Vietnam - Renew 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
• Having a report or certification of lost passports if losing passport.
• Returning the expired or damaged passport.
• Adding 1 declaration form and 2 passport photos of the children if separating from their parents passports.

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.
• Having a report or certification of lost passports if losing passport.
• Returning the expired or damaged passport.
• Adding 1 declaration form and 2 passport photos of the children if separating from their parents passports.

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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 renew a passport.
• Completed 1 declaration form with 4 passport photos
• Accordingly submit the aforementioned papers such as the report of lost passport, expired or damaged passport, etc.
• In case of necessity the applicants must bring original household registration book or its endorsed copy to collate.
• When renewing a 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

You are in cases as follow:

• Losing passports
• The passports are damaged or still valid but there is a need for renewing.
• Separating children from parents passport.
• Expired passports
• Adjusting full name, date of birth, place of birth or Identification Card number.

Fees

Renew a 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

1. 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.
2. Passport application for Vietnamese citizens has to apply at the Provincial Immigration Department.
3. Submit additional documents as the following cases:

• In case of losing passports, you must submit a report or certification of lost passports.
• In case of damaged or expired passports or still valid but there is a need for renewing, you must return that passport.
• In case of separating children from parents passport, the procedure includes 1 declaration form and 2 passport photos of the children in order to issue separately the passport for those children, also includes 1 declaration form and 2 passport photos of the parents in order to issue separately the passport for those parents. However, if the parents want to keep that passport, just need to submit 1 declaration form and 2 passport photos of the children.
• In case of adjusting full name, date of birth, place of birth or Identification Card number, you must submit the photocopy of ID card or legally valuable papers proving that adjustment

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

Renew a passport is the application for expired passports, damaged passports, lost passports or when separating kids from parents passports. Besides you want to adjust your full name, date of birth, place of birth or Identification Card number.

Information which might help

losing passports, damaged, still validity of less than 30 days or has expired, separating children from the mother's or father's passport or adjusting some personal information.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Passport facilitates the purpose of international travel.

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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