When will Citizen identity cards issued under the Law on Citizen Identification 2014 expire in Vietnam?

When will Citizen identity cards issued under the Law on Citizen Identification 2014 expire in Vietnam? (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

When will Citizen identity cards issued under the Law on Citizen Identification 2014 expire in Vietnam?

The Law on Identification 2023 was passed by the 15th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 6th session, on November 27, 2023.

Accordingly, Citizen Identity Cards issued before the effective date of the Law on Identification 2023 (ie before July 1, 2024) are valid until the expiry date printed on the card, except for cases specified in Clause 3, Article 46 of the Law on Identification 2023.

Citizen identity cards and identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024 to before June 30, 2024 will continue to be valid until June 30, 2024.

In addition, when needed, citizens will be eligible for issuance of an ID card.

Cases of replacement and re-issuance of identity cards from July 1, 2024

Specifically, Article 24 of the Law on Identification 2023 stipulates cases of replacement and re-issuance of identity cards as of July 1, 2024 as follows:

(1) An ID card is replaced in the following cases:

- Cases specified in Clause 1 Article 21 of the Law on Identification 2023.

Article 21. Age eligible for replacement of ID cards

1. A Vietnamese citizen issued with an ID card shall carry out procedures for replacement of the card when he/she reaches from 14 years of age, 25 years of age, 40 years of age and 60 years of age.

- Information about family name, middle name, first name and date of birth is changed or corrected;

- Identity information is changed; information about portrait photo and fingerprints is added; gender re-assignment or transition is carried out according to regulations of law;

- There is incorrect information on the identity card;

- The card holder makes request when information on the ID card is changed due to arrangement of administrative units;

- Personal identification number is reset up;

- The card holder makes request.

(2) An ID card is re-issued in the following cases:

- It is lost or damaged and unused, except for cases specified in Article 21 of the Law on Identification 2023;

Article 21. Age eligible for replacement of ID cards

1. A Vietnamese citizen issued with an ID card shall carry out procedures for replacement of the card when he/she reaches from 14 years of age, 25 years of age, 40 years of age and 60 years of age.

2. An ID card which is issued, replaced or re-issued within 2 years before a citizen reaches the age specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall remain valid until he/she reaches the subsequent age eligible for card replacement.

- The card holder has Vietnamese nationality restored under the Law on Vietnamese Nationality.

New regulations on the procedures for replacement and re-issuance of identity cards in Vietnam

The order and procedures for issuing and re-issuing new identification cards according to the Law on Identification 2023 are prescribed as follows:

(1) Procedures for re-issuance of ID cards for cases specified in Point b Clause 2 Article 24 of the Law on Identification 2023 and replacement of ID cards shall comply with regulations in Article 23 of the Law on Identification 2023.

(2) If an ID card is replaced in case of gender re-assignment or transition or change or correction of information specified in Point b Clause 1 Article 24 of the Law on Identification 2023 but such information has not yet been updated and adjusted on the national population database, a person to be issued with a new ID card shall present legal documents proving the changed information to carry out procedures for adjustment and update on the national population database.

(3) The identification-managing agency shall revoke citizen ID cards and ID cards which have been used in cases of replacement of ID cards.

(4) With regard to the case specified in Point a, Clause 2 Article 24 of the Law on Identification 2023, an ID card shall be re-issued online on the public service portal, the national identification application or in person at the place of implementation of ID card issuance procedures. 

The identification-managing agency shall use the most recently collected information about portrait photos, fingerprints and irides and existing information on the national population database and the identification database to re-issue ID cards.  

The Law on Identification 2023 will take effect on July 1, 2024, except for the cases specified in Clause 3, Article 46 of the Law on Identification 2023, which will take effect on January 15, 2024.

The Law on Citizen Identification 2014 will expire as of July 1, 2024.                                                                                                                         

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