This is one of the regulations on the validity period of the ABTC card as stipulated in Circular 28/2016/TT-BCA issued by the Ministry of Public Security on July 05, 2016.
Circular 28 stipulates the validity period of the ABTC card issued to Vietnamese entrepreneurs as follows:
- The ABTC card issued to Vietnamese entrepreneurs is valid for 05 years from the date of issuance.
- In the case where the entrepreneur’s passport is valid for less than 05 years, the validity period of the new card issued will be equivalent to the validity period of that passport.
- In cases where the ABTC card is reissued for the following reasons, the validity period of the new card will be equivalent to the remaining validity period of the old card:
- The entrepreneur is issued a new passport;- The entrepreneur is notified by one or more member economies that the ABTC card is no longer valid for entry into those member economies;- The entrepreneur's ABTC card is lost;- The entrepreneur's ABTC card is damaged;- The entrepreneur requests to add member economies to the ABTC card.
See details in Circular 28/2016/TT-BCA, effective from August 20, 2016.
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