On September 25, 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam issued Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNG on guidelines for the issuance, renewal or revocation of diplomatic or official passports, and issuance of diplomatic notes requesting visas from foreign countries.
According to Article 7 of Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNG of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam:
- An application form for issuance or extension of diplomatic/official passport or diplomatic note is specified in form No. 01/2020/NG-XNC hereto appended or the e-application form with barcode, which is completed at http://dichvucong.mofa.gov.vn (public service website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
- An application form for issuance or extension of diplomatic/official passport or diplomatic note must be duly complete following instructions therein and bear the signature of the applicant; the application form for issuance of diplomatic/official passport must further bear the certification of the employer of the applicant and a fan-stamping over the photograph therein.
- In case of issuance of diplomatic/official passport to the visiting or accompanying person as prescribed in clauses 13 and 14 Article 8, clause 5 Article 9 of the Law but this person is not on the regular payroll of the employer of the sending official, the application form must bear the certification of such employer.
- In case of renewal of diplomatic/official passport or issuance of diplomatic note, the application form needs no certification of the employer of the sending official.
View more details: Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNG of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam takes effect from November 10, 2020.
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