Cases of annulment of temporary residence registration in Vietnam

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1. Cases of annulment of temporary residence registration in Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 29 of the Residence Law 2020, the temporary residence registration of a person will be annulled in any of the following cases:

- The person is deceased or declared missing or deceased by the Court;

- The person is issued with a decision on annulment of temporary residence registration according to regulations in Article 35 of Residence Law 2020;

- The person is absent from their temporary residence for 06 consecutive months or more without registering another place of residence as their temporary residence;

- The person is permitted to renounce their Vietnamese citizenship or stripped of their Vietnamese citizenship or has the decision on grant of Vietnamese citizenship annulled by the competent authority;

- Their temporary residence has been registered as their permanent residence;

- The person registered the place of residence that they were renting, borrowing or staying in as their temporary residence but has stopped renting, borrowing or staying in that place and yet to register a new temporary residence;

- The person registered a lawful place of residence as their temporary residence but has transferred ownership of this place to another person, unless the new owner agrees to let them continue to live in this place;

- The person registers a place of residence that has been demolished or confiscated as decided by the competent authority or a vehicle the vehicle registration of which has been annulled as per the law as their temporary residence.

The registration authority with which a person registers their temporary residence has the power to annul such registration and must specify the reason for and time of such annulment in the residence database.

2. Documents and procedures for removing temporary residence in Vietnam

Documents and procedures for removing temporary residence in Vietnam are specified in Article 8 of Decree 62/2021/ND-CP as follows

- Within 1 day from the date on which decisions on removing temporary residence registration of heads of direct superior authority are received or from the date on which decisions on removing temporary residence registration for citizens are issued, residence registry authority shall

= Remove temporary residence registration for citizens and

= Update on removed temporary residence registration on National database on population and database on residence.

- Except for cases above, within 7 days from the date on which a household member is subject to removal of temporary residence registration, household members or representatives of the household are responsible for submitting documents for adopting procedures for removing temporary residence registration to residence registry authority.

Documents on removing temporary residence registration consist of:

= Declaration on change of residence information and

= Documents proving eligibility for removing permanent residence registration.

- Supervisory agencies of individuals learning, working in people’s armed forces shall request local residence registry authority to remove temporary residence registration of their subordinates.

Written request must specify

= Full name;

= Citizen Identity Card number or ID Card number of subject of temporary residence registration removal;

= Reason for removal of temporary residence registration.

- Within 2 working days from the date on which adequate documents are received, residence registry authority shall remove temporary residence registration for citizens and update the removal on National database on population and database on residence.

- Residence registration authority shall remove temporary residence registration for citizens upon identifying the citizens to be among cases of individuals having removed citizen residence registration.

Prior to removing temporary residence registration, residence registration authority shall issue notice on removal of temporary residence registration to the citizens or representatives of households and allow the recipients to submit documents for removal of temporary residence registration as specified above.

If citizens or their household members do not submit documents for removing temporary residence registration within 7 days from the date on which residence registry authority notifies, residence registry authority shall produce record on failure to follow up with procedures for temporary residence registration removal and remove temporary residence registration. 

Residence registry authority shall inform citizens or their household members about removal of temporary residence registration once the removal has been completed.

Van Trong

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