What are the operating hours of the Hanoi Immigration Office? What is the phone number of the Hanoi Immigration Office?
- What are the operating hours of the Hanoi Immigration Office? What is the phone number of the Hanoi Immigration Office?
- What are the cases in which Vietnamese citizens are subject to exit suspension?
- What is the validity period of entry and exit documents in Vietnam according to the current regulations?
What are the operating hours of the Hanoi Immigration Office? What is the phone number of the Hanoi Immigration Office?
The Immigration Office of Hanoi City Police is the place to handle administrative procedures on immigration for Vietnamese citizens and foreigners in Hanoi, including the following administrative procedures:
- Procedures related to passport issuance/replacement for Vietnamese citizens
- Procedures for issuance of visas, visas, temporary residence cards and permanent residence cards for foreigners temporarily residing in Hanoi
- Procedures for declaration of temporary residence/absence for foreigners for tourism, visiting relatives, labor and business.
The Hanoi Immigration Office operates at the following 2 addresses:
Address of Hanoi Immigration Department Facility 1: No. 44 Pham Ngoc Thach, Trung Tu Ward, Dong Da, Hanoi
Address of Hanoi Immigration Office Facility 2: No. 6 Quang Trung Street, Ha Dong District, Hanoi
Working time and hours of Hanoi immigration: From Monday to Saturday every week (except for public holidays as prescribed)
Operating hours of the Hanoi Immigration Office:
- Time to receive applications: from Monday to Friday and Saturday morning every week (except for public holidays).
- Time to return results: from Monday to Friday every week (except for public holidays).
What are the cases in which Vietnamese citizens are subject to exit suspension?
Under Article 36 of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, persons subject to exit suspension in Vietnam include:
- Suspects and defendants; persons who are accused or filed for charge, later proved that they may have committed crimes thus must be prevented from escaping or destroying evidence as specified in Code of Criminal Procedure.
- Persons subject to delayed imprisonment, persons suspended from imprisonment, persons on parole during probation period, persons subject to suspended sentence during probation period, persons executing community services during sentence enforcement period according to Law on Execution of Criminal Judgment.
- Persons having obligations according to regulations and law on civil procedure if their obligations to government, agencies, organizations and individuals are proved to be involved in proceeding and their exit are proved to influence the proceeding, interests of government, legal rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; persons subject to judgment execution.
- Civil judgment debtors and legal representatives of agencies and organizations obliged to execute judgment and decisions according to regulations and law on execution of civil judgment if their exit is proved to influence interests of government, legal rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; persons subject to judgment execution.
- Tax payers, legal representatives of enterprises subject to enforcement of implementation of administrative decisions on tax administration, Vietnamese making exit to reside overseas and Vietnamese residing overseas that have not satisfied tax liabilities according to regulations and law on tax administration before making exit.
- Persons subject to enforcement and representatives of organizations subject to enforcement of implementation of decision on administrative sanctions and to be prevented from escaping.
- Persons subject to inspection and verification, proved to have committed particularly serious violations and to be prevented from escaping.
- Persons contracted from dangerous and infectious diseases and to be prevented from spreading the diseases throughout the community unless allowed by foreign parties for entry.
- Persons whose exit is identified by competent authorities to influence national defense and security on a grounded basis.
What is the validity period of entry and exit documents in Vietnam according to the current regulations?
The validity period of entry and exit documents in Vietnam is specified in Article 7 of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens 2019 as follows:
- Diplomatic passports and service passports shall be effective from 1 to 5 years; can be extended no more than 3 years per instance.
The validity of regular passports is as follows:
+ 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.
- Laissez-passers shall be effective for no more than 12 months and shall not be extended.
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