Vietnam: Guidelines for permanent residence registration dossiers in some specific cases

Specific case

Paper

Permanent residence registration of children under Article 13 of the Residence Law

Certificate of birth is required for permanent residence registration

Minors who register their permanent residence with other persons but not their parent(s)

Written consent of parent(s) or certification of the commune-level People’s Committee

Persons nurtured or looked after at an agency or organization

Written request of the nurturing agency or organization is required for permanent residence registration

Persons nurtured or looked after by an individual

Written request of the nurturing person certified by the commune-level People’s Committee is required. The written request should clearly state basic information of each person, including full name, birth date, sex, native place, nationality, citizenship, religion, identity card number, former permanent residence place before moving to the new place, and address of the current domicile.

Persons living in religious institutions

Papers proving a person is a religious dignitary, priest, monk or full-time religious activist as prescribed by the law on beliefs and religions are required for permanent residence registration

Religious dignitaries, priests, monks or other full-time religious activists who register permanent residence at religious institutions

Papers proving their transfer of places of religious operation as prescribed by the law on beliefs and religions are required for permanent residence registration

Overseas Vietnamese who hold valid foreign passports or passport-substitute papers issued by foreign countries or do not hold passports but possess permanent residence papers issued by foreign countries and now return to Vietnam for permanent residence

Repatriation paper issued by a Vietnamese representative office overseas (for persons staying overseas) or a written approval of permanent residence by the Immigration Department (for persons temporarily residing in the country), enclosed with a paper of introduction issued by the Immigration Office of the locality in which such persons apply for permanent residence

Vietnamese citizens settling down overseas who hold valid Vietnamese passports or passport-substitute paper and return to Vietnam for permanent residence

Valid Vietnamese passport or passport-substitute paper bearing the verification mark of the border-gate immigration control force

Naturalized foreigners

Paper proving Vietnamese citizenship

Officers, non-commissioned officers, professional armymen, defense employees, defense workers; professional officers and non-commissioned officers, technical officers and non-commissioned officers, workers and employees of the People’s Police, who live in the barracks of the People’s Army or the People’s Police and register their permanent residence outside their barracks

Paper of introduction or certification by the head of the directly managing unit (with signature, full name and seal) is required for permanent residence registration. For those who have registered permanent residence outside their barracks and change their places of permanent residence, the household registration transfer paper is required.

Persons permitted by household registration book holders to be added to their household registration books

The household Registration book holder’s consent to permanent residence registration, signature, full name and date in the notice of change in household registration or membership