Foreigners, who stay in Vietnam more than 1 year and want to ask for a temporary residence card, are suggested to send the temporary residence card to the Vietnam Immigration Office or Police Immigration Management of Cities/Provinces under Central authority.
Procedures provided for asking to issue Vietnam visa, extending, supplementing, visa modifying and asking for temporary residence certificate:
Foreigners would like to ask to issue, extend, supplement, modify visa and temporary residence certificate do need submit records to the Vietnam Immigration Office or Police Immigration Management of Cities/Provinces under Central authority.
- If asking to issue visa, extending, supplementing, modifying visa, asking for temporary residence certificate are for tourism, the Vietnam international tourism companies -behalf of customers – will be responsible for dealing with Vietnam Immigration Office or Police Immigration Management of Cities/Provinces under Central authority.
- If extending, supplementing, modifying visa, asking for temporary residence certificate are for the individuals such as: family visit, marriage, child adoption, treatment … the application must be confirmed by the ward, commune or shelter agencies which has jurisdiction.
Procedure provided for asking to issue visa in case of losing passport:
In case your passport is lost in Vietnam, you do need immediately report to the ward, commune where your passport was lost or contact the diplomatic representatives, your Embassy or Consulate in Vietnam to ask for a new passport or other documents that can be used as a valid passport. And then, you should apply for the new Vietnam visa.
Procedures provided for staying purpose conversion:
Foreigners who want to convert their purpose of staying in Vietnam must be approved by agencies, organizations or individuals as a guarantee to complete all the procedures in Vietnam Immigration Office or Police Immigration Management of Cities/Provinces under Central authority (where the agencies, organizations or individuals guarantee).
Procedures for temporary residence card:
Foreigners staying in Vietnam more than 1 year who would like to ask for a temporary residence card are suggested to send the temporary residence card to the Vietnam Immigration Office or Management immigration police Cities/ provinces of Central authority.
The address of Vietnam Immigration Office in Vietnam:
– In Hanoi: 44- 46 Tran Phu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam. Tel: +84 4 38257941 | Fax: 04 38243287 / 88.
– In Hochiminh City: 254 Nguyen Trai, Dist 1. Tel: (08) 9201701.
– In Danang City: No 7 Tran Quy Cap, Danang City. Tel: (90511) 823383.
