Official in Vietnam: Law amending law on Entry and Exit 2023

Official in Vietnam: Law amending law on Entry and Exit 2023 (Internet image) 

Additional documents relating to overseas issuance of regular passports in Vietnam

Specifically, in Clause 1a, Article 16 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, documents relating to overseas issuance of regular passports include:

- The most recently issued regular passports that are valid with respect to persons who have been issued with passports; in case where the valid passports are lost, attach notice of loss or notice of receipt of competent agencies specified in point a Clause 2 Article 28 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019;

- Photocopies of ID cards or Citizen Identity Cards or other relevant documents issued by Vietnamese competent authorities with respect to changes to personal information compared to information in the most recently issued passports;

- Copies of birth certificates or extracts thereof with respect to persons under 14 years of age; in case such copies of birth certificates or extracts thereof are unavailable, submit photocopies and present original copies for examination and comparison;

- Copies of documents issued by Vietnamese competent agencies or foreign competent agencies proving authorized legal representatives for incapacitated persons, persons having limited recognition or behavioral control as specified in Civil Code and persons under 14 years of age; in case such copies are unavailable, submit photocopies and present original copies for examination and comparison.

Amendments to regulations on declaration of temporary residence in Vietnam

According to Article 33 of the Law on Entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam 2014, the declaration of temporary residence is amended as follows:

- Any foreigner that temporary resides in Vietnam must, via the manager of the lodging establishment, declare his/her temporary residence at the local police authority.

- The manager of the lodging establishment shall complete the declaration form and submit it to the local police authority within 12 hours (or within 24 hours if the administrative division is in a remote area) since the foreigner arrives at the lodging establishment.

- Lodging establishments that are hotels must have Internet access or connect to the computer network of the immigration authority affiliated to the provincial police authority to transmit foreigners’ declarations of temporary residence.

Other lodging establishments that have Internet access may directly send the foreigners’ declarations of temporary residence to the email address of the immigration authority affiliated to the provincial police authority.

- Any foreigner that changes his temporary residence or resides at a place other than that written in the temporary residence card must submit a declaration of temporary residence as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 33 of the Law on Entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam 2014.

See also the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on amendments to some articles of law on entry and exit of Vietnamese citizens and law on entry, exit, transit and residence of foreigners in Vietnam 2023, taking effect on August 15/2023.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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