New: All legislative documents and papers serving as basis for verification of Vietnamese nationality

According to Vietnam’s regulations, overseas Vietnamese who have not lost Vietnamese nationality according to regulations and law of Vietnam before July 01, 2009 without having document proving Vietnamese nationality according to Article 11 of Law on Vietnamese Nationality shall apply to representative bodies where they reside in order to be verify as obtaining Vietnamese nationality if necessary (hereinafter referred to as “applicants for verification of Vietnamese nationality”).

Specifically, legislative documents and papers serving as basis for verification of Vietnamese nationality specified in Decree No. 16/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government are as follows:

Firstly, based on year of birth, place of birth or place of residence of applicants for verification of Vietnamese nationality and historic background from time to time, representative bodies shall rely on following legislative documents to verify whether the applicants obtain Vietnamese nationality:

- Order No. 53/SL dated October 20, 1945 on Vietnamese nationality;

- Order No. 73/SL dated December 7, 1945 on naturalization of Vietnamese nationality;

- Order No. 25/SL dated February 25, 1946 on amendments to Order No. 53/SL dated October 20, 1945 on Vietnamese nationality;

- Order No. 215/SL dated August 20, 1948 on special benefits for assisting foreigners during the Resistance War;

- Order No. 51/SL dated December 14, 1959 on annulment of Articles 5 and 6 of Order No. 53/SL dated October 20, 1945 on Vietnamese nationality;

- Resolution No. 1043/NQ-TVQHK6 dated February 8, 1971 of Standing Committee of National Assembly on renunciation or naturalization of Vietnamese nationality;

- Decision No. 268/TTg dated September 12, 1980 of Prime Minister on policies on renunciation and restoration of Vietnamese nationality of foreign Vietnamese;

- Law on Vietnamese Nationality in 1988 and documents elaborating thereto;

- Law on Vietnamese Nationality in 1998 and documents elaborating thereto;

- Law on Vietnamese Nationality in 2008 and documents elaborating thereto;

- International agreements relating to nationality in which Vietnam is a signatory.

Secondly, papers serving as the basis for verification of Vietnamese nationality include:

- Documents relating to nationality, civil status, residence registry, passports or other documents issued by competent agencies of Vietnam to Vietnamese citizens from 1945 to July 01, 2009 exclusively, which specify Vietnamese nationality or information relating to Vietnamese nationality and citizens;

- Documents relating to nationality, civil status, residence registry, passports or other documents issued by the former southern government of Vietnam before April 30, 1975 or by the former government in Hanoi from 1911 to 1956, which specify Vietnamese nationality or information relating to Vietnamese nationality and citizens.

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

Thu Ba

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