Are persons aged under 14 in Vietnam required to apply for ID cards from July 1, 2024?
What does the information printed on an ID card of persons aged under 14 in Vietnam include?
Under Clause 2, Article 18 of the Law on Identification 2023:
Contents stated in ID cards
1. Each ID card has information printed on it and a place for storing encrypted information.
2. Information printed on an ID card includes:
a) A national emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
b) A phrase “CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM, Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc” (THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, Independence - Freedom - Happiness);
c) A phrase “CĂN CƯỚC” (IDENTIFICATION);
d) Portrait photo;
dd) Personal identification number;
e) Family name, middle name and first name;
g) Date of birth;
h) Gender;
i) Place of birth registration.
k) Nationality;
l) Place of residence;
m) Date of issuance; date of expiry;
n) Issuing body: the Ministry of Public Security.
3. Information encrypted and stored in the storage place on an ID card includes a portrait photo, fingerprints, iris of a citizen and pieces of information specified in Clause 1 through Clause 18 Article 9, Clause 2 Article 15 and Clause 2 Article 22 of this Law.
4. The Minister of Public Security shall provide for specifications, other languages, form, size and material of ID cards; encryption of information stored on ID cards; information displayed on ID cards about places of residence and cases of failure to collect or fully collect information specified in Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article.
Information printed on an ID card includes:
- A national emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
- A phrase “CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM, Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc” (THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, Independence - Freedom - Happiness);
- A phrase “CĂN CƯỚC” (IDENTIFICATION);
- Portrait photo;
- Personal identification number;
- Family name, middle name and first name;
- Date of birth;
- Gender;
- Place of birth registration.
- Nationality;
- Place of residence;
- Date of issuance; date of expiry;
- Issuing body: the Ministry of Public Security.
Are persons aged under 14 in Vietnam required to apply for ID cards from July 1, 2024?
Under Article 19 of the Law on Identification 2023:
Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards
1. Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards are Vietnamese citizens.
2. Vietnamese citizens from 14 years of age shall carry out procedures for issuance of ID cards.
3. Vietnamese citizens under 14 years of age will be issued with ID cards if they have demands.
The persons eligible for issuance of ID cards according to the regulation include:
- Persons eligible for issuance of ID cards are Vietnamese citizens.
- Vietnamese citizens from 14 years of age shall carry out procedures for issuance of ID cards.
- Vietnamese citizens under 14 years of age will be issued with ID cards if they have demands.
Thus, Vietnamese citizens aged under 14 (persons aged under 14) are not required to apply for ID cards from July 1, 2024. Individuals aged under 14 can apply for ID cards if they have demands.
Are persons aged under 14 in Vietnam required to apply for ID cards from July 1, 2024? Where may persons aged under 14 apply for ID cards in Vietnam? (Image from Internet)
Where may persons aged under 14 apply for ID cards in Vietnam?
Under Article 27 of the Law on Identification 2023, persons aged under 14 may apply for ID cards at:
- Identification-managing agencies of police authorities of districts, urban districts, district-level towns, cities of provinces, cities of central-affiliated cities or identification-managing agencies of police authorities of provinces or central-affiliated cities where citizens are residing.
- ID cards shall be issued, replaced or re-issued at the identification-managing agency of the Ministry of Public Security in cases where the head of the identification-managing agency decides issuance, replacement or re-issuance of ID cards.
- In necessary cases,identification-managing agencies specified in Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 27 of the Law on Identification 2023 shall organize the implementation of procedures for the issuance of ID cards at communes, wards, district-level towns, agencies, units or places of residence of citizens.
What are the procedures for issuance of an ID card to a person aged under 14 in Vietnam from July 1, 2024?
Under Clause 2, Article 23 of the Law on Identification 2023, a person under 14 years of age or his/her legal representative may request the identification-managing agency to issue an ID card. Procedures for issuance of an ID card to a person under 14 years of age shall be carried out as follows:
- The legal representative of a person under 06 years of age shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card to such person via the public service portal or the national identification application.
If procedures for obtaining birth registration for a person under 06 years of age have yet to be conducted, his/her legal representative shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card by those interconnected with birth registration on the public service portal, the national identification application or in person at the identification-managing agency.
The identification-managing agency does not collect and receive information about identity and biometric identifiers of persons under 06 years of age;
- Persons from 06 to under 14 years of age accompanying their legal representatives shall come to the identification-managing agency to provide information about identity and biometric identifiers according to regulations in Point b, Clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Identification 2023.
The legal representative of a person from 06 to under 14 years of ages shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card instead of that person.
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