On November 26th, 2024, the Government issued the Decree No. 154/2024/NĐ-CP on guidelines for some articles of the Law on Residence (“Decree No. 154”) to replace Decree No. 62/2021/NĐ-CP (“Decree No. 62”). The Decree No. 154 supplements several regulations for the purpose of facilitating citizens' residence registration.
1. Submission of documents as evidences on lawful accommodation for residence registration is unnecessary
When submitting a residence registration dossier, citizens only required to provide information on their lawful accommodation, the State residence registration agencies are responsible to extract this information with the database system.
If the provided information on their lawful accommodation cannot be extracted from the database, the State residence registration agencies are responsible for inspecting, verifying to resolve the residence registration procedure, in such case, the citizens required to provide documents as evidences on lawful accommodation.
2. Types of documents as evidences on lawful accommodation for permanent and temporary residence registration are supplemented:
Regarding permanent residence registration, other than the documents previously stipulated in the Decree No. 62, the Decree No. 154 supplements a new type of document which is “documents as evidences on mortgage or pledging of ownership rights to lawful accommodation”.
Regarding temporary residence registration, documents as evidences on lawful accommodation are specified as follows:
(i) One of the documents as evidences on lawful accommodation used for permanent residence registration;
(ii) A written commitment of the citizen commiting that they have the accommodation under their rightful use, free of disputes regarding usage rights, and are currently residing there with long-term stable living;
(iii) Documents issued by owners of a tourist accommodation establishments or other lodging facilities allowing individuals to register for temporary residence at the facilities;
(iv) Documents issued by organizations managing industrial parks, export processing zones, economic zones under ownership or management rights, allowing workers to register for temporary residence at the accommodations in accordance with regulations of laws;
(v) Documents issued by organizations managing construction sites, dormitories, craft villages, production and trading facilities under ownership or management rights, allowing workers to register for temporary residence at the accommodations in accordance with regulations of laws.
3. Obligations on residence registration for children after birth registration are supplemented:
The Decree No. 154 supplements regulations on residence registration for minors, including a notable regulation on residence registration for children after birth registration.
In detail, within a maximum period of 60 days from the date of birth registration, mothers or fathers, or household heads, or guardians of the children are responsible to implement procedures for permanent or temporary residence registration, provision of residence information for the children. If the childrent’s parents have a permanent address different from their current living location, the children shall be registered for permanent residence as the permanent address of their parents.
Decree No. 154 will take effect from January 10, 2025./.
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