EXEMPTION FROM FEES FOR GRANT OF PASSPORTS FOR EXPELLED OVERSEAS VIETNAMESE
The Circular No. 25/2021/TT-BTC prescribing the rates of charges and fees related to exit from, entry into, transit through and residence in Vietnam and charge and fee collection, remittance, management and use is issued on April 07, 2021 by the Ministry of Finance.
In accordance with this Circular, exemption from fees for grant of passports for overseas Vietnamese who has an expulsion decision in writing issued by the host country’s competent agency but does not have a passport. Besides, the Circular also stipulates a number of subjects entitled to charge and fee exemption, such as: Guests of the Party, State, Government; Officers and staff members of foreign diplomatic missions and consulates and Vietnam-based representative offices of international organizations and their family members; Foreigners who enter Vietnam to provide relief or humanitarian aid, etc.
Fee for grant of passports (including chip-based e-passports and non-chip passports) is VND 200,000/time for first-time grant, VND 400,000/time in case of re-grant of damaged or lost passports, and VND 100,000/time in case of grant of written certifications of personnel details. Fee for grant of exit permits is VND 200,000/time, fee for issuance of diplomatic notes on visa application is VND 10,000/time; fee for first grant of APEC Business Travel Cards (ABTC) is VND 1.2 million/time, in case of re-grant, such fee is VND 1 million/time; fee for grant of AB stamps is VND 50,000/time.
This Circular takes effect on May 22, 2021.
