Procedures for re-issuance of ABTCs for Vietnamese business person

Cases of re-issuance of ABTCs for Vietnamese business person

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 14 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, cases of re-issuance of ABTCs that are still valid for use and there is no change in positions, agencies, organizations or enterprises compared to the previous card issuance include:

(1) The business person requests for re-issuance of the ABTC because the old ABTC is close to its expiration, is about to expire soon;

(2) The business person is issued with a new passport;

(3) The business person requests to add another participating economy to the ABTC;

(4) The business person lost his/her physical ABTC or virtual ABTC login account;

(5) The physical ABTC is damaged.

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Procedures for re-issuance of ABTCs for Vietnamese business person

The agency, organization or enterprise that applies for re-issuance of ABTC for business person in Vietnam shall submit 01 set of application at the Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security, in person or online through the National Public Service Portal or the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Public Security.

For the case specified at (1), in addition to the documents specified at Points a and b, Clause 3, Article 13 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, the agency, organization or enterprise must submit the original of the document confirming that the business person still holds the same working position compared to the previous card issuance and the physical ABTC if any.

 For the cases specified at (2), (3), (4) và (5), apart from the documents specified at Points a and b, Clause 3, Article 13 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, the enterprise must also submit:

- A certified copy or an authenticated electronic copy of a new passport and a physical ABTC, if any, for the case specified at Point b, Clause 1 of this Article. If the copy is not authenticated, the original must be presented for verification and comparison;

- A physical ABTC, if any, for the cases specified at (3);

- Notification on losing ABTC using form No. TK07 in the Appensix or invalidation of the lost ABTC made by the Immigration Department affiliated to Ministry of Public Security according to form CV04 in the Appendix for the case specified in Point d Clause 1 of Article 14 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg;

- The old ABTC is damaged in the case specified at (5).

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 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg.

If there is any doubt as to the application, in addition to the documents specified in Clause 4 of Article 14 of Decision 09/2023/QD-TTg, 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 Article 14 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.

The re-issuance of ABTCs for the case specified at (1) can only be done once.

Mai Thanh Loi

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