02 entities that are granted disembarkation cards at port checkpoints in Vietnam

According to Article 24 of the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, 02 entities that are granted disembarkation cards at port checkpoints include:

- The 12-month disembarkation card: Such card shall be granted to a Vietnamese or foreigner working for an authority, organization or enterprise that wishes to disembark from the foreign vessel regularly after work within 12 months, except for officials and employees working for state authorities responsible for port management;

- The 3-month disembarkation card: Such card shall be granted to a Vietnamese or foreigner working for an authority, organization or enterprise that wishes to disembark from the foreign vessel regularly, a foreigner wishes to disembark from the Vietnamese or foreign vessel within 3 months, except for officials and employees working for state authorities responsible for port management.

Concurrently, validity of disembarkation cards is as follows:

- The disembarkation card granted by a port border guard is only valid to use at the port checkpoint where such port border guard in charge.

- The person that has been granted the disembarkation card commits violations while working at the port checkpoint shall have his/her card revoked.

Moreover, Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government also specified procedures for issuance of disembarkation cards as follows:

- The applicant for the disembarkation card or representative of authority or enterprise shall submit and present the following documents to the port border guard:

+ Documents that are required to submit: A written reference or a written response to request the issuance of the disembarkation card made by the authority or enterprise; a list on personal information of the applicant made according to the specimen No. 5 of the Appendix attached hereto; a color photo with the size of 2 cm x 3 cm for the applicant that wishes to apply for the 12-month disembarkation card.

+ Documents that are required to present: The passport or international travel document if the applicant is a foreigner;

+ As soon as all the required documents specified in Point a this Clause are received, the port border guard shall consider granting the disembarkation card;

+ The charge for granting the disembarkation card shall be subject to regulations of law on fees and charges.

View more details at the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 20, 2017.

Ty Na

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