THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
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No.146/2009/TT-BTC
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence- Freedom- Happiness
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Hanoi, July 20, 2009
CIRCULAR
Guiding the collection, remittance, management and use of fees for settlement of nationality-related affairs
Pursuant to the Law on Vietnamese Nationality;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Charges and Fees;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP dated June 3, 2002, detailing he implementation of the Ordinance on Charges and Fees, and Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP dated March 6, 2006, amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP dated June 3, 2002;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 118/2008/ND-CP dated November 27, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
The Ministry of Finance guides the collections, remittance, management and use of fees for settlement of nationality-related affairs in Vietnam as follows:
Article 1.
Fee payers and fee rates
Vietnamese citizens and foreign nationals, when submitting in Vietnam applications for naturalization in Vietnam or restoration or renunciation of Vietnamese nationality shall pay a fee at the rate prescribed in the Table of rates of fees for settlement of nationality-related affairs below:
No.
Fee
Rate (VND)
1
Fee for naturalization in Vietnam
3,000,000
2
Fee for restoration of Vietnamese nationality
2,500,000
3
Fee for renunciation of Vietnamese nationality
2,500,000
Article 2.
Subjects exempt from nationality related fee:
1. Persons who have made meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense and apply for naturalization in Vietnam or restoration of Vietnamese nationality, including those who had participated in revolutionary activities before the August 19, 1945 General Uprisings, revolutionary activists and other persons whose naturalization in Vietnam or restoration of Vietnamese nationality is helpful to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
2. Persons meeting with economic difficulties below the poverty line prescribed by the Prime Minister and guiding documents who apply for naturalization in Vietnam or restoration of Vietnamese nationality.
3. Stateless persons who apply for naturalization in Vietnam under Article 22 of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality.
4. Applicants for naturalization in Vietnam being Lao immigrants in Vietnam who have been granted permanent residence permits before January 1, 2009, under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 206/QD-TTg dated February 12, 2009.
5. Applicants for naturalization in Vietnam being Cambodia nationals who escaped from genocide during 1978-1983, have no paper proving their nationality and have registered at Vietnam-based refugee camps sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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