Vietnam - Apply for Passport

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Procedure

In-Person

Visit your nearest Immigration Department

• Fill up 1 declaration form in the prescribed form. Download here
• Carrying Identification Card
• Taking four passport photos

By Mail

• That declaration form has to be certified by the ward or commune police and her sealed photos. (4 photos)
• Attaching the photocopy of Identification Card.

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Required Documents

• The applicant can call 1080 (The Information Center) to ask the address of the Immigration Department near where you live most and come there to apply for passport documents.
• Completed 1 declaration form with 4 passport photos
• In case of necessity the applicants must bring original household registration book or its endorsed copy to collate.
• When applying for passport, the applicants must present the original ID to check.

Office Locations & Contacts

Immigration Department in Ho Chi Minh city:
Add: 161 Nguyen Du str, Ben Thanh ward, dist 1, HCM city
Phone: (08) . 8.299.398
Fax: (08).8.244.075

Eligibility

All citizens of Vietnam, regardless of age, have the right to apply for an ordinary passport.

Fees

Passport fee: VND 200,000

Validity

Passports of citizens from 14 years old or older with a term not exceeding 10 years from the date of issuance and is not extended. For passports have been issued with a term of 5 years at least before the expiration of 30 days may be extended once for another three years.

Passports for children under 14 years old (issued separately or issued with the passport of mother or father) with a term of 2 years to 5 years from the date of issuance and is not extended. In case of adding children less than 14 years old on the issued passport of mother or father, the validity is ??from 2 years to 5 years from the date when children was added.

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Processing Time

Time to complete the application for the passport is not exceeding 14 days from the date of receipt of the full dossier as prescribed.

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Instructions

• Fill up 1 declaration form in the prescribed form. That declaration form is not certified by the Ward or Commune Police in your permanent residence or temporary residence.
• Passport application for Vietnamese citizens has to apply at the Provincial Immigration Department.

Required Information

• Full name
• Date of birth
• Identification Card number
• Address
• Occupation
• Full name of your parents, wife or husband

Need for the Document

A passport is a government-issued document that certifies the identity and nationality of its holder for facilitating international travel.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

Download Passport X01 declaration form : http://www.xuatnhapcanh.com.vn/upload/2013/06/18/Mau-X01---To-khai-xin-cap-ho-chieu.PDF

More information about application for passport http://xnc.congan.com.vn/thutuc-xnc-vietnam/huongdan-khaihoso/mldocument.2008-05-20.7636895294/view

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