or first husband has legal status. Polyandry and polygamy are dying out.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bhutan#:~:text=Polygamy%20is%20legal%20in%20Bhutan,allowed%20only%20one%20legal%20husband Polygamy in Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> Arranged marriages are still common in rural areas.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> | Polygamy and polyandry are legal in Bhutan, however only the first wife or first husband has legal status. Polyandry and polygamy are dying out.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Bhutan#:~:text=Polygamy%20is%20legal%20in%20Bhutan,allowed%20only%20one%20legal%20husband Polygamy in Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> Arranged marriages are still common in rural areas.<ref>Wikipedia, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan Bhutan], (accessed 25 August 2020).</ref> | ||
The legal age for marriage whether male or female is 18 years. | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
===Birth Records=== | |||
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*Name and nationality of mother<ref name="Forms">Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, [http://www.mohca.gov.bt/?page_id=2563 Census Forms], (accessed 25 August 2020)</ref> | *Name and nationality of mother<ref name="Forms">Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, [http://www.mohca.gov.bt/?page_id=2563 Census Forms], (accessed 25 August 2020)</ref> | ||
===Marriage Records=== | |||
===Death Records=== | |||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Gender | *Gender | ||
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Offices to Contact
Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
Department of Civil Registration and Census
Post Box No.133, Tashichho dzong,
Thimphu,Bhutan
Telephone: +975-2-322301/322015/325173[1]
Judicial Service, Marriage Certificate Application Form
Background
Though village records exist, few birth and death records are created. Polygamy and polyandry are legal in Bhutan, however only the first wife or first husband has legal status. Polyandry and polygamy are dying out.[2] Arranged marriages are still common in rural areas.[3]
The legal age for marriage whether male or female is 18 years.
Coverage and Compliance
Birth records are not created, and death records are not issued. Some may be in village records. Marriage records may be registered at a local civil office.[4]
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records
- Name
- Nationality
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Place of birth
- Residential address
- Name and nationality of father
- Name and nationality of mother[5]
Marriage Records
Death Records
- Name
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Occupation
- Nationality
- Marital status
- Date of death
- Cause of death
- Place of death
- Name of father
- Name of mother[5]
References
- ↑ Wikiprocedure, Bhutan - Obtain Death Certificate, same address for birth certificates (accessed 25 August 2020).
- ↑ Wikipedia, Polygamy in Bhutan, (accessed 25 August 2020).
- ↑ Wikipedia, Bhutan, (accessed 25 August 2020).
- ↑ Thomas Jay Kemp, International Vital Records Handbook, 7th ed., (Baltmore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., c2017), p. 466.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Census Forms, (accessed 25 August 2020)