Foreign workers who are working or living in Vietnam, have a Vietnamese spouse who has been granted a Temporary Residence Card (TRC LD) and wishes to convert to a Temporary Residence Card for Visiting Relatives (TRC TT) .
Do employees have to return their temporary residence card to the authorities?
After returning the LD Temporary Residence Card, can foreigners continue to stay in Vietnam and convert the LD Temporary Residence Card to TT Temporary Residence Card?
1. Principle
In principle, when a foreign worker working in Vietnam wants to convert his temporary residence card to another form of temporary residence card, the foreigner must have a reason to convert. Not all cases can be converted to visa purposes.
In case of converting from LD Temporary Residence Card to TT Temporary Residence Card, the employee will carry out the procedure to convert the LD Temporary Residence Card to a visiting relatives visa, then submit a new application for the TT Temporary Residence Card.
Note: Visiting relative visa and TT temporary residence card (visiting relatives) are completely different in terms of visa duration. To know more about the difference between a visa and a temporary residence card, please see the relevant article here.
2. Licensing authorities
- If the Vietnamese spouse of the sponsored person has household registration in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the application is made respectively at the Immigration Department of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City.
- If the sponsored person’s Vietnamese spouse has a household registration from Da Nang to the north of Vietnam, the application is made at the Immigration Department of Hanoi, 44-46 Tran Phu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.
- If the Vietnamese spouse of the guarantor has a household registration from Quang Nam to the south of Vietnam, the application is made at the Immigration Department of Ho Chi Minh City, 333-335-337 Nguyen Trai Street. , District 1, TP. Ho Chi Minh.
3. The process of converting from a temporary residence card labor type to a visiting family type
Step 1: Return the Temporary Residence Card and carry out the procedures to apply for a Visitor Visa for the spouse who is a foreign worker at the Immigration Department or the Immigration Department
Conversion visiting relative visa procedure file:
- Certified copy of marriage registration certificate; or consular legalization if the marriage registration certificate is issued in a foreign country.
- Original passport of foreigner applying for TRC
- Decision to terminate the labor contract
- Model NA3
- Certified copy of ID card of Vietnamese spouse
- The current labor temporary residence card (Original).
Processing time: 07 – 10 working days
Step 2: Carry out procedures to apply for a temporary residence card Visiting relatives for a spouse who is a foreign worker
Dossier for granting temporary residence card to visit relatives
- Certified copy of marriage registration certificate; or consular legalization of marriage registration certificates issued in foreign countries.
- Original passport of foreigner applying for TRC
- Original certificate of temporary residence for foreigners issued by the Ward Police
- Certified copy of household registration book of spouse who is Vietnamese
- 04 Photos (Size 2*3 cm, white background, no glasses, no hat)
- Certified copy of ID card of Vietnamese spouse
Processing time: 07 – 10 working days
Step 3. Receive the results at the Immigration Department or the Immigration Department where you apply for a temporary residence card
4. Notes
Thus, the conversion of LD temporary residence card to TT temporary residence card can be done in Vietnam, the applicant does not need to leave the country to apply for a new family visit visa if:
- The current temporary residence card is still valid
- Prepare all documents as mentioned above (especially note: Decision on termination of labor contract at the place of work, guarantee of temporary residence card).
In case the current LD temporary residence card is about to expire, or the applicant cannot provide the decision to terminate the contract at the place where he/she is working/where he/she is sponsoring the LD temporary residence card. Then you have to exit the country to apply for a visa to visit relatives/visa-free. After re-entering Vietnam, prepare documents to apply for a new TT temporary residence card.
To save time learning about the law, filling out forms, waiting to submit the dossier, you can contact HT for advice and support for Convert Temporary Residence Card: Labor to Visit Relatives.
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