Vietnam’s Law on the Capital 2012: Cases in which the citizens are eligible for the registration of residence in urban areas

- The citizen is accepted by a holder of the household registration book in one of the cases below:

+ A wife moves in her husband; a husband moves in with his wife; a child moves in with parent; a parent moves in with children;

+ A person at a retirement age, a retired person or unemployed person that moves in with his or her brother or sister;

+ A disabled person, a person incapable of working, a person, who has mental illness or other illness that causes the loss of awareness or the ability to control behaviors, moves in with his or her brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or guardian;

+ A parentless juvenile, or a juvenile, whose parents are not able to provide for them, moves in with his or her grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, or guardian;

+ A single adult moves in with his or her grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, or uncle;

- A citizen who is sent to or employed by an organization which is paid by the State budget, or works under an indefinite contract, and has a lawful residence; in case the legal accommodation is rented, borrowed or stayed by an individual, it must be approved in writing by the lessor, lent or allowed to stay;

- A citizen who registered a permanent residence in a central-affiliated city and returns to his or her legal residence; in case the legal accommodation is rented, borrowed or stayed by an individual, it must be approved in writing by the lessor, lent or allowed to stay;

- The cases that have temporarily resided in the urban areas for at least 3 years, owned or rented houses in urban areas of organizations and individuals that have applied for housing business registration; for houses for lease must satisfy the conditions for average area as prescribed by the People’s Council of Hanoi city, and the registration for permanent residence at the leased housed must be approved in writing by the lessors.

The Law on the Capital 2012 of Vietnam takes effect from July 01, 2013.

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