Decree 62/2021/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Residence

DECREE

Detailing a number of articles of the Law on Residence^[1]

Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the November 22, 2019 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Organization of the Government and the Law on Organization of Local Administration;

Pursuant to the November 13, 2020 Law on Residence;

At the proposal of the Minister of Public Security;

The Government promulgates the Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Residence.

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation 

This Decree details a number of articles of the Law on Residence regarding:

1. Places of residence of persons living or engaged in itinerant occupations on board ships, boats or other vehicles.

2. Places of residence of persons having no places of permanent residence or places of temporary residence.

3. Papers and documents proving lawful places of residence and papers and documents proving personal relationship.

4. Dossiers and procedures for permanent residence deregistration.

5. Dossiers and procedures for temporary residence deregistration.

6. Development, management and use of the Residence Database, information in the Residence Database, and the provision and exchange of information and documents from the Residence Database to/with agencies, organizations and individuals.

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Decree applies to Vietnamese agencies, organizations and citizens in the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Chapter II

PLACES OF RESIDENCE, PERMANENT RESIDENCE REGISTRATION, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE REGISTRATION

Article 3. Places of residence of persons living or engaged in itinerant occupations on board ships, boats or other vehicles

1. Places of residence of persons living or engaged in itinerant occupations on board ships, boats or other vehicles (below collectively referred to as vehicles) are places where such vehicles are registered or places where such vehicles are frequently parked (if such vehicles are not subject to registration or registered in places other than where they are frequently parked), unless such persons have registered other places of residence in accordance with the Law on Residence.

2. Places where vehicles are frequently parked are actual places permitted for parking where such vehicles are most frequently parked in 12 consecutive months, which are determined by the vehicle owners themselves and have been registered with commune-level People’s Committees or district-level People’s Committees of localities without commune-level administrative units of the places where such vehicles are parked.