Order of Issuance of Citizen Identification Cards

Circular 07 stipulates the order and procedures for issuing Citizen Identification Cards as follows:

- Citizens fill out the Citizen Identification Card Declaration Form;

- The officer receiving the application for the issuance of the Citizen Identification Card will check and compare the citizen's information in the Citizen Identification Card Declaration Form with the information in the National Database on Population which has been connected to the Citizen Identification Database to accurately identify the person who needs the card and to unify the citizen's information contents. If the citizen does not have the information or the information has been altered and not yet updated in the National Database on Population, the citizen is required to verify the accurate information and present the legal documents related to the information that needs to be recorded in the Citizen Identification Card Declaration Form for checking and updating the information in the database;

- In case the National Database on Population and the Citizen Identification Database have not yet been put into operation, the citizen is required to present the Household Registration Book;

- In case the citizen transitions from a 9-digit or 12-digit Identity Card to a Citizen Identification Card, the officer receiving the application will collect, submit, and process the Identity Card as per the regulations on the collection, submission, and processing of Identity Cards;

- The officer at the Citizen Identification management agency will take a photo, collect fingerprints, and recognize the distinguishing features of the person coming for the Citizen Identification Card procedures, to print on the Citizen Identification Information Receipt Form and the Citizen Identification Card according to the regulations. Specifically:

- The portrait photo of the citizen is a frontal shot, bareheaded, showing the face clearly, showing both ears, not wearing glasses; with formal, neat attire, and not wearing specialized uniforms when taking a citizen identification photo. For citizens who follow a religion or ethnicity, they are allowed to wear religious or ethnic ceremonial attire and keep their headscarves on when taking the photo for the Citizen Identification Card but must ensure a clear face;- The officer at the Citizen Identification management agency collects the fingerprints of the citizen using the fingerprint collection machine. In the case of amputated, clubbed, or deformed fingers that cannot provide fingerprints, specific content is recorded in the corresponding position of that finger.

- The officer at the Citizen Identification management agency issues an appointment letter for the return of the Citizen Identification Card to the person completing the procedure. In the case that the dossier and procedure are not fully compliant with the regulations, the citizen is guided on how to complete them to be issued a Citizen Identification Card;

- The agency receiving the dossier issues a confirmation certificate of the Identity Card number (if any) and returns the Citizen Identification Card according to the time and location in the appointment letter. The location for returning the Citizen Identification Card is where the card issuance procedure is completed. If the citizen requests the card to be returned at another location, the citizen specifies the address of the card return location in the Citizen Identification Card Declaration Form. The agency receiving the dossier will return the Citizen Identification Card at the location requested by the citizen, ensuring it is on time, and the citizen must pay the delivery service fee as regulated.

See details in Circular 07/2016/TT-BCA effective from March 20, 2016.

- Thao Uyen -

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