Regulations on Declaration and Reimbursement of Immigration and Residence Fees in Vietnam

21:47, 10/07/2024

On November 10, 2016, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 219/2016/TT-BTC stipulating the rates, collection policies, remittance, management, and use of fees and charges in the fields of exit, entry, transit, and residence in Vietnam.

The declaration, payment, and the refund of fees in the field of exit, entry, transit, and residence in Vietnam are guided by Circular 219/2016/TT-BTC as follows:

- No later than every Thursday, the fee-collecting organization must remit the collected fees of the previous week to the fee awaiting account to be paid into the state budget opened at the State Treasury.- The fee-collecting organization shall declare, and pay the collected fees on a monthly basis, and finalize annually in accordance with the guidance in Clause 3, Article 19, and Clause 2, Article 26 of Circular 156/2013/TT-BTC.- In cases where the fee payer has paid the fees but is not eligible to be issued a passport and related documents, the fee-collecting organization shall refund the collected fees when notifying the results to the payer. In other cases where the fees have been paid but the payer is not eligible to be issued the related documents or refuses to receive the processed documents, the fee-collecting organization is not required to refund the collected fees.

More details can be found in Circular 219/2016/TT-BTC which is effective from January 01, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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