Can I restore my Vietnamese nationality after having renounced Vietnamese nationality?

Can I restore my Vietnamese nationality after having renounced Vietnamese nationality?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality 2008 stipulates:

1. A person who has lost his/her Vietnamese nationality as prescribed in Article 26 of this Law and applies for restoration of Vietnamese nationality may restore his/her Vietnamese nationality, if he/she falls into any of the following cases:

a/ Having applied for permission to return to Vietnam;

b/ His/her spouse, a natural parent or a natural offspring is a Vietnamese citizen;

c/ Having made meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense;

d/ Being helpful to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

e/ Conducting investment activities in Vietnam;

f/ Having renounced Vietnamese nationality for acquisition of a foreign nationality but failing to obtain permission to acquire the foreign nationality.

Thus, a person who has lost his/her Vietnamese nationality as prescribed in Article 26 of this Law (i.e. renunciation of Vietnamese nationality) has an application for restoration of Vietnamese nationality. Then they can be restored to Vietnamese nationality, if they fall into one of the above cases.

If I can restore my Vietnamese nationality, what are dossiers of application for restoration of Vietnamese nationality?

Pursuant to Article 24 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality 2008 stipulates:

1. A dossier of application for restoration of Vietnamese nationality comprises:

a/ An application for restoration of Vietnamese nationality;

b/ A copy of the birth certificate, passport or other valid substitute papers;

c/ A curriculum vitae;

d/ A judicial record, issued by a competent Vietnamese authority for the period the applicant resides in Vietnam, or a judicial record, issued by a competent foreign authority for the period the applicant resides in the foreign country. Judicial records must be issued within 90 days before the day of submission of the dossier;

e/ Papers proving that the applicant is a former Vietnamese national;

f/ Papers proving the eligibility for restoration of Vietnamese nationality prescribed in Clause 1, Article 23 of this Law.

2. The Government shall specify papers in dossiers of application for restoration of Vietnamese nationality.

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