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Passports with less than 6 months validity are still allowed to exit the country from August 15, 2023
Specifically, Clause 11, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens and the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2023 amending Point a, Clause 1, Article 33 of the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens 2019 requires Vietnamese citizens to exit the country to have intact and valid exit and entry documents.
| Currently, according to Point a, Clause 1, Article 33 of the 2019 Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens, Vietnamese citizens are required to exit the country with intact and valid exit and entry documents; for passports, they must be valid for at least 6 months. |
Cases of temporary suspension of exit
Pursuant to Article 36 of the 2019 Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens, cases of temporary suspension of exit include:
- Suspects, defendants; denounced persons, persons recommended for prosecution, who through examination and verification have grounds to determine that such person is suspected of committing a crime and it is deemed necessary to immediately prevent such person from escaping or destroying evidence according to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.
- People whose prison sentences are postponed, people whose prison sentences are temporarily suspended, people who are conditionally released from prison early during the probation period, people who enjoy suspended sentences during the probation period, people who serve non-custodial reform sentences during the sentence period according to the provisions of the Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgments.
- Persons with obligations under the provisions of the law on civil proceedings if there is a basis to show that the settlement of the case is related to their obligations to the State, agencies, organizations, individuals and their exit from the country affects the settlement of the case, the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations, individuals or to ensure the execution of the judgment.
- The person subject to civil judgment enforcement, the legal representative of the agency or organization that is obligated to enforce the judgment or decision shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of the law on civil judgment enforcement if there is a basis to show that their exit affects the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of the agency, organization, individual or to ensure the enforcement of the judgment.
- Taxpayers, legal representatives of enterprises being forced to execute administrative decisions on tax management, Vietnamese people leaving the country to settle abroad, Vietnamese people residing abroad who have not yet fulfilled their tax payment obligations according to the provisions of the law on tax management before leaving the country.
- The person being enforced, the representative of the organization being enforced to execute the decision on administrative penalty and it is deemed necessary to immediately prevent that person from escaping.
- The person being inspected, examined, or verified has sufficient grounds to determine that he or she has committed an especially serious violation and it is deemed necessary to immediately prevent that person from escaping.
- People who are suffering from a dangerous, contagious disease and it is deemed necessary to immediately prevent the disease from spreading to the community, except in cases where the foreign country allows entry.
- People whose authorities have grounds to believe that their exit from the country affects national defense and security.
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