CIRCULAR

ON SAMPLE PASSPORTS, LAISSEZ-PASSERS AND OTHER RELEVANT FORMS

Circular No. 73/2021/TT-BCA dated June 29, 2021 of the Minister of Public Security on sample passports, laissez-passers and related forms, coming into force as of August 14, 2021, amended by:

Circular No. 15/2022/TT-BCA dated April 6, 2022 of the Minister of Public Security on amendments to Circular No. 43/2017/TT-BCA dated October 20, 2017 of Minister of Public Security, regulating procedures for issuance and revocation of certificates of conformance to security, order, examination regulations, issuance of certificates of security guard practicing; Circular no. 45/2017/TT-BCA dated October 20, 2017 of the Minister of Public Security, regulating procedures for registration for specimen stamps, withdrawal and destruction of stamps, revocation of stamps, inspection of management and use of stamps; Circular No. 58/2020/TT-BCA dated June 16, 2020 of the Minister of Public Security, regulating procedures for issuance and revocation of registration and number plates of road vehicles; Circular No. 65/2020/TT-BCA dated June 19, 2020 of the Minister of Public Security, regulating functions, authority, forms, scope of and procedures for patrol, management and handling of road traffic violations of traffic police; Circular No. 68/2020/TT-BCA dated June 19, 2020 of the Minister of Public Security, regulating procedures for patrol, management and handling of administrative violations of water police; Circular No. 73/2021/TT-BCA dated June 29, 2021 of the Minister of Public Security, regulating sample passports, laissez-passers and other relevant forms, coming into force as of May 21, 2022.

Pursuant to the Law on exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens dated November 22, 2019;

Pursuant to Decree No. 01/2018/ND-CP dated August 6, 2018 of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Public Security;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP dated July 1, 2020 on procedures and authority for issuing, revoking and invalidating laissez-passers;

At the proposal of the Director of the Immigration Department;

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Article 1. Scope and regulated entities

1. This Circular set forth sample passports, laissez-passers and other forms related to the issuance and use of passports and laissez-passers.

2. Application form for issuance or renewal of diplomatic/official passport specified in Circular No. 04/2020/TT-BNG dated September 25, 2020 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on guidelines for the issuance, renewal or revocation of diplomatic or official passports, and issuance of diplomatic notes requesting visas from foreign countries.

3. Application form for issuance of laissez-passers, written report on loss of laissez-passers and issuance of entry certificates specified in the Government's Decree No. 76/2020/ND-CP dated July 1, 2020 on eligible entities, procedures and authority for issuing, revoking and invalidating laissez-passers.

4. This Circular applies to Vietnamese citizens and relevant agencies and organizations.

Article 2. Sample passport

1. General format and specifications of a passport:

a) The passport cover is printed with the national official name, national emblem, passport name; electronic chip symbol in case of e-passport;

b) The images on the passport pages are the beautiful sceneries, the cultural heritage of Vietnam, combined with the bronze drum motifs;

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d) Number of pages in the passport booklet, excluding the cover page: 48 pages for diplomatic passports, official passports and ordinary passports with a validity period of 5 years or 10 years, 12 pages for ordinary passports with a validity period of up to 12 months;

dd) Dimensions according to ISO 7810 (ID-3): 88mm x 125mm ± 0.75 mm;

e) Corner rounding radius of passport booklet: 3.18mm ± 0.3mm;

g) The electronic chip is placed in the back cover of the e-passport;

h) Passport cover is made of a synthetic plastic material with high durability;

i) The letters and numbers of the passport are perforated by laser through page 1 to the back cover of the passport and coincide with the letters and numbers on page 1;

k) All contents and images printed in the passport are made by modern technology to meet the requirements of security, against the risk of counterfeiting and meet ICAO standards.

2. Sample passports:

a) Diplomatic passport, sepia cover (form HCNG);

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c) Ordinary passport, blue and purple cover (form HCPT).

Article 3. Sample laissez-passers

1. General specifications of laissez-passers:

a) The outer cover of the cover is printed with the national official name, national emblem, and the name of the laissez-passer;

b) Languages ​​used in laissez-passers: Vietnamese and Cambodian for Vietnam-Cambodia laissez-passer; Vietnamese and Lao ​​for Vietnam - Laos laissez-passer; Vietnamese and Chinese for Vietnam - China laissez-passer;

c) Number of pages in the laissez-passer excluding the cover: 16 pages for Vietnam-Cambodia laissez-passer and Vietnam - Laos laissez-passer; 28 pages for Vietnam - China laissez-passer;

dd) Dimensions according to ISO 7810 (ID-3): 88mm x 125mm ± 0.75mm mm;

dd) Passport cover is made of a synthetic plastic material with high durability.

e) All contents printed in the laissez-passer are made by modern technology to meet the requirements of security, against the risk of counterfeiting.

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a) Vietnam - Cambodia laissez-passer, purple blue cover (form GTHVN-C);

b) Vietnam - Cambodia laissez-passer, blue cover (form GTHVN-L);

c) Vietnam - China laissez-passer issued to officials and public employees, brown cover (form GTHVN01-TQ);

d) Vietnam - China laissez-passer, issued to border residents, gray cover (form GTHVN02-TQ).

Article 4. Forms

Promulgate together with this Circular the following forms:

1. Application form for issuance, revalidation of use value, report on loss of ordinary passport

a) Application form for issuance of ordinary passport in the country (form TK01);

b) Application form for issuance of ordinary passport abroad (form TK02);

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d) Request for revalidation of the ordinary passport's use value (form TK04);

dd) Report on loss of an ordinary passport (form TK05).

2. Forms for relevant agencies

a) Notice of receipt of a report on loss of an ordinary passport (form VB01);

b) Document of the overseas Vietnamese mission requesting identity verification to issue an ordinary passport to Vietnamese citizen (form VB02);

c) Notice of settlement of report on loss of passport (Form VB03/73).

Article 5. Production and management of blank passports and laissez-passers

1. The Immigration Department shall cooperate with the Institute of Science and Technology to study, manufacture and produce blank documents with security techniques and provide them in a timely manner at the request of authorities with competence to issue passports and laissez-passers.

2. The authorities with competence to issue passports and laissez-passers must manage blank documents according to regulations.

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Registration regulation: overseas Vietnamese missions and competent agencies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs register with the Consular Department; commune-level police, district-level police register with the provincial-level police; the Consular Department and the Provincial Police Department shall register directly with the Immigration Department.

Article 6. Entry into force and transitional terms

1. This Circular comes into force as of August 14, 2021.

2. Blank passports and laissez-passers that have been provided for agencies before the effective date of this Circular but have not been fully issued may continue to be used, the sample passports and laissez-passers specified in this Circular shall be used uniformly no later than January 1, 2022.

3. Passports and laissez-passers that were issued before January 1, 2022 are valid until the expiry date stated in the passports or laissez-passers.

Article 7. Implementation

The Immigration Department shall take charge and coordinate with the police of units, local governments and other relevant units in, organizing the implementation, and guiding and inspecting the implementation of this Circular.

Difficulties which may arise in connection with implementation of this document shall be reported to the Ministry of Public Security (via the Immigration Department) for guidance./.

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AUTHENTICATION OF CONSOLIDATED DOCUMENT

MINISTER




General To Lam

Văn bản hợp nhất 14/VBHN-BCA năm 2022 hợp nhất Thông tư quy định về mẫu hộ chiếu, giấy thông hành và các biểu mẫu liên quan do Bộ trưởng Bộ Công an ban hành