Selling a House to Others: Will Permanent Residency Registration be Revoked?

According to Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Residence 2006, a person belonging to one of the following cases shall have their permanent residence registration deleted:

- Died, declared missing or deceased by the Court;- Recruited into the People's Army, People's Public Security focusing within barracks;- A decision to cancel the permanent residence registration as stipulated in Article 37 of this Law has been issued;- Moving abroad to settle permanently;- Registered permanent residence in a new place of residence; in this case, the agency that has carried out the permanent residence registration procedures for citizens at the new place of residence is responsible for immediately notifying the agency that issued the household transfer paper to delete the permanent residence registration at the old place of residence.

=> According to current regulations, if you sell your house, you will not have your permanent residence registration deleted.

However, according to Point h, Clause 1, Article 24 of the Law on Residence 2020 (effective from July 1, 2021), the following case shall have their permanent residence registration deleted:

A person who has registered permanent residence at a rented, borrowed, or stayed-over place but has terminated the rental, borrowing, or staying-over agreement and is not permitted by the lessor, lender, or host to retain the permanent residence registration at that place; a person who has registered permanent residence at a place they own but has transferred ownership of that place to another person and is not permitted by the new owner to retain the permanent residence registration at that place.

=> Thus, from July 1, 2021, if you sell your house and are not permitted by the new owner to retain the permanent residence registration at that place, your permanent residence registration will be deleted.

Respectfully!