In 2023: What is the fee for reissuance of lost passports in Vietnam?

In 2023: What is the fee for reissuance of lost passports in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Subsection 1 Section I of the Circular 25/2021/TT-BTC stipulating fee for reissuance of lost passports in Vietnam as follows:

SCHEDULE ON FEES AND CHARGES

(Attached to Circular No. 25/2021/TT-BTC dated April 7, 2021 of Minister of Finance)

I. Fees for issuance of passports, laissez-passers, exit permit and AB stamps

As regulations above, the fee for reissuance of lost passports in Vietnam is 400,000 VND.

How to handle the fee, which fee payers have paid but are ineligible for being issued with passports in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 6 of the Circular 25/2021/TT-BTC stipulating regulations on handling the fee, which fee payers have paid but are ineligible for being issued with passports in Vietnam as follows:

Declaration, fee submission and return

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3. In case fee payers have paid fees but are ineligible for being issued with passports, laissez-passers or AB stamps, fee collectors shall return all collected fees when informing the fee payers; in case of rejecting application results, fee collectors shall not return collected fees. In case fee payers have submitted fees but are ineligible for being issued with visas and other documents allowing immigration and/or residence for foreigners or reject application results, fee collectors shall not return collected fees.

As regulations above, in case fee payers have paid fees but are ineligible for being issued with passports, fee collectors shall return all collected fees when informing the fee payers.

In case of rejecting application results, fee collectors shall not return collected fees.

In Vietnam: What shall be written on the passports in case of fee exempted?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 5 of the Circular 25/2021/TT-BTC stipulating cases of fee exemption in Vietnam as follows:

Cases of fee exemption

1. Cases where fees are exempted

a) Guests (including spouse, children) of the Communist Party, the Government, the National Assembly or heads thereof invited personally.

b) Officials and employees of diplomatic missions, foreign consular missions and representative missions of international organizations in Vietnam and their family members (spouse and children under 18 years of age), regardless of passport type, that are not Vietnamese nationals and not residing in Vietnam are not required to submit fees on the basis of reciprocity.

c) Cases of exemption as per international agreement to which Vietnam is a signatory or reciprocity basis.

d) Cases of exemption as per international agreement to which Vietnam is a signatory or reciprocity basis.

e) Foreigners enter Vietnam to provide assistance or provide humanitarian support for Vietnamese organizations and individuals.

dd) Cases where visas and/or temporary residence is issued for foreigners in Vietnam violating the law and facing penalties without being financially capable and representative missions of home countries of the foreigners refuse to incur the fees or representative missions of home countries of the foreigners are not available in Vietnam.

Fee collectors shall decide whether the violating foreigners are eligible for exemption or not in this case and be legally responsible.

2. Exempt passport issuance fee for: Overseas Vietnamese who are subject to deportation decisions issued by competent agencies in host countries without possessing passports; overseas Vietnamese who must repatriate under international agreements on receiving citizens without passports and cases for humanitarian purposes.

3. For cases of exemption under Clause 1 and Clause 2 of this Article, fee collectors must issue “Miễn thu phí”, “Miễn thu lệ phí” (Fee exempted) seals onto issued documents.

As regulations above, for cases of exemption of fees for passport issuance, fee collectors must issue “Miễn thu phí”, “Miễn thu lệ phí” (Fee exempted) seals onto issued documents. 

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