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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.
875-TTg
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Hanoi
, Novermber 21, 1996
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DECISION
ON THE
REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE RESIDING ABROAD TO VIETNAM
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
At the proposals of the Minister of the Interior and Minister for Foreign
Affairs,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- Vietnamese
citizens residing abroad who apply for repatriation to Vietnam (hereafter
referred to as applicants for repatriation) and meet all the conditions defined
in Article 2 of this Decision shall be considered for repatriation.
Article 2.- A person who
is allowed to repatriate must meet the following requirements:
1. Having Vietnamese citizenship and holding a
Vietnamese passport; if he/she has Vietnamese citizenship but holds a foreign
passport, he/she must have a certificate of citizenship registration at a
representative office of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam abroad;
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3. Being able to ensure his/her
post-repatriation living in Vietnam;
4. Being guaranteed by a relative in Vietnam or
one of the following Vietnamese agencies:
a) Ministerial agencies, ministerial-level
agencies, the agencies attached to the Government or the People’s Committees of the provinces and cities directly
under the Central Government, which shall stand guarantee for the applicants
with capabilities to take part in national construction such as having
investment capital, agreeing to use their high educational standard and
professional skills at an establishment of a branch or a locality in Vietnam;
b) The relative who is full eighteen years of
age or older and has a certificate of permanent residence in Vietnam (parent,
spouse, offspring, sibling or a member of the family line) shall stand
guarantee for applicant who wishes to repatriate for family reunion or for
humanitarian purposes by securing his/her living and working places or
employment (if the applicant still have working capacity) or providing him/her
support (if the applicant is old or is in poor health).
Article 3.- Those persons
who meet the requirements defined in Article 2 of this Decision but who
themselves do not know exactly or deliberately fail to declare clearly their
backgrounds (place of birth, native place, the last place of residence before
their departure) and the circumstances which forced them to leave the country
and settle abroad, shall not be considered for repatriation.
Article 4.-
1. A dossier of application for repatriation
comprises:
a) An application (according to the model form
issued by the Ministry of the Interior).
b) Papers evidencing the reasons and purposes of
repatriation and satisfying the repatriation requirements as defined in Article
2 of this Decision.
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a) Overseas: A diplomatic mission, a consular
office or another representative office of Vietnam which is authorized to issue
Vietnamese visas (hereafter referred to as Vietnamese representative office
abroad).
b) In Vietnam: The Ministry of the Interior (the
Entries and Exits Management Department) or the Security Office of the province
or city directly under the Central Government, at a place most convenient for
the applicant.
Article 5.-
1. The Representative Office of Vietnam abroad
shall have to:
- Guide the procedures and receive the dossier
submitted by the repatriation applicant; within 15 days after receiving the
valid dossiers, it shall send the dossier together with its comments and
suggestions to the Ministry of the Interior (the Entries and Exits Management
Department).
- Within 10 days after receiving information
from the Ministry of the Interior on the result of the examination of the
dossier (either permission for repatriation or reasons for not permitting the
repatriation) it shall have to notify the applicant thereof.
2. Within 10 days after receiving the valid
dossier, the Security Service of the province or city directly under the
Central Government shall have to send the dossier together with its comments
and suggestions to the Entries and Exits Management Department.
3. The Ministry of the Interior (the Entries and
Exits Management Department), within 60 days after receiving the valid dossier
(received in Vietnam or sent by the Representative Office of Vietnam abroad),
shall have to complete the examination of the dossier and inform the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs (the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese) and the
Representative Office of Vietnam abroad or relatives of the applicant (if the
dossier is filed in Vietnam) of the result (permission for repatriation or
reasons for not permitting the repatriation).
Article 6.- Basing itself
on the notification of the permission of the Ministry of the Interior for the
repatriation, the Representative Office of Vietnam abroad shall issue a
repatriation laissez-passer to the applicant for their entry into Vietnam. Each
repatriation laissez-passer shall be valid for 12 months from the date of its
issuance and shall not be extended.
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Article 7.-
1. The applicant shall have to pay the agency
receiving the dossier a repatriation fee in accordance with the regulations of
the Ministry of Finance.
2. Those who are permitted to repatriate shall
be allowed to bring into Vietnam foreign currencies and their belongings in
accordance with the provisions of Vietnamese law.
3. The repatriate to Vietnam shall, within 30
days after his/her entry, has to show his/her personal papers to the Security
Office of the province or city where they reside in order to fill the
procedures for permanent residence registration and the granting of the
identity card.
4. The repatriate who has registered his/her
permanent residence in Vietnam is entitled to all rights and has to fulfill all
obligations of a Vietnamese citizen.
Article 8.- The Ministry
of Finance shall stipulate the collection, payment and use of the repatriation
fee after consulting with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs.
Article 9.- This Decision takes effect from January
1st, 1997 and replaces Decision No.59-TTg of February 4, 1994 of the Prime
Minister.
This Decision shall not apply to Vietnamese who
have left for abroad but have been refused asylum or expelled by foreign
countries.
Article 10.- The Minister
of the Interior shall have to guide the implementation of this Decision after
consulting with the concerned ministries.
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THE PRIME MINISTER
Vo Van Kiet