THE PRESIDENT No. 14/2019/L-CTN | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Hanoi, December 3, 2019 |
Order
On the promulgation of law
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to Articles 88 and 91 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Article 80 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents,
PROMULGATES:
The Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Foreigners’ Entry in, Exit from, Transit through and Residence in Vietnam,
which was passed on November 25, 2019, by the XIVth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 8th session.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
NGUYEN PHU TRONG
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 51/2019/QH14 | | |
LAW
Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of
the Law on Foreigners’ Entry in, Exit from, Transit through and Residence in Vietnam[1]
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
The National Assembly promulgates the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of Law No. 47/2014/QH13 on Foreigners’ Entry in, Exit from, Transit through and Residence in Vietnam.
Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Law on Foreigners’ Entry in, Exit from, Transit through and Residence in Vietnam
1. To add the following Clauses 18 and 19 below Clause 17 of Article 3:
“18. Immigration portal means an information portal of immigration management agencies functioning to publish information, provide online public services, support the search, linkage and storage of information and provide guidance on procedures and answer questions related to the immigration management.
19. E-visa website means a website of the immigration portal functioning to receive, process and provide information related to grant of e-visas.”.
2. To amend and supplement Article 7 as follows:
“Article 7. Form and validity of visas
1. Visas may be passport-attached, loose-leaf or electronic visas. Visas granted via e-transactions are electronic visas.
2. Every person shall be granted a visa, except:
[1] Công Báo Nos 997-998 (27/12/2019)
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