Has Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA Been Issued Regulating the Identity Card Template and Identity Certificate Template? When Does Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA Take Effect?
Is Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA on the regulations for identity cards, identity certification documents already issued?
On May 15, 2024, the Minister of Public Security issued Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA regulating the form of identity cards and identity certification documents.
Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA specifies the standards, other languages, shapes, sizes, materials of identity cards; the standards, shapes, sizes, materials of identity certification documents; encoding the information in the storage unit on the identity card; responsibilities of local and unit police agencies in the production, issuance, and management of identity cards and identity certification documents.
Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA applies to the following subjects:
- Vietnamese citizens, persons of Vietnamese origin who have not been determined their nationality, living in Vietnam.
- Police units and local police.
- Agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in the production, issuance, and management of identity cards and identity certification documents.
Is Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA on the regulations for identity cards, identity certification documents already issued? When does Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA take effect? (Image from the Internet)
What is the age for issuing identity cards?
Based on the provisions of Article 19 of the Identity Law 2023 specified as follows:
Persons eligible for identity cards
1. Persons eligible for identity cards are Vietnamese citizens.
2. Vietnamese citizens from the age of 14 and above must follow the procedures for issuing identity cards.
3. Vietnamese citizens under 14 years old are issued identity cards upon their demand.
At the same time, according to the provisions of Article 21 of the Identity Law 2023 specified as follows:
Age for renewing identity cards
1. Vietnamese citizens who have been issued identity cards must follow the procedures for renewing identity cards at the ages of 14, 25, 40, and 60.
2. Identity cards that have been issued, renewed, or reissued within 2 years before the age for renewal as stipulated in Clause 1 of this Article are valid until the next age for renewal.
Thus, based on the above provisions, the age for issuing identity cards is as follows:
- Vietnamese citizens from the age of 14 and above must follow the procedures for issuing identity cards.
At the same time, Vietnamese citizens who have been issued identity cards must follow the procedures for renewing identity cards at the ages of 14, 25, 40, and 60.
The identity cards that have been issued, renewed, or reissued within 2 years before the above renewal age are valid until the next age for renewal.
Additionally, Vietnamese citizens under 14 years old are issued identity cards upon their demand.
If the citizen identity card expires before June 30, 2024, until when can it be used?
Based on the provisions of Article 46 of the Identity Law 2023, it is clearly stated as follows:
Transitional Provisions
1. The citizen identity cards issued before this Law takes effect are valid until the expiration date printed on the card, except as stipulated in Clause 3 of this Article. Citizens can request to renew their cards to the new identity cards.
2. Identity cards valid until after December 31, 2024, are valid until December 31, 2024. Legal documents that have been issued using information from identity cards or citizen identity cards remain valid; state agencies are not allowed to require citizens to change or adjust information regarding identity cards or citizen identity cards on already issued documents.
3. Citizen identity cards, identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024, to before June 30, 2024, remain valid until June 30, 2024.
4. The provisions on the use of citizen identity cards or identity cards in legal documents issued before this Law takes effect apply to identity cards stipulated in this Law until those legal documents are amended, supplemented, or replaced.
Citizen identity cards or identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024, to before June 30, 2024, remain valid until June 30, 2024.
Thus, if the citizen identity card expires before June 30, 2024, it will continue to be valid until June 30, 2024.
When does Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA take effect?
According to Article 9 of Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA, the effectiveness is stipulated as follows:
Effectiveness
1. This Circular takes effect from July 1, 2024.
2. Circular No. 06/2021/TT-BCA dated January 23, 2021, of the Minister of Public Security, regulating the form of citizen identity cards, ceases to be effective from the effective date of this Circular.
Thus, according to the above provisions, Circular 16/2024/TT-BCA takes effect from July 1, 2024.
The Identity Law 2023 will take effect from July 1, 2024, except for Clause 3 of Article 46 of the Identity Law 2023 which takes effect from January 15, 2024.
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