What is the address of the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City? In what cases can citizens apply for regular passports at the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City?
What is the address of the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City?
The People's Police Immigration Management Force is a force of the People's Public Security, which both performs professional functions and performs the function of state management over the entry and exit activities of Vietnamese citizens, entry and exit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam.
The Immigration Management Force consists of the Immigration Department, the Border Gate Security Department, and the Immigration Offices under the People's Public Security of 63 provinces and centrally-run cities.
The Vietnam Immigration Department is headquartered in Hanoi and has a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
According to information at the Immigration portal of the Ministry of Public Security, the address of the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City is as follows:
- Address: 333-335-337 Nguyen Trai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
- Tel: 028.39202300
- Phone number for immigration procedures of Vietnamese citizens: 028.38386425
- Phone number for foreigners' immigration procedures: 028.39200365
The Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City organizes receptions to handle immigration procedures on working days of the week and Saturday mornings, except Sundays, public holidays according to Vietnam's own regulations.
Reception hours:
- Morning: from 08h00 – 11h30
- Afternoon: from 13h30 – 16h00
The Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security in Ho Chi Minh City performs functions and duties according to its competence related to the field of immigration for Vietnamese and foreigners in the southern provinces.
In what cases can citizens apply for regular passports at the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City?
Under the provisions of Article 15 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019:
Article 15. Domestic issuance of regular passports
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4. A person applying for passport issuance for the first time may choose to do so at immigration authority of Ministry of Public Security if:
a) He/she has letter of introduction or recommendation of hospitals regarding travelling abroad for medical diagnosis and/or treatment; or
b) His/her overseas relatives are identified to be in accidents, diseased or deceased according to well-grounded basis; or
c) Supervisory authority of his/hers who is an employee, official, officer, non-commissioned officer, professional serviceman or cadre in armed forces or personnel of cipher organization issues documents requesting issuance; or
d) He/she applies due to other humanitarian or emergency reasons decided by heads of the immigration authority of Ministry of Public Security.
5. A person shall apply for issuance of passport for the second time at immigration authority of provincial police of choice or immigration authority of Ministry of Public Security.
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Thus, for domestic issuance of regular passports, citizens can apply for regular passports at the Vietnam Immigration Office In Ho Chi Minh City in 02 following cases:
(1) Apply for passport issuance for the first time:
- He/she has a letter of introduction or recommendation of hospitals regarding traveling abroad for medical diagnosis and/or treatment; or
- His/her overseas relatives are identified to be in accidents, diseased or deceased according to a well-grounded basis; or
- Supervisory authority of his/hers who is an employee, official, officer, non-commissioned officer, professional serviceman or cadre in armed forces or personnel of cipher organization issues documents requesting issuance; or
- He/she applies due to other humanitarian or emergency reasons decided by heads of the immigration authority of the Ministry of Public Security.
(2) Apply for issuance of passport for the second time
Who are the Vietnamese citizens subject to exit suspension?
Under the provisions of Article 36 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, persons subject to exit suspension in Vietnam are:
- Suspects and defendants; persons who are accused or filed for a charge, later proved that they may have committed crimes and thus must be prevented from escaping or destroying evidence as specified in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
- Persons subject to delayed imprisonment, persons suspended from imprisonment, persons on parole during the probation period, persons subject to suspended sentence during the probation period, and persons executing community services during the 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 the proceeding and their exit are proved to influence the proceeding, interests of the government, legal rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; persons subject to judgment execution.
- Civil judgement 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 the interests of the government, legal rights and interests of agencies, organizations and individuals; persons subject to judgment execution.
- Taxpayers, legal representatives of enterprises subject to enforcement of implementation of an administrative decision 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 exiting.
- Persons subject to enforcement and representatives of organizations subject to enforcement of implementation of the 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.
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