ID card termination from 11/2025

According to the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order (C06 - Ministry of Public Security ), identity cards will be "abolished" from January 1, 2025.

On April 1, the Department of Administrative Police for Social Order (C06 - Ministry of Public Security) provided information to the press about 10 new points of the Law on Identification (No. 26/2023/QH15, effective from July 1, 2024). Specifically:

1. Officially change the name of Citizen Identification Card to Identification Card (Article 3)

2. Validity of issued Citizen Identification Cards and Identity Cards (Article 46)

- Citizen Identification Cards issued before July 1, 2024 are still valid until the expiry date stated on the card. Citizens, when needed, can be issued a replacement ID card;

- Citizen identification cards and identity cards that expire from January 15, 2024 to before June 30, 2024 will continue to be valid until June 30, 2024;

- Legal documents issued using information from the Identity Card and Citizen Identification Card remain valid.

3. "Abolish" identity cards from January 1, 2025 (Article 46)

Valid ID cards can be used until December 31, 2024.

4. Remove hometown and fingerprint information from ID cards (Article 18)

The new ID card has removed information on hometown, permanent residence, fingerprints, and identification features, and replaced it with information on place of birth registration and place of residence.

5. Expanding the subjects eligible for identity cards (Articles 18 and 19)

- Vietnamese citizens under 14 years old are issued ID cards upon request;

- Vietnamese citizens are not eligible to register for permanent residence or temporary residence if their current residence information is updated in the National Population Database.

6. Issuing ID cards to people under 6 years old (Article 23)

- Legal representatives carry out procedures to issue ID cards for people under 6 years old through the public service portal or national identification application;

- Do not collect identification and biometric information from people under 6 years old.

7. Supplementing regulations on granting Identity Cards to people of Vietnamese origin whose nationality has not been determined (Article 3 and Article 30)

- Identity card is a personal document containing identity information of people of Vietnamese origin, whose nationality is unknown, and who have been living in Vietnam for 6 months or more;

- Identity card is valid as proof of identity to conduct transactions and exercise legal rights and interests in Vietnam.

8. Supplementing regulations on granting electronic ID cards (Articles 31 and 33)

- Each Vietnamese citizen is issued 1 electronic ID card. The citizen's electronic ID card is created by the identification management agency of the Ministry of Public Security immediately after the citizen completes the procedure for issuing a level 02 electronic identification account (VNeID);

- Electronic identification is used to carry out administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities according to citizens' needs.

9. Supplementing regulations on biometric information collection (Article 16 and Article 23)

- Collecting iris biometric information for citizens aged 6 years and older when carrying out ID card issuance procedures;

- Biometric information about DNA and voice is collected when people voluntarily provide it when carrying out ID procedures.

10. Supplementing regulations on integrating information into the Identity Card (Article 22)

- Information integrated into the ID card includes information on health insurance card, social insurance book, driver's license, birth certificate, marriage certificate or other documents decided by the Prime Minister;

- People request to integrate information into the ID card when needed or when issuing the ID card;

- The use of information integrated into the identity card has the same value as providing information or using documents containing that information in performing administrative procedures, public services, transactions and other activities.

(VTV.vn)

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