Entering household registration in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi will be easier from July 2021

Specifically, according to Article 20 of the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2021, general conditions for permanent residence registration are as follows:

First, any citizen who has a lawful place of residence under their ownership may register that place as their permanent residence.

Second, 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.

Third, 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.

The Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam has only one article that regulates the conditions for permanent residence registration for all provinces and cities across the country. Meanwhile, Articles 19 and 20 of the Residence Law 2006 of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented in 2013 (expired from July 01, 2021), there were provisions on the different conditions between registration of permanent residence in the province and registration of permanent residence in central-affiliated cities.

Thus, from July 01, 2021, the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam will take effect and not distinguish the conditions for permanent residence registration between central-affiliated cities or other provinces compared to the Residence Law 2006. Therefore, it will be easier for people to register residence in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City than before.

Le Vy

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