Vietnam: Time for completing border guard procedures

09:20, 05/11/2017

Time for completing border guard procedures is stipulated in Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP on management and protection of security at port checkpoints, issued by Vietnam’s Government on July 03, 2017.

1. In case of vessels

- The completion of electronic border guard procedures shall be determined from the day on which applicants receive the confirmation of successful electronic border guard procedures in case of inbound/outbound vessels, vessels in transit or port-transfer vessels;

- The completion of manual border guard procedures shall be determined from the day on which port border guard officers verify a common declaration form in case of inbound, outbound or vessels in transit; seal documents on the vessel departing from a Vietnamese port checkpoint for another; receive and conduct inspections of documents of the vessel arriving at a Vietnamese port checkpoint from another.

2. In case of seamen and passengers

- The completion of electronic border guard procedures towards foreign seamen shall be determined from the day on which they receive the confirmation of successful electronic border guard procedures in case of inbound/outbound vessels, vessels in transit or port-transfer vessels;

- The completion of manual border guard procedures towards foreign seamen shall be determined from the day on which port border guard officers finish verifying such procedures for the list of seamen;

- The completion of border guard procedures towards Vietnamese seamen and passengers shall be determined from the day on which port border guard officers finish verifying such procedures for passports of seamen and passengers.

View more details at the Decree No. 77/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from August 20, 2017.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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