What is the duration for vehicle registration in Vietnam under Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA?

What is the duration for vehicle registration in Vietnam under Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA? (Internet image)

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On July 1, 2023, the Minister of Public Security issued Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA  on procedures for issuance and revocation of vehicle registration and license plates in Vietnam (taking effect as of 15/8/2023)

What is the duration for vehicle registration in Vietnam under Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA?

According to Article 7 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA , the time limit for processing vehicle registration is prescribed as follows:

(1) Issuance of vehicle registration certificate: within 02 working days from the date of receipt of the satisfactory application, except for the case of re-issuance of the vehicle registration certificate, verification shall be carried out as prescribed in (2)

(2) The duration for verification of the loss of the vehicle registration certificate when the procedure for re-issuance of the vehicle registration certificate is processed is 30 days; the duration for verification shall not be included in the duration for re-issuance of the vehicle registration certificate as prescribed in (1)

(3) Initial issuance of identification license plate: the identification license plate shall be issued after receipt of the valid application for vehicle registration.

(4) The duration for replacement of license plate, re-issuance of license plate, issuance of license plate purchased at auction or re-issuance of identification license plate is 07 working days from the date of receipt of the satisfactory application.

(5) Temporary vehicle registration, issuance of certificate of revocation of license plate and vehicle registration

- In case of wholly online public service in the public service portal: After the declarant completes the temporary vehicle registration form or the application form for revocation of registration and license plate; pay fees according to regulations (in case of temporary vehicle registration), the vehicle registration authority shall check the application.

If the application is satisfactory, the vehicle registration authority shall return results of administrative procedure settlement within 08 working hours from the time of receipt of the application from the public service portal;

- In case of partially online public service: 01 working day (in case of temporary vehicle registration); within 2 working days from the date of receipt of the satisfactory application (in case of issuance of certificate of revocation of license plate and vehicle registration).

(6) The duration for returning vehicle registration results as prescribed in (1), (3), (4), (5) is counted from the date on which the satisfactory application is received and the vehicle registration and management system has received the result of verification of the completion of the vehicle registration fee payment from the public service portal.

Procedures for initial vehicle registration from August 15, 2023 in Vietnam

From August 15, 2023, procedures for initial vehicle registration will be carried out according to the provisions of Article 12 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA , specifically as follows:

- Organizations and individuals shall carry out procedures for initial vehicle registration according to regulations in Article 9 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA ; they shall bring their vehicles to vehicle registration authorities and submit documents specified in Article 10 and Article 11 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA .

- After vehicle registration officers inspect vehicle registration applications and conduct physical inspection of vehicles, if these applications and vehicles are satisfactory, license plates shall be issued as follows:

+ New license plates shall be issued to owners who have not yet been issued with identification license plates or owners who have been issued with identification license places that are being used for registration of other vehicles.  

+ Identification license plates shall be re-issued if such license plates have been revoked.

In case vehicles and their applications does not meet regulations, it is required to supplement and complete these applications according to guidelines from vehicle registration officers in application guideline notes.  

- The applicant may receive the appointment note to return vehicle registration result, pay vehicle registration fee and receive license plate (in case the license plate is issued according to regulations in point a, Clause 2 of Article 12 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA); if the vehicle owner wishes to receive vehicle registration result by post, it/he/she shall register with the public post office;

- The applicant may receive the vehicle registration certificate and the license plate (in case the license plate is issued according to regulations in point b, Clause 2 of Article 12 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA) in person at the vehicle registration authority or by post. 

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