How to apply for a passport online in Vietnam in 2024? How long does it take to make a passport in Vietnam?
How to apply for a passport online in Vietnam in 2024?
Below is the instructions for online passport application in 2024
Step 1: Visit https://dichvucong.bocongan.gov.vn/ => Select [Login]
Step 2: After logging in to the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Public Security => Select [Domestic regular passport issuance (done at the provincial level)] or search directly for the procedure name in the search box next to it.
Step 3: Select Submit application
Choose the agency to process your application: in the province/city that you desire (if you have a citizen ID card, you can submit your application in any convenient province, not necessarily the province/city where you are registered).
Click Agree and continue
Step 4: The information declaration page appears, your personal information is downloaded from the National Population Database
After ensuring all information is complete, click on the photo download buttons to download the portrait photo.
Step 5: Fill in all missing information, INCLUDING INFORMATION WITHOUT THE MARK *: place of birth, date of issue - place of issuance of ID card (12-digit ID card), occupation, place of work, year of birth of father and mother , spouse, old passport number (if any) - date of issue - place of issue.
Enter the email you are currently using to receive payment notifications.
Step 6: Select the content of the passport request.
Select the type of passport you want to be issued: "Passport without electronic chip" or "Passport with electronic chip"
Step 7: Select "Pick up in person" (go directly to the Immigration Department where you choose to submit your application to receive your passport) or "Pick up by post" and fill in the address where you want the passport to be sent.
Step 8: Scroll down to the bottom, there are 3 options "Select file":
If you have an old passport, choose the second "Select file" option to upload scanned pages of the prepared passport (upload pages containing personal information and the most recent entry-exit stamps issued by Vietnam, if you haven't traveled abroad, just upload the page with personal information and clearly state in the "request content" - Section 14 above "Not yet exited").
If you have lost your passport, choose the third "Select file" option to upload the prepared Lost Passport Report.
After completing everything, click on "Agree and continue".
Step 9: If everything is correct, scroll down to the bottom, enter the blue confirmation code, and check the box "I take responsibility before the law for the above statement."
Step 10: Click on "Submit application" and wait for the application code to appear, indicating the completion of the application submission.
Step 11: Proceed to pay the passport issuance fee.
Step 12: Monitor and wait for the result to be received.
How to apply for a passport online in Vietnam in 2024? How long does it take to make a passport in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
How long does it take to make a passport in Vietnam?
Based on the content in sub-section 21 of Section A, Part II of the List of Procedures issued with Decision 6968/QD-BCA in 2022, sub-section 22 of Section A, Part II of the List of Procedures issued with Decision 6968/QD-BCA in 2022, sub-section 16 of Section B, Part II of the List of Procedures issued with Decision 6968/QD-BCA in 2022, and sub-section 17 of Section B, Part II of the List of Procedures issued with Decision 6968/QD-BCA in 2022.
The processing time for passport applications is regulated as follows:
- For the issuance of central-level regular passports:
+ Not exceeding 05 working days from the date of receiving the complete application as prescribed.
+ Not exceeding 03 working days from the date of receiving the complete application as prescribed for cases specified in Article 4 of Article 15 of the 2019 Law on Immigration and Entry of Vietnamese citizens.
- For the issuance of provincial-level regular passports:
+ Not exceeding 08 working days from the date of receiving the complete application as prescribed.
Vietnam: When will passports expire? When should passports be renewed?
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, regulations on the validity of entry and exit documents are as follows:
Validity of entry and exit documents
1. Diplomatic passports and service passports shall be effective from 1 to 5 years; can be extended no more than 3 years per instance.
2. Validity of regular passports is as follows:
a) Regular passports issued to persons from 14 years of age shall be effective for 10 years and shall not be extended;
b) Regular passports issued to persons under 14 years of age shall be effective for 05 years and shall not be extended;
c) Regular passports issued by shortened procedures shall be effective for no more than 12 months and shall not be extended.
3. Laissez-passers shall be effective for no more than 12 months and shall not be extended.
Thus, passports expire when the term of each type of passport expires, specifically as follows:
- Diplomatic passports and service passports shall be effective from 1 to 5 years.
- Regular passports issued to persons from 14 years of age shall be effective for 10 years and shall not be extended;
- Regular passports issued to persons under 14 years of age shall be effective for 05 years and shall not be extended;
- Regular passports issued by shortened procedures shall be effective for no more than 12 months and shall not be extended.
Thus, when it expires or is about to expire according to the above regulations, people need to carry out procedures to renew their passport.
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