What are the fines for intentionally providing false information to be issued, extended or restored or false information relating to loss of passport or laissez-passer in Vietnam?

What are the fines for intentionally providing false information to be issued, extended or restored or false information relating to loss of passport or laissez-passer in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 18 of the Decree 144/2021/NĐ-CP, a fine of from VND 500.000 to VND 2.000.000 shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failing to notify competent authorities of loss or damage of passport, laissez-passer, international travel document, document issued to a foreigner entering, leaving or residing in Vietnam or ABTC card;

b) Intentionally providing false information to be issued, extended or restored or false information relating to loss of passport or laissez-passer; intentionally providing false information to be issued with international travel document, document issued to a foreigner entering, leaving or residing in Vietnam or ABTC card;

c) A foreigner fails to possess a permit when entering areas which require a permit granted by a competent authority or travels beyond the scope or validity period of the issued permit;

d) Failing to present passport, laissez-passer, international travel document, document issued to a foreigner entering, leaving or residing in Vietnam or ABTC card at the request of competent authorities or officials of Vietnam; failing to comply with the request of a competent authority or official of Vietnam for frisking of people or vehicles, or inspection of articles or places where the exhibits and instrumentalities of an administrative violation are hidden;

dd) A foreigner still uses certificate of temporary residence, approval of temporary residence extension or temporary resident card or fails to apply for replacement of permanent residence card for residing in Vietnam without obtaining permission from a competent authority when one of these documents has been expired for less than 16 days.

As regulations above, anyone committing violations on entry, exit, transit, residence and travel shall be fined from VND 500.000 to VND 2.000.000.

What are the fines for using an expired seal in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 13 of the Decree 144/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows:

3. A fine ranging from 3.000.000 VND to 5.000.000 VND shall be imposed for any of the following violations:

a) Failure to turn the seal in under the decision of a competent authority or the seal registration authority;

b) Appending the seal to a document that does not have the signature of the competent person or has the seal of an unauthorized person;

c) Borrowing, lending, giving lease, taking lease, pledging, buying, selling the seal, illegally destroying the seal; using the seal of another organization for operation;

d) Using an expired seal;

dd) Deliberately deform or change content of a registered seal;

e) Forging the certificate of seal registration;

g) Using an seal without registration;

h) Failure to return the seal and the certificate of seal registration upon issuance of the a competent authority's decision on division, merger or consolidation, or revocation of the certificate of business registration or operation license, or business suspension or termination; or upon receipt of a competent authority's request for of the seal as prescribed by law;

i) Erasing, falsifying the certificate of seal registration.

5. Additional penalties:

a) Confiscation of the exhibits and means of administrative violations in case of violations specified in Points c, e and g Clause 3 and Points a and b Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Expulsion of foreigners committing the violations specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article.

6. Remedial measures:

a) Mandatory return of the seal, the certificate of seal registration in case of violations specified in Point b Clause 2; Points a, d and dd Clause 3 and Point c Clause 4 of this Article;

b) Mandatory destruction of documents that are illegally sealed in case of violations specified in Point b Clause 3 of this Article;

c) Mandatory return of the illegal profits earned from commission of the administrative violations specified in Point c Clause 3 and Point c Clause 4 of this Article;

d) Mandatory return of the certificate of seal registration in case of violations specified in Point I Clause 3 of this Article.

As regulations above, the violators being individuals shall be fined from 3.000.000 VND to 5.000.000 VND. Meanwhile, the violators being organizations shall be fined from 6.000.000 VND to 10.000.000 VND. In addition, the seals shall be returned and the certificate of seal registration shall also be revoked. If foreigners commit the violations, they shall be expunged.

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