Dossier for Permanent Residence Card Renewal: Required Documents and the Latest 2023 Application Form
What does the application for the replacement of a permanent residence card for foreigners include?
Based on the provisions in Clause 1, Article 43 of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014 as follows:
Issuance and replacement of permanent residence cards
1. Permanent residence cards are issued by the provincial People's Public Security or the central-affiliated city Public Security. Every 10 years, foreigners with permanent residence must go to the provincial or central-affiliated city Public Security where they permanently reside to apply for the replacement of the card. The application includes:
a) Application form for the replacement of the permanent residence card;
b) Permanent residence card;
c) A certified copy of the passport, except for stateless persons.
Thus, the application for the replacement of a permanent residence card for foreigners includes:
- Application form for the replacement of the permanent residence card;
- Permanent residence card;
- A certified copy of the passport, except for stateless persons.
What does the application for the replacement of a permanent residence card include? The latest Application Form for the replacement of the permanent residence card in 2023?
The latest Application Form for the replacement of the permanent residence card in 2023?
Based on the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014, a permanent residence card is a type of document issued by the immigration management agency for foreigners who are allowed to reside indefinitely in Vietnam and serves as a visa replacement.
Every 10 years, foreigners with permanent residence must go to the provincial or central-affiliated city Public Security where they permanently reside to apply for the replacement of the card.
Download the latest Application Form for the replacement of the permanent residence card here.
Are foreigners temporarily residing at a place different from the address on their permanent residence card required to declare temporary residence?
Based on the provisions in Article 33 of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014 (amended and supplemented by Clause 5, Article 1 of the Law Amending the Law on Exit, Entry 2023) as follows:
Temporary residence declaration
1. Foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam must declare their temporary residence through the person directly managing and operating the lodging establishment to the commune, ward, town public security or the police station where the lodging establishment is located. The lodging establishment is responsible for requiring the foreigner to present a passport or a valid international travel document, and relevant documents related to residence in Vietnam to declare temporary residence before agreeing to let the foreigner stay. In cases where the Border Guard receives temporary residence declarations of foreigners as stipulated in international treaties to which Vietnam is a member, the Border Guard is responsible for immediately notifying the commune, ward, town public security or the police station where the foreigner temporarily resides..
2. Temporary residence declarations for foreigners are done through electronic means or by temporary residence declaration form.
If declaration by temporary residence form, the person directly managing and operating the lodging establishment is responsible for recording full information into the temporary residence declaration form and sending it to the commune, ward, town public security or police station where the lodging establishment is located within 12 hours, in remote and isolated areas within 24 hours from the time the foreigner arrives at the lodging establishment.
3. Foreigners changing their place of temporary residence or temporarily staying outside the address recorded on the permanent residence card or when there are changes in passport information must declare temporary residence as regulated in Clause 1 of this Article.
Thus, foreigners who change their place of temporary residence or temporarily reside outside the address recorded on the permanent residence card must declare temporary residence through the person directly managing and operating the lodging establishment.
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