On May 15, 2021, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam issued Circular 55/2021/TT-BCA elaborating a number of articles and measures to implement the Residence Law.
According to the Circular, regulations on cases temporarily ineligible for change of place of residence in Vietnam include:
- Persons mentioned in Points a, b and c Clause 2 Article 4 of Vietnam's Residence Law 2020 shall be temporarily ineligible to change their places of residence while their right to freedom of residence is restricted, unless the competent authority gives the permission for such change in writing and it falls under the case provided for in Clause 3 of Article 5 of Vietnam's Circular 55.
- Persons living at locations or in areas currently placed under quarantine for epidemic prevention and control or due to declaration of state of emergency by the competent authority or person shall be temporarily ineligible to change their places of residence from the start to the end of such quarantine measure in Vietnam.
- Persons currently imposed a residence ban shall be temporarily ineligible to register locations where they are banned from residing as their places of residence until the ban is fully served or they obtain a written permission from the authority imposing the ban.
Circular 55/2021/TT-BCA takes effect from July 1, 2021.
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