Is the Immigration Law 2023 available? What are the new points to note of the Immigration Law 2023?
Has the Immigration Law been amended in 2023?
The National Assembly has just passed the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of the Immigration Law of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as Amended Immigration Law 2023).
The law has amended and supplemented many provisions on immigration with 03 articles.
To be specific:
- Article 1 amends 15 articles and clauses of the Immigration Law of Vietnamese Citizens 2019;- Article 2 amends 10 articles and clauses of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014;- Article 3 pertains to the enforcement effectiveness.
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What are the new points in the Amended Immigration Law 2023?
Based on the content of the Amended Immigration Law 2023, many regulations on immigration have been amended and supplemented as follows:
(1) Immigration Law of Vietnamese Citizens 2019
- Addition of "place of birth" information on immigration documents;- Regulation of the form of submitting applications electronically concerning the procedures for requesting the issuance of ordinary passports, reporting the loss of ordinary passports, restoring the validity of ordinary passports, and specifying that the Ministry of Public Security is responsible for coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies to guide the implementation of regulations on immigration in the electronic environment.
Abolishing the regulation that the passport must have at least 6 months of remaining validity to be eligible for exit to facilitate citizens' exit.
- The Ministry of Public Security coordinates with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense to propose signing international treaties and agreements related to the reception of Vietnamese citizens who are not permitted to reside abroad; coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to propose the signing of international treaties related to the exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens...
(2) Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014
- The duration of electronic visas is extended to 03 months (90 days), valid for single or multiple entries.
Visa duration is calculated by day for visas with a term of less than 1 year for consistency.
- The temporary residence period is extended to 45 days for citizens of countries unilaterally exempted from visas by Vietnam and they are considered for visa issuance and extension of temporary residence according to other provisions of the Law.
- Adding responsibility for lodging establishments to implement temporary residence declarations for foreigners, amending the provisions on the form of temporary residence declaration.
- Adding regulation that foreigners are responsible for presenting passports or valid international travel documents, and residence-related documents in Vietnam to lodging establishments for the implementation of temporary residence declarations as prescribed.
When does the Amended Immigration Law 2023 officially take effect?
Regarding the enforcement effectiveness, based on Article 3 of the Amended Immigration Law 2023 as follows:
Implementation clause
1. This Law takes effect from August 15, 2023.
2. Immigration documents issued to citizens before this Law takes effect remain valid until their expiration date.
3. In cases where citizens have requested the issuance of immigration documents but have yet to be issued when this Law takes effect, the provisions of the Immigration Law of Vietnamese Citizens No. 49/2019/QH14 shall continue to be applied to resolve them.
4. In cases where foreigners have been issued electronic visas or have entered under the unilateral visa exemption scheme or requested an electronic visa issuance but have yet to be issued when this Law takes effect, the provisions of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam No. 47/2014/QH13, amended and supplemented by Law No. 51/2019/QH14, shall continue to be applied.
The Amended Immigration Law 2023 takes effect from August 15, 2023.
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