THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY - THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Joint Circular No. 08/2013/TTLT-BCA-BNG of August 20,2013, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Joint Circular No. 08/2009/TTLT-BCA-BNG, guiding the grant of ordinary passports and laissez-passers for Vietnamese citizens abroad
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 136/2007/ND-CP of August 17,2007, and Decree No. 65/2011/ND-CP of September 6, 2012, amending and supplementing the Government’s Decree No. 136/2007/ND-CP of August 17,2007, on Vietnamese citizens’ entry and exit;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 77/2009/ND-CP of September 15, 2009, defining the functions, tasks, power and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security;
Pursuant to the Government s Decree No. 15/2008/ND-CP of February 4, 2008, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
The Minister of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly issues this Joint Circular to amend and supplement a number of articles of Joint Circular No. 08/2009/TTLT-BCA-BNG of October 6,2009, of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, guiding the grant of ordinary passports and laissez-passes for Vietnamese citizens abroad under Decree No. 136/2007/ ND-CP of August 17, 2007, and Decree No. 65/2012/ND-CP of September 6, 2013.
Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of Joint Circular No. 08/2009/TTLT-BCA-BNG
1. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 1 as follows:
“3. The paper used as the ground for grant, modification or supplementation of a passport or grant of a laissez-passer is one of the following papers:
a/ Paper evidencing Vietnamese nationality (stuck with a photo) in accordance with the Vietnam’s law on nationality in different periods;
b/ A valid personnel certification of Vietnamese citizen currently living overseas, issued by the Immigration Department (Form X04 issued together with this Circular);
c/ A valid paper issued by a competent Vietnamese state management agency to citizens, containing full personal information and stuck with a photo. A person’s personal information includes his/her full name, date of birth, place of birth, sex and nationality.
If the above papers are no longer valid or not stuck with photos, they may be used only for reference in the grant, modification or supplementation of passports or grant of laissez-passers.”
2. To amend and supplement Clause 1, Article 2 as follows:
“1. For cases of first-time application for passports
a/A dossier of application comprises:
- An application, made according to Form X02 issued together with this Circular;
- Two 4 cm x 6 cm white-background photos, recently taken with straight-looking face, bare head and without glasses;
- A true copy of the paper used as a basis for the grant of a passport prescribed in Clause 3, Article l, which is amended and supplemented in this Circular. For a photocopy of the paper, its original must be produced for comparison.
- An under-14 child that applies for a separate, passport, must additionally submit a copy of his/her birth certificate. For a photocopy of the birth certificate, its original must be produced for comparison. The declaration must be made and signed by the child’s parent, if the declaration is made and signed by the child’s adoptive parent or guardian, a paper evidencing that this person is the child’s adoptive parent or guardian is required.
- If the parent applies for a Vietnamese passport for him/her and an under-9 child, he/ she shall declare information on the child in his/ her declaration form and submit two 3cm x 4cm photos of the child and enclosed papers as in case the child applies for a separate passport; a child cannot be included in his/her guardian’s passport.
b/ Handling of dossiers by Vietnamese representative missions:
- Within 5 working days after receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Vietnamese representative mission shall decide to grant a passport and reply the applicant.
- In case the dossier is incomplete, the Vietnamese representative mission shall request the applicant to specifically declare his/her personal identity details and related information to support the verification: his/her address of permanent or temporary residence in the country before exit, details of the entry and exit paper (type of paper, serial number, date of grant and granting agency) and his/her relatives in Vietnam; and submit papers evidencing the above related information (if any) and send the dossier to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for proposing the Civil Status, Nationality and Certification Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security for verification.
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