Draft version 5 of the 2020 Residence Law is expected to take effect on July 1, 2021, which will eliminate the Household Registration Book and Temporary Residence Book. Thus, from January 1, 2021, students when completing admission procedures will not need to prepare a household registration book to be eligible for regional preference policies in Vietnam.
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Is it true that students are not required to prepare household registration books when carrying out admission procedures From July 01, 2021? (Illustrative photo)
Specifically, based on the regulations in Decision 58/2007/QD-BGDDT, when completing enrollment procedures at universities, colleges, and professional intermediate schools in Vietnam, new students need to have the following enrollment dossier:
- Upper secondary school and professional intermediate school academic records;
- Temporary upper secondary school or professional intermediate school graduation certificate for those who are admitted in the year of graduation or upper secondary school/professional intermediate school diploma for those who graduated in previous years;
- A copy of the birth certificate;
- Documents certifying priority policies (or valid copy) for those eligible for scholarships, allowances, and tuition exemptions/reductions;
- A certified photocopy of the household registration for candidates admitted under the priority area category;
- The admission notification from the school;
- Health certificate;
- Student background information (as per the prescribed form);
- Student card (immediately upon completing enrollment procedures, the school will issue a student card or temporary student card).
However, the Draft Residence Law 2020 (expected to take effect on July 01, 2021) plans to replace the management of the population by household registration books and temporary residence books with management through personal identification numbers updated on the National Database on Population and the Residence Database. As stated in Clauses 6 and 7, Article 2 of the Draft Residence Law 2020:
“6. Permanent residence registration is when citizens register their permanent residence with the commune, ward, commune-level town police and their information is updated in the National Database on Population and the Residence Database.
7. Temporary residence registration is when citizens register their temporary residence with the commune, ward, commune-level town police and their information is updated in the National Database on Population and the Residence Database.”
Thus, according to the above rule, if the National Assembly agrees to pass the Draft Residence Law 2020, the existence of paper household registration books will completely end. From July 01, 2021, students will not need to prepare household registration books for the purpose of assessing priority policies for students under the priority area category.
It can be seen that the Draft Residence Law 2020 is expected to shift the management of residence from paper-based to digital management. If the Draft Residence Law is passed by the National Assembly, information on the permanent and temporary residence of each citizen will be digital data fields updated and adjusted on the National Database on Population and the Residence Database in Vietnam.
Ty Na
