Procedures for revocation of diplomatic/official passports in Vietnam

Procedures for revocation of diplomatic/official passports in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Cases of revocation and cancellation of passports in Vietnam

Cases of revocation and cancellation of passports are specified in Article 27 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019, including:

- Cancel a valid but lost passport

- Revoke and cancel passports of persons subject to renunciation, denaturalization or annulled decision on naturalization of Vietnamese nationality.

- Revoke and cancel valid diplomatic passports and service passports if holders are no longer eligible for use thereof.

- Revoke and cancel passports issued to persons specified in Clause 1 Article 21 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens 2019

2. Procedures for revocation of diplomatic/official passports in Vietnam

Procedures for revocation of diplomatic/official passports in Vietnam are specified in Article 12 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG as follows:

* Step 1: Receipt of application

The local issuing authorities shall receive applications; verify the application and database of diplomatic/official passports.

If the application is complete and valid, the local issuing authority shall issue a note of receipt acknowledgement and appointment of returning result using Form No. 06/2020/NG-XNC promulgated together with Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG.

If the application is not complete, the receiving authority shall receive the application and issue a note of guidelines for completing application using Form No. 07/2020/NG-XNC promulgated together with Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG.

If the application is not valid, the receiving authority shall reject it and issue a note of rejection using Form No. 08/2020/NG-XNC promulgated together with Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG.

In case of application for initial issuance of electronic diplomatic/official passport, the receiving authority shall take a photo and collect fingerprints of the applicant as guided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

In case of application for renewal of electronic diplomatic/official passport, the receiving authority shall instruct the applicant to make an application for issuance of new electronic passport.

* Step 2: Processing:

- In case of application for issuance of diplomatic/official passport, the local issuing authority shall process it within 05 business days after receiving the complete and valid application as prescribed in clause 4 Article 12 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG; in case of application for renewal of diplomatic/official passport or issuance of diplomatic note, the local issuing authority shall process it within 02 business days after receiving the complete and valid application.

- In case of the application under Article 9 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG, within 02 business days after receiving a valid and complete application, the local foreign affairs agency shall forward it to the local issuing authority.

In case of the application for issuance of diplomatic/official passport, the local issuing authority shall process it within 03 business days after receiving the valid and complete application; in case of the application for renewal of diplomatic/official passport or issuance of diplomatic note, the local issuing authority shall process it within 02 business days after receiving the complete and valid application.

- If the diplomatic/official passport of the applicant is still valid, the local issuing authority shall revoke it before issuing a new passport. For a visiting or accompanying person under clause 14 Article 8 and clause 5 Article 9 of Circular 04/2020/TT-BNG, the local issuing authority shall issue a new passport, state the title and do not revoke the old passport.

- If the applicant’s passport is lost, the local issuing authority shall revoke it as prescribed in clause 1, Article 28 of the Law.

* Step 3: Returning result:

The receiving authority shall return the result to the person named in the note of receipt acknowledgement and appointment of returning result. If the person who receives the result is not the one named in that note, a letter of recommendation issued by the sponsoring body and identity papers must be presented.

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