Vietnam: Place to submit the application for laissez-passers in 2020

According to Article 7 of Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the place to submit the application for laissez-passers is determined as follows:

- The applicant for a Vietnam-Cambodia border laissez-passer submits an application at the immigration authority affiliated to public security of the province shares the same border with Cambodia where the agency, organization or enterprise that person works is based.

- The applicant for a Vietnam-Laos border laissez-passer submits an application at the immigration authority affiliated to public security of the province shares the same border with Laos where the agency, organization or enterprise that person works is based.

- The applicant for exit and entry laissez-passers Vietnam-China border region specified at Point a, Clause 3, Article 4 of this Decree shall submit an application to the police office of commune, ward or district town adjacent to the borderline between Vietnam - China where the person has permanent residence.

- The applicant for exit and entry laissez-passers Vietnam-China border region specified at Point b, Clause 3, Article 4 of this Decree shall submit an application to the police office of district, town, provincial city of Vietnam adjacent to the borderline between Vietnam - China where the workplace of that person is based.

Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP also stipulates that persons currently working in agencies, organizations or enterprises with legal status may authorize such agencies, organizations or enterprises to submit applications and receive final decisions on their behalf. In case where an enterprise is authorized to submit an application for issuance of laissez-passer, before submitting the application, such enterprise must send to the laissez-passer issuing authority a dossier of its legal status, including:

- Certified copy or photocopy of the decision on enterprise establishment or the certificate of enterprise registration; if the photocopy is not certified, the original must be produced for examination and comparison;

- Written introduction of seal and signature specimens of the legal representative of the enterprise.

The dossier of legal status prescribed above shall be only sent once, where there is a change in the content of the dossier, the enterprise shall send supplemental documents.

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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