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THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No 135/2007/QD-TTg
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Hanoi, August 17, 2007
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DECISION
ON
THE PROMULGATION OF THE REGULATION ON VISA EXEMPTION FOR VIETNAMESE RESIDING
OVERSEAS
PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on
the Organisation of the Government dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on the Immigration and Residence of Foreigners
in Vietnam dated April 28, 2000;
At the request of the Ministers of Public Security and Foreign Affairs,
DECIDES
Article 1. Promulgate the Regulation on Visa Exemption for
Vietnamese Residing Overseas.
Article 2. The decision will come into force on September
01, 2007.
Article 3. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies,
heads of governmental agencies and chairmen of the people’s committee of
provinces and central-level cities are responsible for implementing this
decision./.
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PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung
REGULATION
ON VISA
EXEMPTION FOR VIETNAMESE RESIDING OVERSEAS
(Attached to Decision No 135/2007/QD-TTg
dated August 17, 2007 by the Prime Minister)
Article 1: Individuals
entitled to visa exemption
Vietnamese residing overseas and foreigners who
are spouses and offspring of Vietnamese citizens or Vietnamese residing
overseas are entitled to visa exemption if they meet following requirements:
1. Foreign passports or passport-equivalent
documents (referred hereby as passports) are valid for at least six months
since the date of entry. In cases Vietnamese residing overseas does not have a
passport, he/she must have residence permit issued by foreign authorities and
valid for at least six months since the date of entry.
2. Visa exemption document is issued by
Vietnamese competent agencies.
Article 2: Individuals
not entitled to visa exemption
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2. Those who are “not entitled to enter Vietnam”
in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 8 of the Ordinance on Immigration and
Residence of foreigners in Vietnam in following cases:
a. Using false documents and deliberately making false declarations when
applying for entry into Vietnam;
b. For purposes of epidemics prevention;
c. Having seriously violated Vietnamese laws during their previous
entries;
d.
For reasons of protecting the national security or other special reasons as
decided by the Minister of Public Security.
Article 3. Visa
exemption document
1. Authorized agencies to issue visa exemption
documents are:
- Vietnamese representative missions overseas;
- The Immigration Department, Ministry of
Public Security.
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3. Visa exemption document is issued for each
individual. Visa exemption document for children under 14 years old travelling
on parental passports is issued attached to the parental passports.
4. Authorized agencies shall issue visa
exemption documents within 07 working days since receipt of eligible
application dossier.
5. Holders of visa exemption documents shall
pay a fee for application processing in accordance with regulations of the
Ministry of Finance.
Article 4. Application
dossier of visa exemption document comprised of:
1. Foreign passport or residence permit issued
by foreign authorities in cases applicants do not have foreign passports and a copy
of this document for the purpose of archiving.
2. A document proving that the applicant is a
Vietnamese residing overseas in accordance with Vietnamese laws or
international treaties, to which Vietnam is a party; or any document that helps
assume the original nationality or Vietnamese nationality of the applicant. In
cases the applicant does not have any documents to prove that he/she is a
Vietnamese residing overseas, he/she may present a guarantee document of
Vietnamese associations in his/her residing country or of other Vietnamese
citizens showing that the applicant is a Vietnamese residing overseas.
Foreigners who are husbands, wives or offspring
of the Vietnamese residing overseas or Vietnamese citizens shall present
documents proving their relationship with Vietnamese residing overseas or
Vietnamese citizens (marriage certificate, birth certificate, or documents
certifying the parental relationship and other valid documents in accordance
with Vietnamese laws).
3. In cases the applicant has no document as
prescribed in paragraph 2 of this Article, he/she may present documents issued
by foreign competent authorities, which write that the applicant has the
Vietnamese original nationality or of Vietnamese origin, to Vietnamese
competent agencies for considering and granting visa exemption documents.
4. Application form for visa exemption document
(as provided)
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1. Holders of visa exemption document, if later
on found out not to meet the requirements prescribed in Article 2 of the
Regulation, will have their visa exemption documents revoked.
2. Vietnamese representative missions overseas
are authorized to revoke visa exemption documents of holders residing overseas.
The Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security, Immigration
Control Units of the Ministry of Defence (Border Guards) at border check-points
are authorized to revoke visa exemption documents to those who are temporarily
residing in Vietnam or at the border checkpoints.
3. Application fee is not refunded in cases of
revocation of visa exemption documents.
Article 6. Duration of temporary residence in
Vietnam
Individuals entering Vietnam on visa exemption
documents are allowed to stay up to 90 days for each entry. Those who wish to
stay for more than 90 days shall apply for visas in accordance with existing
regulations before or after entering Vietnam.
Article 7. Implementation
1. The Ministry of Public Security, in
coordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence, is
responsible for implementing the Regulation. The Ministry of Public Security is
responsible for issuing a format for visa exemption document, application form
and guarantee document after consultations with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify
foreign representative missions in Vietnam and, in coordination with the
Ministry of Transportation and Communication, notify international airlines to
create favourable conditions for visa exemption document holders to travel to
Vietnam.
3. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for
issuing guidelines on the collection, surrender and use of application fees.