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Step 1: Each person who is temporarily residing in Vietnam and wishes to obtain a certificate of visa exemption shall submit the dossiers to Immigration Department.
Step 2: Within 05 working days from the receipt of satisfactory documents, Immigration Administration shall consider issuing the certificate of visa exemption.
– The applicant who is a Vietnamese person residing overseas shall submit a certified true copy (or a copy enclosed with the original for comparison) of one of the following documents: birth certificate, decision to permit renouncement of Vietnamese nationality or certification of loss of Vietnamese nationality, other documents showing/proving the person’s Vietnamese nationality;
– The applicant who is a foreigner shall submit certified true copies (or copies enclosed with the originals for comparison) proving that he/she is a spouse or child of a Vietnamese citizen or a Vietnamese person residing overseas;
– In case there are no papers proving that the applicant is a Vietnamese person residing overseas, the overseas visa-issuing authority of Vietnam shall examine the applicant’s documents which show that he/she is of Vietnamese descent to decide whether to accept the application.
The maximum duration of a visa exemption certificate is 05 years and must be at least 6 months shorter than that of the holder’s passport or international travel document.
– All pages of the passport for granting visa are used;
– The passport is issued in a country who has not established a diplomatic relation with Vietnam;
– Another international travel document is used instead of a passport;
– A detached certificate is requested by the applicant;
– A detached certificate is needed for diplomacy, national defense and security purposes.
– Per entry, visa exemption holders are allowed to stay for 180 days
– If there is a need to continue to stay in Vietnam, they will be considered for an extension of temporary residence when there is a guarantee and a good reason, each extension is valid for up to 180 days (or equal to the remaining term of the visa).
– Fee for issuance of the first visa exemption certificate: 20 USD.
– Fee for issuance of visa exemption certificate from the second time onwards: 10 USD.
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