Proposal for determining the residence of individuals working on ships, vessels in Vietnam

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Recently, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam has been collecting opinions for the Draft Decree detailing some articles of the Residence Law. In this draft, there have been new proposals compared to the previous ones to meet the practical situation, contribute to enhancing efficiency in management work and socio-economic development, and contribute to maintaining national security, social order, and safety in the registration and management of residents.

Among them, the identification of the residence of individuals working on ships, vessels in Vietnam has also been proposed for changes.

1. Current regulation on the residence of individuals working on ships, vessels in Vietnam in Vietnam

According to Decree 62/2021/ND-CP:

The residence of people living, working on ships, boats, or other movable means (hereinafter referred to as means) is the place where the means are registered or the place where the means frequently park (if the means do not require registration or the registration place does not coincide with the frequent parking place); except in cases where another residence has been registered as stipulated by the Residence Law 2020.

The frequent parking place of the means is the actual location allowed to park where the means park the most in 12 consecutive months, as determined by the owner and registered with the People's Committee of the commune or the People's Committee of the district where there is no commune-level administrative unit at the place where the means park.

2. Proposal for determining the residence of individuals working on ships, vessels in Vietnam

According to the Draft Decree detailing some articles of the Residence Law 2020, it has been proposed to change some details in determining the residence as well as the documents for registering the frequent parking place of the means. To be specific:

- The residence of people living, working on ships, boats, or other movable means used for residing (hereinafter referred to as means) is the place where the means are registered or the place where the means frequently park, except in cases where another residence has been registered as stipulated by the Residence Law 2020. In case the registration place of the means does not coincide with the frequent parking place, the residence shall be the frequent parking place.

- The frequent parking place of the means is the actual location allowed to park where the means park the most in 12 consecutive months, as determined by the owner and registered with the People's Committee of the commune or the People's Committee of the district where there is no commune-level administrative unit at the place where the means park.

* Documents for registering the frequent parking place of the means include:

- Certificate of registration of the frequent parking place of the means as per the form in the appendix issued with this Decree;

- Citizen Identification Card or People's Identity Card*, identity card, electronic identity card,* valid Passport of the owner;

- Lease contract for the parking dock (if any).

Citizens can provide notarized, authenticated copies or copies with the original or electronic version of documents and materials in the registration documents for the receiving unit to check, compare except for cases where information has been extracted in databases or electronic data warehouses or other information systems connected to the National Population Database.

- Within 2 working days from the date of receiving the complete documents as stipulated, the People's Committee of the commune or the People's Committee of the district where there is no commune-level administrative unit will consider and confirm in the Certificate of registration of the frequent parking place of the means for the owner.

- The owner uses the Certificate of registration of the frequent parking place of the means confirmed by the People's Committee of the commune or the People's Committee of the district where there is no commune-level administrative unit to register permanent residence, temporary residence for themselves or others living, working on the means if there is no other place of permanent or temporary residence.

Furthermore, if the owner changes the frequent parking place of the means, they must re-register the frequent parking place according to the regulations and carry out new permanent and temporary residence registrations following the Residence Law 2020.

More details can be found in the Draft Decree detailing some articles of the Residence Law.

Nguyen Huu Hiep

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