| THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
| No: 79/2000/TT-BTC | Hanoi, November 09, 2015 |
CIRCULAR
PROVIDING ON COLLECTION RATE, COLLECTION REGIME AND MANAGENT OF FEES FOR CITIZEN IDENTIFICATION CARD
Pursuant to the Law on Citizen Identification No. 59/2014/QH13 dated November 20, 2014;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on charges and fees No. 38/2001/PL-UBTVQH10 dated August 28, 2001;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 57/2002/ND-CP dated June 03, 2002 of the Government detailing the implementation of the ordinance on charges and fees; Decree No. 24/2006/ND-CP dated March 06, 2006 amending and supplementing a number of articles of decree no. 57/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002, detailing the implementation of the ordinance on charges and fees;
Pursuant to the Decree No. 215/2013/ND-CP dated November 23, 2013 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance;
At the proposal of the Director of the Tax Policy Department
Article 1. Scope of application
This Circular provides for collection rate, collection regime and management of fees for citizen identification card according to the Law on Citizen Identification.
Article 2. Subjects of application
Vietnamese citizens being 14 years old or over when processing the procedures of changing, re-granting the citizen identification card as stipulated under this Circular must pay fees for citizen identification card.
Article 3. Subjects that don’t have to pay fees
1. Citizens being 14 years old or over process the procedures of granting the citizen identification card for the first time.
2. Citizens change the citizen identification card when they reach full 25 years old, full 40 years old and full 60 years old.
3. Citizens change the citizen identification card when there are mistakes on the citizen identification card made by management agencies.
Article 4. Subjects are exempted from fees
1. Citizens that are granted the 9-number identity card and 12-number identity card want to renew the citizen identification card according to the law on citizen identification.
2. Renewing the citizen identification card when there is a law on changing administrative boundaries.
3. Renewing, re-granting the citizen identification card for the citizen who is father, mother, wife, husband, the under – 18 year old children of the Martyrs; wounded soldiers and people who are entitled to as wounded soldiers, the under – 18 year old children of wounded soldiers and people who are entitled to as wounded soldiers; citizens who live in mountainous areas as stipulated by the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs; citizens who are classified in poor families as stipulated by the law.
4. Renewing, re-granting the citizen identification card for the under 18 year old citizen who are parentless and homeless.
