Where to register a level-2 eID account for Vietnamese citizens? What is the duration of processing of registration requests?
Where to register a level-2 eID account for Vietnamese citizens?
Below are the steps in registration of a level-2 eID account in Clause 2, Article 14 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP:
- For any Vietnamese citizen who is holding a chip-based ID card:
+ The applicant contacts the Police of the commune, ward or town or the place where citizen ID cards are issued to register an eID account. The applicant presents his/her chip-based citizen ID card, provides information about his/her phone number or email address and requests any modified information to integrated into the eID account.
+ The in-charge officer receives information that the applicant provides and allows such information to be entered in the electronic identification and authentication system; takes the applicant’s portrait photo and fingerprint to have them checked against those available in the citizen ID database and confirms approval for registration for an eID account.
+ The electronic identification regulator sends a VNeID-app, SMS and email notification of whether the registration request is accepted or refused.
- For any Vietnamese citizen who is not holding a chip-based ID card:
The Police authority proceeds to issue the level-2 eID account, and the citizen ID card if the applicant has not been issued with a chip-based citizen ID card yet.
Where to register a level-2 eID account for Vietnamese citizens? What is the duration of processing of registration requests? (Image from the Internet)
What is the duration of processing of registration requests for level-2 eID accounts for Vietnamese citizens?
According to the provisions of Article 17 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP on the duration of processing of registration requests for eID accounts as follows:
Duration of processing of registration requests for eID accounts
Upon receipt of all valid request documents prescribed herein, the competent Police shall process the registration request for an eID account within the following duration:
1. For any Vietnamese citizen who is holding a chip-based ID card: The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for level-1 eID accounts and level-2 eID accounts shall be 01 and 03 working days, respectively. For any Vietnamese citizen who does not hold a chip-based ID card:
The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 07 working days.
2. For foreigners: The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for level-1 eID accounts shall be 01 working day; for level-2 eID accounts, if the applicant’s portrait photo and fingerprint is available in the national entry/exit database, 03 working days; for level-2 eID accounts, if the applicant’s portrait photo and fingerprint is available in the national entry/exit database, 07 working days.
3. For non-person entities:
a) The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 01 working day if verifiable information about the requesting entity already exists in the national database or specialized databases.
b) The maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for eID accounts shall be 15 working day if verifiable information about the requesting entity is not available in the national database or specialized databases.
Thus, according to the above regulations, for any Vietnamese citizen who is holding a chip-based ID card, the maximum duration of completion of processing of the registration requests for level-2 eID accounts shall be 03 working days. For any Vietnamese citizen who is not holding a chip-based ID card, the maximum duration shall be 07 working days.
What are the regulations on access to eID accounts in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 13 of Decree 59/2022/ND-CP regulating the access to eID accounts as follows:
- EID holders shall be entitled to log in eID accounts to access features and services of the VNelD application or electronic identification webpages.
- Access to eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system can be granted to carry out administrative procedures or public administration services in cyberspace and other activities to meet the demands of eID holders.
- Agencies, entities and persons shall be entitled to create accounts for use in their activities; must ensure authenticity and accuracy of the accounts that they create on their own; can decide the level and value of each of these accounts. Information required for creation of accounts are provided by account holders; or used by agencies, entities or persons for its original purposes with authorization from account holders.
- Level-1 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are Vietnamese citizens, shall have the value of providing proof of their information specified in clause 1 of Article 7 herein; once access to them being granted to eID holders who are foreigners, shall have the value of providing proof of their information specified in clause 1 of Article 8 herein when these eID holders carry out activities or transactions requiring their personal information to be provided.
- Level-2 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are Vietnamese citizens, shall have the same value as ID cards when they perform transactions requiring ID cards to be presented; shall have the value of providing information available on documents of citizens that are already synced to eID accounts to enable agencies and organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.
- Level-2 eID accounts created by the electronic identification and authentication system, once access to them being granted to eID holders who are foreigners, shall have the same value as passports or international travel documents with respect to transactions requiring passports or international travel documents to be presented; shall have the value of providing information available in documents of foreigners synced to eID accounts to enable agencies and organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.
- As a holder of the eID account created by the electronic identification and authentication system, any eID holder that is a non-person entity can grant access to this account to its legal representative or authorized trustee. eID accounts, once access to them being granted to non-person entities, shall have the value of providing proof of their eIDs when they perform any transaction requiring proof of information about them to be provided; shall have the value of providing information available in documents of these non-person entities synced to their eID accounts in order to enable agencies or organizations having relevant competence to check when they perform transactions requiring these documents to be presented.
- Value of access to level-2 eID accounts granted to any eID holder for use in their electronic activities or transactions shall be the same as value of the act of presenting papers or documents to provide proof of information integrated into eID accounts.
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