Conditions and procedures for permanent residence registration in Vietnam 2022

Conditions and procedures for permanent residence registration in Vietnam 2022 (Internet image)

1. Conditions for permanent residence registration in Vietnam

Conditions for permanent residence registration in Vietnam are specified in Article 20 of the Residence Law 2020 as follows:

- Any citizen who has a lawful place of residence under their ownership may register that place as their permanent residence.

- A citizen may register a lawful place of residence that is not under their ownership as their permanent residence with the permission of the household head and owner of such place in the following cases:

+ The citizen is someone who comes to live with their spouse; a child coming to live with their parent(s); or a parent coming to live with their child;

+ The citizen is an old person coming to live with their biological sibling or grandchild; or a person with very severe disability, a person with severe disability, a person who has lost work capacity, a person suffering from a mental illness or another disease that causes them to lose awareness or behavior control coming to live with their paternal grandparent(s), maternal grandparent(s), biological sibling, biological uncle, biological aunt, biological niece/nephew, biological grandchild or guardian;

+ The citizen is a minor coming to live with their great-grandparent(s), paternal grandparent(s), maternal grandparent(s), biological sibling, biological uncle or biological aunt with the permission of their parent or guardian or if they have no parent; or a minor coming to live with their guardian.

- Excluding the cases mentioned in Clause 2 Article 20 of the Residence Law 2020, a citizen may register a lawful place of residence that they rent, borrow or stay in as their permanent residence on the following conditions:

+ The owner of the lawful place of residence agrees to let the citizen register the location that they rent, borrow or stay in as their permanent residence and the household head agrees to let the citizen register the location as their permanent residence with the household;

+ The condition for minimum floor area stipulated by the provincial People’s Council is satisfied, which shall be more than 08 m2 of floor/person.

- A citizen may register a folk religious establishment or religious establishment with housing as an auxiliary work as their permanent residence in any of the following cases:

+ The citizen is involved in religious activities and is ordained, appointed to hold a position, selected to hold a hierarchical rank or transferred to carry out religious activities in the religious establishment;

+ The citizen represents the folk religious establishment;

+ The representative or management board of the folk religious establishment agrees to let the citizen register the establishment as their permanent residence for the citizen to oversee and organize religious activities in the establishment directly;

+ The representative or management board of the folk religious establishment or the head or representative of the religious establishment agrees to let the citizen, who is a child, person with very severe disability, person with severe disability or helpless person, register the establishment as their permanent residence.

- A person receiving care or support may register their social support facility as their permanent residence with the permission of the facility head or register their caregiving household as their permanent residence with the permission of the household head and owner of the lawful place of residence.

- A person living or working on a vehicle on an itinerant basis may register the vehicle as their permanent residence on the following conditions:

+ The person owns the vehicle or is permitted to register the vehicle as their permanent residence by the vehicle owner;

+ The vehicle has been registered as prescribed by law; if the vehicle does not require registration, the People's Committee of the commune where it frequently docks or parks must confirm that it is used for living purpose;

+ If the vehicle does not require registration or the vehicle registration place is not where it frequently docks or parks, the commune-level People's Committee must confirm that the vehicle has registered to dock or park in the commune frequently.

- The permanent residence of a minor must be registered with the permission of either of their parents or their guardian, unless their place of residence is decided by the Court.

- Citizens may not register the places mentioned in Article 23 of Residence Law 2020 as their new permanent residence, excluding the cases provided for in Point a Clause 2 of Article 20 of the Residence Law 2020.

2. Procedure for permanent residence registration in Vietnam

Procedure for permanent residence registration in Vietnam are specified in Article 22 of the Residence Law 2020 as follows:

- The applicant shall submit their application to the registration authority of the locality where they reside.

- Upon receipt of an application, the registration authority shall check and issue an  acknowledgement of application receipt to the applicant; and instruct the applicant on how to complete their application if it is incomplete.

- Within 07 working days starting from the date of receipt of an adequate and valid application, the registration authority shall appraise and update information on the new permanent residence of the applicant to the residence database and notify the applicant of such update; and provide a written explanation for the applicant if the application rejected.

- A person who has registered their permanent residence but is moving to another lawful place of residence and is eligible for permanent residence registration shall register their new place of residence as their permanent residence according to regulations of Residence Law 2020  within 12 months starting from the date upon which they become eligible.

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