Application and procedures for new issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam from 10/7/2023

Recently, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg stipulating the order, procedures, competence, issuance and management of ABTCs taking effect from 10/7/2023.

7 cases of issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam

According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 13 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, the cases of issuance of ABTCs include:

- Initial issuance;

- The old card has expired;

- The business person has been re-issued with a card as prescribed at Point a, Clause 1, Article 14 of this Decision;

- The business person has a change in personal information;

- The business person has a change in his/her working position or working place;

- The enterprise has a change in its type of business entity or name;

- The business person has finished serving the court's judgment.

Application and procedures for new issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam from 10/7/2023 (Internet image)

Application for new issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam

According to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 13 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, application for new issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam includes:

- One (01) application form for issuance of ABTC using form No. TK06 in the Appendix, certified and stampled with a photo of the head of the enterprise or the personnel department of economic sectors, state administration on activities of enterprises;

- 02 recent photos, size 3 cm x 4 cm, bare head, front view, no glasses, white background;

- The original of the application for issuance of ABTC, signed by the leader of the agency, organization or the legal representative of the enterprise, according to form CV02 in the Appendix;

- The original of the approval letter on ABTC eligibility issued by the competent authority.

Procedures for re-issuance of ABTCs in Vietnam

- If the application is valid, the Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security will receive for further processing. In case the application is invalid, the Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security is responsible for guiding the completion of the application according to form CV03 at Appendix.

- If there is any doubt as to the application, in addition to the documents specified in Clause 4 of this Article, Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security shall request the agency, organization or enterprise to provide additional documents for consideration.

In case the agency, organization, or enterprise does not furnish the required documents within three months, the Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security will not proceed with the application and request the agency, organization or enterprise to re-apply for approval letter on ABTC eligibility from the competent authority specified in Article 10 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg.

- The agency, organization or enterprise that applies for re-issuance of ABTC can register to receive processing results in person or online through the public service portal or through the public postal service.

- In case of submission in person, the agency, organization or enterprise may send a person to submit the application and receive the result on behalf of the business person.

- The agency, organization or enterprise that applies for re-issuance of ABTC for business person must pay fees as prescribed.

Cases of invalidation of ABTCs in Vietnam

According to the provisions of Article 18 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, cases of invalidation of ABTCs include:

- The business person lost his/her ABTC.

- The business person no longer holds or changes the position mentioned in Article 9 of this Decision.

- The enterprise has been dissolved, gone bankrupt or stopped operating.

- The business person has forged their application to enable the ABTC to be issued.

- The business person no longer holds the Vietnamese nationality as prescribed by the law on nationality.

- The business person has served a criminal sentence or has a court ruling on travel restrictions.

- The business person is named in the list notified by the competent authority of a participating economy or territory stated in ABTC that their ABTC is no longer valid. In which case, the ABTC is only valid for entry to and exit from the remaining participating economies indicated on the card.

- For reasons of national defense and security.

Mai Thanh Loi

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