From July 1, 2024, children will also be eligible for issuance of ID cards in Vietnam

From July 1, 2024, children will also be eligible for issuance of ID cards in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

On November 27, 2023, the National Assembly officially passed the Law on Identification to replace the Law on Citizen Identification 2014.

The Law on Identification officially takes effect from July 1, 2024. Accordingly, the Citizen Identification card will also be called the new name Identity card.

From July 1, 2024, children will also be eligible for issuance of ID cards in Vietnam

According to Article 19 of the Law on Identification 2023, persons eligible for issuance of ID cards include:

- Vietnamese citizens.

- Vietnamese citizens from 14 years of age shall carry out procedures for issuance of ID cards.

- Vietnamese citizens under 14 years of age will be issued with ID cards if they have demands.

According to Clause 2, Article 23 of the Law on Identification 2023, the procedures for issuance of ID cards for persons under 14 years of age are as follows:

A person under 14 years of age or his/her legal representative may request the identification-managing agency to issue an ID card.  Procedures for issuance of an ID card to a person under 14 years of age shall be carried out as follows:

- The legal representative of a person under 06 years of age shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card to such person via the public service portal or the national identification application. 

If procedures for obtaining birth registration for a person under 06 years of age have yet to be conducted, his/her legal representative shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card by those interconnected with birth registration on the public service portal, the national identification application or in person at the identification-managing agency. 

The identification-managing agency does not collect and receive information about identity and biometric identifiers of persons under 06 years of age;

- Persons from 06 to under 14 years of age accompanying their legal representatives shall come to the identification-managing agency to provide information about identity and biometric identifiers according to regulations in Point b Clause 1 of Article 23 of the Law on Identification 2023.

The legal representative of a person from 06 to under 14 years of ages shall follow procedures for issuance of an ID card instead of that person.

From July 1, 2024, do people in Vietnam need to change their citizen identity cards to the new ID cards?

According to Article 46 of the Law on Identification 2023, the transition regulations clearly state:

(1) Citizen ID cards issued before the effective date hereof shall be valid until the expiry date specified in such cards, except for the case specified in Clause (3). The citizen ID cards will be replaced by ID cards at the request of citizens.

(2) 9-digit ID cards with expiration dates after December 31, 2024 are only valid until the end of December 31, 2024. Issued legal documents which contain information of 9-digit ID cards and citizen ID cards shall remain valid; state agencies must not request citizens to change or adjust information of their 9-digit ID cards or citizen ID cards on the issued documents.

(3) 9-digit ID cards and citizen ID cards that expire from January 15, 2024 to before June 30, 2024 may remain valid until the end of June 30, 2024.

(4) Regulations on use of 9-digit ID cards and citizen ID cards in legal documents issued before the effective date of this Law may be applied to ID cards specified in this Law until they are amended or replaced.

Thus, citizen identity cards issued before July 1, 2024 are still valid until the expiration date stated on the card.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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