This is a featured content of the Residence Law 2020 approved by the National Assembly XIV of Vietnam at its 10th session, effective from July 01, 2021.
Article table of contents
1. Officially abolished household registration book in accordance with the Residence Law 2020
According to Article 22 of the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam, procedure for permanent residence registration is 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 (a specialized database comprising information on residence of citizens digitized, stored and managed by the information infrastructure, and connected and shared with the national population database and other databases as prescribed by law) and notify the applicant of such update; and provide a written explanation for the applicant if the application is 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 this Law within 12 months starting from the date upon which they become eligible.
Thus, when the applicant carries out the procedure for permanent residence registration, the registration authority shall update information to the residence database and notify the applicant instead of issuing a household registration book as previously.
2. Officially abolished temporary residence registers in accordance with the Residence Law 2020
According to Article 28 of the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam, procedure for temporary residence registration is as follows:
- The applicant shall submit their application to the registration authority of the locality where they plan to reside temporarily;
- Upon receipt of the application, the registration authority shall check it 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 03 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 temporary residence and temporary residence period 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.
Thus, in the procedure for temporary residence registration, the procedure for granting a temporary residence book to the registrant will not be carried out, instead, all information about temporary residence will be updated into the database of temporary residence similar to permanent registration.
Besides, according to Article 38 of the Residence Law 2020 of Vietnam, issued household registration books and temporary residence registers may continue to be used and are equivalent to written confirmations of residence per this Law until December 31, 2022 inclusive. In cases where information in a household registration book or temporary residence register differs from information in the residence database, the latter shall be used. When a citizen carries out a residence registration procedure that changes information in their household registration book or temporary residence register, the registration authority shall revoke the issued household registration book or temporary residence register, update information in the residence database in compliance with regulations of this Law and not issue a new household registration book or temporary residence register or reissue the old household registration book or temporary residence register to the citizen.
Thus, issued household registration books and temporary residence books will continue to be valid until the end of December 31, 2022, however, these two types of books will not be renewed or re-issued. Instead, information will be updated in the residence database and officially remove the household registration books and temporary residence books from the population management from December 31, 2022.
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