Vietnam: Guidelines for the application for laissez-passers applicable from July 01, 2020

The application for laissez-passers is guided in Article 5 of Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, specifically as follows:

Firstly, 01 application form made according to Form M01 enclosed with this Decree, completely filled in. Application form of the following cases shall be made as follows:

- For any person prescribed in Clause 1, Point b Clause 2 and Point b Clause 3 Article 4 of this Decree, the application form must be certified and affixed with fan stamp on photo by his/her superior body;

- For any persons who is legally incapacitated, with limited cognition or behavior control under the Civil Code, or is under 14 years of age, the application form must be made and signed by his/her parent or legal representative, and certified and affixed with a fan stamp on photo by the head of the police office of the commune, ward or township where he/she resides;

- For a person under 16 years of age who applies for the joint exit and entry laissez-passer for the Vietnam-China border with one parent, the application form must be made and signed by one parent.

Secondly, 02 portrait photos, 4cm x 6cm size. If the person who is under 16 years old applies for the joint laissez-passer with one parent, stick 1 photo of 3cm x 4cm of that child in the application and submit 01 photo of 3cm x 4cm of that child to paste on the laissez-passer.

Thirdly, other documents for the following cases:

- 01 copy of the birth certificate or extract of birth for a person under 14 years of age;

- 01 certified true copy of the document issued by a Vietnamese competent authority proving the legal representative of the person who is legally incapacitated or with limited cognition or behavior control under the provisions of the Civil Code, who is less than 14 years old. In case the photocopy is not certified, present the original for checking and comparison;

- The laissez-passer which has been issued, if still valid;

- A letter of recommendation of the agency, organization or enterprise in case of authorization to submit the application.

More details can be found in Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from July 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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