What type of passports can a Vietnam Television reporter residing abroad be granted?

What type of passports can a Vietnam Television reporter residing abroad be granted?

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Law on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens in 2019 stipulating persons to be issued with service passports in Vietnam as follows:

1. Officials according to regulations and law on officials.

2. Public employees of public service providers including:

a) Heads and vices of public service providers; persons holding executive ranks and deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service provider affiliated to Political Bureau, Secretariat, Standing Committee of National Assembly and Government;

b) Heads and vices of public service providers; persons holding executive ranks and persons holding deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service provider of departments and similar agencies of Central Communist Party, Office of the President, Office of the National Assembly, State Audit Office of Vietnam, People’s Supreme Procuracy, ministries, ministerial agencies, Governmental agencies and other agencies established by Government and Prime Minister; Central Committee of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and central agencies of socio-political organizations;

c) Heads and vices of public service provider; persons holding executive ranks and persons holding deputy ranks of organizations inferior to public service providers affiliated to General Departments, Departments and similar affiliated to ministries, ministerial agencies; Party Executive Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities; People’s Committees of provinces; Provincial Committees of Vietnamese Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations of provinces;

d) Heads of public service providers affiliated to Party Executive Committees of districts, wards, provinces and central-affiliated cities; specialized agencies affiliated to People’s Committees of provinces and wards;

dd) Persons holding positions whose tasks include state management in public service providers assigned to perform state management.

3. Officers and non-commissioned officers in People's Army and People’s Public Security; persons conducting cipher activities in cipher organizations.

4. Employees of representative offices of Vietnam in foreign countries; state news reporters and journalists of Vietnam residing overseas.

5. Spouses and children under 18 years of age of persons specified in Clause 4 of this Article accompanying or visiting such persons during their missions.

6. If necessary, based on requirement and nature of the work trip, Minister of Foreign Affairs shall issue service passports as directed by Prime Minister or consider issuance of service passports at request of competent agencies and individuals specified in Article 11 of this Law for persons not listed under this Article.

As regulations above, Vietnam Television reporters residing abroad in their term of office shall be granted with service passports.

When can service passports in Vietnam be extended?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 13 of the Law on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens in 2019 stipulating as follows:

3. Documents relating to issuance and extension of diplomatic passports and service passports overseas include:

a) Decisions on assignment or documents permitting persons to travel abroad of competent agencies and individuals specifying in details eligibility of persons applying for issuance or extension with respect to cases specified in Points a and d Clause 1 of this Article; in case of overseas newborn children, copies of birth certificates or extracts thereof are required; and

b) Documents of competent agencies or individuals regarding assignment or changes to job title with respect to cases specified in Points b and c Clause 1 of this Article; and

c) Diplomatic passports or service passports with less than 12 months in terms of passport validity in case of application for passport extension; and

d) The most recently issued diplomatic passports or service passports; in case of lost passports, submit written notice to Vietnam representative offices located overseas.

As regulations above, service passports must be less than 12 months in terms of passport validity to be eligible for an extension.

What is the time limit for extension of service passports in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 5 Article 13 of the Law on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens in 2019 stipulating as follows:

5. Within 5 working days from the date of receipt, Vietnam representative offices located overseas shall issue or extend passports, issue diplomatic notes for visas and return the results; in case of failure to issue passports, prolonged issuance period due to verification or failure to extend passports, specify reasons and issue written notice to consular missions of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in case the representative offices have not connected to the National database for entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens.

As regulations above, within 5 working days from the date of receipt, competent Vietnam representative offices located overseas shall extend passports.

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