Verification Document Fee is VND 50,000 Per Person Per Instance

The Circular applies to fee payers, fee collection organizations for verification of documents, and other organizations and individuals related to the collection, payment, management, and usage of document verification fees as requested by individuals.

The fee collection organizations are the Police Professional Record Department under the General Department of Police (Ministry of Public Security) and the Provincial Police.

The Circular clearly states that the fee for document verification as requested by an individual is 50,000 VND per instance per person.

No later than the 5th of each month, the fee collection organization must transfer the collected fees from the previous month into the fee account awaiting budget submission, opened at the State Treasury.

The fee collection organization must declare and submit the collected fees on a monthly basis, and settle the annual accounts as guided in Clause 3, Article 19, Clause 2, Article 26 of Circular 156/2013/TT-BTC dated November 06, 2013, by the Minister of Finance, guiding the implementation of several provisions of the Tax Management Law; the Law on amendments and supplements to several provisions of the Tax Management Law; and Decree 83/2013/ND-CP dated July 22, 2013, of the Government of Vietnam.

Circular 217/2016/TT-BTC takes effect from January 1, 2017, and replaces Circular 168/2010/TT-BTC dated December 2, 2011, by the Minister of Finance, which regulates the collection of fees for issuing criminal record certificates for laborers working for a fixed term abroad.

Source: Vietnam Financial Times Online

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