Are foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam required to register for temporary residence?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 of the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam 2014, the specific provisions are as follows:
“Declaring temporary residence
1. Foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam must declare their temporary residence through the person directly managing and operating the accommodation establishment to the Police of the commune, ward, town or police station where they are located. accommodation facility.
2. The person directly managing and operating the accommodation establishment is responsible for fully recording the contents of the temporary residence declaration form for foreigners and forwarding it to the police station of the commune, ward, town or station. Police where the accommodation facility is located within 12 hours, and for remote areas within 24 hours from the time the foreigner arrives at the accommodation facility.
3. Tourist accommodation establishments that are hotels must connect to the Internet or computer network with the immigration management agency of the province or centrally run city to transmit information about foreigners' temporary residence declaration. Other accommodation establishments with Internet access can directly send foreigners' temporary residence declaration information to the public email box of the immigration management agency of the Police of the province or centrally run city.
4. Foreigners who change their temporary residence or temporary residence other than the address stated in their permanent residence card must declare their temporary residence according to the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article."
Accordingly, foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam must go through the person directly managing and operating the accommodation establishment to declare their temporary residence with the police of the commune, ward, town or police station where they live. has accommodation facilities.
In case a foreigner changes his/her temporary residence or temporarily resides outside the address stated in the permanent residence card, he/she must declare temporary residence according to the regulations above.
In short, foreigners who temporarily reside in Vietnam will have to register for temporary residence through the person directly managing the accommodation facility.