If I go to Singapore for 10 days to buy iPhone 14, will my temporary residence registration be annulled in Vietnam?

If I go to Singapore for 10 days to buy iPhone 14, will my temporary residence registration be annulled in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 29 of the Law on Residence 2020 stipulates the above content as follows:

1. Temporary residence registration of a person will be annulled in any of the following cases:

a) The person is deceased or declared missing or deceased by the Court;

b) The person is issued with a decision on annulment of temporary residence registration according to regulations in Article 35 of this Law;

c) The person is absent from their temporary residence for 06 consecutive months or more without registering another place of residence as their temporary residence;

d) The person is permitted to renounce their Vietnamese citizenship or stripped of their Vietnamese citizenship or has the decision on grant of Vietnamese citizenship annulled by the competent authority;

dd) Their temporary residence has been registered as their permanent residence;

e) The person registered the place of residence that they were renting, borrowing or staying in as their temporary residence but has stopped renting, borrowing or staying in that place and yet to register a new temporary residence;

g) The person registered a lawful place of residence as their temporary residence but has transferred ownership of this place to another person, unless the new owner agrees to let them continue to live in this place;

h) The person registers a place of residence that has been demolished or confiscated as decided by the competent authority or a vehicle the vehicle registration of which has been annulled as per the law as their temporary residence.

2. The registration authority with which a person registers their temporary residence has the power to annul such registration and must specify the reason for and time of such annulment in the residence database.

3. The Government shall elaborate application and procedure for annulment of temporary residence registration.

Thus, comparing with the above regulations and your case in Vietnam, when you go abroad for 10 days as you have described, your temporary residence registration will not be deleted. Especially when you are absent from your temporary residence for 6 months or more without registering your temporary residence at another place or in the above cases, the procedure for temporary residence annulment will be carried out.

What are regulations on temporary absence declaration in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 31 of the Law on Residence 2020 provides for the above content as follows:

1. Every citizen shall declare their temporary absence in the following cases:

a) The citizen is out on bail; or is convicted but has yet to receive the sentence enforcement decision or has received the sentence enforcement decision but is out on bail or granted suspension of sentence enforcement; or is convicted and undergoing probation; or is under mandatory supervision or serving a community sentence; or is on parole and leaves the commune-level administrative unit where they are residing for 01 day or more;

b) The citizen is currently subject to compulsory education in their commune; or to serve a sentence in a correctional institution or rehabilitation center but granted suspension of sentence enforcement; or under supervision during consideration of admission to a correctional institution or rehabilitation center and leaves the commune-level administrative unit where they are residing for 01 day or more;

c) The citizen is of military conscription age or fulfilling other obligations to the State as decided by the competent authority and leaves the district-level administrative unit where they are residing for 03 consecutive months or more;

d) The citizen is not among the cases mentioned in Points a, b and c herein and leaves the commune-level administrative unit where their permanent residence is located for 12 consecutive months or more, unless they have registered their new place of residence as their temporary residence or go abroad.

2. Before leaving their places of residence, the persons mentioned in Points a and b Clause 1 herein must declare their temporary absence with the registration authority of the locality where they reside. The application for temporary absence declaration includes an application for temporary absence declaration and written permission of the authority supervising, managing or educating the applicant.

The registration authority shall provide instructions for information to be declared and check this information. Within 01 working day starting from the date of receipt of an application for temporary absence declaration, the registration authority shall issue a document on temporary absence declaration to the applicant; for complicated cases, this time limit may be extended up to a total of 02 working days.

3. The persons mentioned in Points c and d Clause 1 herein may declare their temporary absence in person at the premises of the registration authority of the locality where they reside or by the phone or electronic means or other means as stipulated by the Minister of Public Security. If a person provided for by Point d Clause 1 herein is a minor, either of their parents or their guardian shall make the declaration.

4. The information to be declared includes full name and identity card number or passport number of the declarant; reason for temporary absence; temporary absence duration; and address of the declarant’s destination.

5. Registration authorities shall update temporary absence declaration information of citizens to the residence database and notify the declarants of such update upon request.

The above are issues about temporary absence declaration according to current regulations under the law on residence in Vietnam.

Best Regards!