From July 1, the Law on Exit and Entry of Vietnamese Citizens 2019 took effect, allowing people to apply for a passport at any convenient place with just a citizen identification card without having to have a KT3 book as before when applying for a passport at a temporary residence.
Normally, to get a passport, people must go to the immigration management agency of the police of the province or centrally-run city where they are permanently residing or temporarily residing. If registering at the temporary residence, a KT3 book is required (according to Decree 136/2007/ND-CP).
However, from July 1, people applying for a passport for the first time can do so at the immigration management agency of the provincial or centrally-run city where they are permanently or temporarily residing; in case they have a citizen identification card, they can do so at the immigration management agency of the provincial or centrally-run city where it is more convenient.
Thus, a permanent or temporary resident in Mong Cai (Quang Ninh), with just a citizen identification card, can apply for a passport in Ca Mau or any other province or city. People only need to prepare the required documents to submit to the immigration management agency of the provincial or centrally-run city police, whichever is most convenient.
At the same time, this law also stipulates that from July 1, many types of passports (Diplomatic passports; Official passports; Ordinary passports) issued to Vietnamese citizens aged 14 and over will be equipped with electronic chips. People aged 14 and over have the right to choose to be issued a passport with an electronic chip or a passport without an electronic chip.
