Certain documents in application for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality

According to Article 18 of Decree No. 16/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, certain documents in application for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality are prescribed as follows:

- Documents confirming applicants for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality are following procedures for naturalization of foreign nationality specified in Point dd Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality are documents issued by foreign competent agencies confirming or guaranteeing that the applicants shall be naturalized in foreign nationality; in case the applicants are already naturalized in foreign nationality, submit copies of passports or record documents bearing pictures issued by foreign competent agencies to prove that the applicants are obtaining foreign nationality.

- Documents specified in Point g Clause 1 Article 28 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality are documents of heads of agencies confirming retirement, discharge, dismissal, removal or demobilization based on regulations of the fields to determine if renunciation of Vietnamese nationality of the applicants does not affect protection of national secrets and security or against regulations and law of such fields.

- Copies of birth certificates of juvenile children who will be renounced in Vietnamese nationality with their parents or other valid documents proving father-son or mother-son relationship. In case only one of the parents’ Vietnamese nationalities is renounced in and their juvenile children’s Vietnamese nationality is also renounced with the parents, submit written agreements bearing both signatures of the parents on renunciation of Vietnamese nationality for the children. Signature authentication is not required for the agreements; a parent whose name is on the application for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality of the children shall be responsible for authenticity of signature of the other parent. In case parents are deceased, lost legal capacity or having limited legal capacity, the agreements shall be replaced with documents proving deceased parents, parents with lost legal capacity or parents having limited legal capacity.

Note: Applications for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality shall be made into 3 sets and stored at Office of the President, Ministry of Justice and agencies that accept the applications.

View full text at Decree No. 16/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from March 20, 2020.

Thu Ba

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