As provided in Joint Circular No. 01/2012/TTLT-BCA-BNG of January 3 of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreigners who are eligible for temporary residence in
A foreigner who wishes to obtain a temporary residence card in
The dossier must include an application, information documents and passport of the applicant, and documents proving his/her lawful purpose of temporary residence in
Foreigners whose spouse, children or parents are Vietnamese residents are eligible for a permanent residence permit, which will take a maximum of four months for application processing instead of current six months.
In special cases where the verification of documents takes extra time, the processing period can be extended up for two more months, compared to current three months.-