Below is a notable regulation specified in Circular 55/2021/TT-BCA on a number of articles and measures to implement Vietnam Law on Residence.
New: People quarantined due to Covid-19 are temporary ineligible to change their places of residence in Vietnam (Illustration)
This Circular stipulates the cases temporary ineligible to change their places of residence in Vietnam as follows:
- Persons entioned below 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 or case of a persons who have finished serving penalty of being ban residence:
- 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.
- 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.
Thus, a person quarantined due to the COVID-19 epidemic during the period of restricted freedom of residence will not be able to temporarily handle the procedure for change of residence unless there is written consent for the change of residence by the competent authority.
Currently, Article 4 of Circular 35/2014/TT-BCA (which expires on July 1, 2021) stipulates cases subject to suspension from change of place of residence 1. The following whose right to freedom of residence is restricted are subject to suspension from change of place of residence (unless the agencies imposing such restriction permit in writing the change of place of residence): a/ currently banned from traveling outside their places of residence by a procedure-conducting agency; b/ sentenced to imprisonment but not yet received judgment enforcement decisions, subject to suspended sentence, or eligible for postponement or suspension of the serving of imprisonment penalty; on probation; c/ subject to confinement to a reformatory, compulsory education institution or detoxification establishment but eligible for postponement or suspension of the serving of such penalty. 2. currently subject to residence ban are ineligible for registration of permanent residence or temporary residence in localities in which these are banned from residence by courts. |
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