Temporary residence card for foreigners 2023

1. WHAT IS TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD? WHY SHOULD I APPLY FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE?

Temporary Residence Card is a document issued by the Immigration Department or a competent agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This type of paper is issued to foreigners, allowing them to legally reside in Vietnam while the temporary resedence card is valid. Temporary residence card is valid in place of visa.

If the visa has a limit on the number of times of entry as well as the length of stay, the temporary residence card allows foreigners to stay longer. Thus, themporary residence card is much more beneficial than visa an can overcome the inconvenience of visa.

Reasons to apply for a Temporary Residence Card for foreigners:

 Temporary residence card is considered a visa with a period of 3 to 5 years. This foreigner can be used to enter an exit without a visa.

 Temporary residence card helps foreigners save time and costs by not having to renew visa many times.

 Temporary residence card allows foreigners to carry out business, marriage, etc. procedures conveniently.

 Foreigners who are granted temporary residence cards can buy apartments and in the near future can buy houses in Vietnam.

 The compact temporary residence card can be kept in your pocket, making it more convenient to carry around than having to carry your passport with you.

2. CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION OF TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CARD FOR FOREIGNERS

Not all foreigners can apply for a temporary residence card. Because according to the regulations of the competent authority, only those who are allowed and satisfy the conditions for applying for a temporary residence permit below can apply for a temporary residence card.

  • Have a passport valid for at least 12 months (preferably 2 to 5 years);
  • Have a visa to use when entering Vietnam for the specified purpose.

Depending on the type of temporary residence card, the applicant needs to prepare 1 of 4 documents:

  • Work permit or work permit exemption certificate valid for 1 year or more;
  • Letter of appointment from the enterprise where the foreigner works;
  • Papers proving the investor or capital contributor in the enterprise;
  • Documents proving the relationship between husband and wife such as household registration book, marriage registration certificate.

3. DOCUMENTATION FOR FOREIGN TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARDS

Dossier for making temporary residence card in Vietnam for foreigners need to meet all the required documents. These documents need to ensure legality and truthfulness, avoid forging or providing false and inaccurate information.

Type of temporary residence card

Dossier to apply for a corresponding temporary residence card

Temporary residence card for foreigners with work permit

  • NA6 Form
  • NA8 Form
  • Original passport valid for more than 12 months
  • Work Permit
  • 02 color photos 3×4 cm

The company in Vietnam must guarantee to submit:

  • Business establishment license
  • Organization registration document
  • Introductory text, stamp
  • Signature of legal representative

Temporary residence card for foreigners visiting relatives

  • NA7 Form
  • NA8 Form
  • Birth certificate
  • Household
  • 02 photos size 3×4 cm
  • Marriage certificate, birth certificate or family certificate applies to cases where the applicant for a temporary residence card is the spouse or child of a foreign worker/investor who wants to apply for a temporary residence card under dependent on visiting relatives.

Temporary residence card for foreigners who are investors

  • NA6 Form
  • NA8 Form
  • Giấy chứng nhận đầu tư có tên đương đơn
  • Giấy chứng nhận đăng ký kinh doanh có tên đương đơn
  • 02 photos size 3×4 cm

If the above documents are made from abroad, they must be consular legalized and translated.

The company in Vietnam must guarantee to submit:

  • Business establishment license
  • Organization registration document
  • Introductory text, stamp
  • Signature of legal representative

4. TIME FOR APPROVING DOCUMENTS FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE

Time to consider granting temporary residence card will not exceed 05 days from the date the competent authority receives the complete dossier. The person who comes to receive the temporary residence card result gives a receipt, identity card or passport to the officer who returns the test results, compares, if there is a temporary residence card issuance result, then requires payment of fees. then sign and hand over the temporary residence card to the person who comes to receive the result (even if it is not resolved).

5. FREQUENTLY FOUNDED DIFFICULTY WHEN SELF-REGISTERED TEMPORARY CARD

 Language inadequacies when translating documents from foreign languages into Vietnamese;

 Disturbing information, providing invalid records;

 Unable to determine which case they belong to, which subjects to prepare dossiers;

 It takes too much time to provide documents, while the validity period of documents such as criminal record, health certificate... is limited;

 Legal procedures, the process of applying for a temporary residence card are complicated and often change, making it difficult for foreigners to grasp;

 The possibility of being rejected is high because it has not met the requirements of the immigration authorities;

 Inconvenience in location: Your place is too far from the address of the Immigration Department, it will be a big obstacle when submitting the application;

 It is difficult to contact the Immigration Department when needing to ask about the procedure or the result of making a temporary residence card...

In addition to the above difficulties, when foreigners self-made procedures for temporary residence card, it is easy to make many other mistakes that cause the application to be rejected. It is better to find a reputable temporary residence card service for support.

6. REGISTER FOR 24H VISA TEMPORARY RESIDENCE

There are so many difficulties that foreigners will face when applying for a temporary residence card on their own. However, when using 24H Visa temporary residence card service, you absolutely do not need to worry about these issues. Because all will be fully supported by 24H Visa.

 Handle all difficult and incomplete documents quickly and accurately.

 Making temporary residence cards for foreigners for 1 year, 2 years, 5 years. Best price guarantee.

 Guaranteed rate up to 98%. There is no additional cost in the process of applying for a temporary residence card.

7. 24H VISA SUPPORTS MANY SERVICES FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE

Currently, 24H Visa provides a variety of temporary residence card service packages for foreigners in Vietnam, including:

 Service of applying for a new temporary residence card for foreign workers;

 Service for re-issuance of temporary residence card for foreigners;

 Service of making temporary residence card with term of 2 years, 3 years, 5 years;

 Service of applying for temporary residence card to visit relatives for foreigners;

 Service of applying for temporary residence card for foreign investors;

 Service of making temporary residence cards in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and many other provinces.

8. 24H VISA TEMPORARY CARD PROCESS 

Step 1: Consulting, answering and guiding customers to prepare documents for temporary residence card.

Step 2: Sign a service contract, receive the original temporary residence card application file from the customer.

Step 3: On behalf of the customer, handle documents for temporary residence card (translation, fill out declarations, process documents,...).

Step 4: Complete your profile quickly and accurately.

Step 5: Customer representative submits documents at Immigration Department - Ministry of Public Security.

Step 6: Track results, receive temporary residence card results and deliver temporary residence cards to customers.

If you have any questions about the procedure to apply for a temporary residence card in Vietnam for foreigners. Please contact 24H Visa via hotline 1900 2044, we are always ready to advise and support you to apply for a temporary residence card wherever you are.