It can be said that a Passport is considered a necessary condition for you to be able to travel abroad. So do you know what a Passport is? What is a passport? What are the procedures for applying for a passport? And how many types are there? What are their uses, duration and characteristics? To answer all those questions, please refer to our article below.

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1. What is a passport?

Passport’s English name is Passport. This is considered a type of identification document for litigants to enter and exit the country. This includes the confirmation of a competent state agency and the personal identification characteristics and nationality of the litigant.

According to the definition of state agencies, a passport is a type of permit that allows you to leave the country and re-enter from abroad.

In the simplest way, it is considered an international identity card for the person to go abroad and enter Vietnam.

To go abroad, the first thing you need to do is apply for a passport and then apply for a visa from the country you need to go to. For countries that exempt visas for Vietnamese Passport holders, there is no need to apply for a visa. Otherwise, you are required to apply for a visa.

1.1. What is a passport number? Recorded where?

Passport number is a series of numbers that will start with a capital letter according to the Vietnamese alphabet and then will be a series of numbers consisting of 7 natural numbers.

This series of numbers will be written on page 1 under the word passport or passport. In addition, in some other cases, it can be written at the top right corner of page 2 where there is a portrait photo of the person doing the job. mat.

1.2. Information on Passport

The information recorded in the passport will include the following information:

Passport number: Will start with the letters B, C,… followed by 7 random digits.
Identity card number/citizen identification card.
4x6cm portrait photo, full name, date of birth, place of birth, gender.
Place of issue: Immigration Department (English name: Immigration Department)
Passport validity: depending on the type, the validity period will vary from 5 years or 10 years.
Blank pages for visa confirmation: visa is affixed and immigration stamped.
Children’s names and information are included in the passport

Note: Children under 9 years old can have their passport combined with their parents’ passport. But when they grow up, they have to separate themselves to avoid trouble. Therefore, for the most convenience, it is best to make separate passports for children.

2. Types of Vietnamese passports

Currently in Vietnam there are 3 types of passports: Ordinary, Civil Service, and Diplomatic.

2.1. Popular Passport – green

Ordinary passport is a passport issued to citizens of Vietnamese nationality, used to enter and exit Vietnam and other countries.

Color: Green

Ordinary passport is abbreviated as P (P stands for Ordinary). To be granted this type of passport, only ID card and household registration are required.

About deadline:

Issued to citizens 14 years of age or older, the term is 10 years from the date of issue and cannot be extended.
Issued to children under 14 years old, the term is not 05 years from the date of issue and cannot be extended

In case a child under 9 years old is added to the parent’s passport, the parent’s passport validity will be adjusted to a period of no more than 5 years from the date of addition.

2.2. Official Passport – Jade green

This is a special type of passport for cases of going abroad to perform work and tasks as assigned by state agencies and the government.

The symbol is C (C stands for civil service).
Color: Jade green.
The term must not exceed 05 years.

People with this type of passport will be exempted from visa entry and given priority through special gates when entering the country according to the regulations of the destination country.

Subjects granted:

State officials, civil servants, officers, and professional soldiers in the people’s army. The People’s Public Security goes abroad to carry out official duties of State agencies.
Officials at department level and above and chief accountants of state-owned enterprises. Going abroad to carry out official business duties.
State officials and civil servants are sent abroad to perform official tasks within the scope of work of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
State officials and civil servants sent abroad to perform official tasks within the scope of work of central-level political and social organizations

2.3. Diplomatic Passport – Red

This is a passport issued only to high-ranking officials. These people will perform diplomatic work and tasks as assigned by state and government agencies.

The term must not exceed 05 years.
Color: Red.

People with this type of passport will also be exempted from visa entry and given priority through special gates upon entry and according to the regulations of the destination country.

Subjects granted diplomatic passports: people holding high-ranking positions in the system of Party and State agencies: Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee or higher; Ministers, Deputy Ministers of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government.

3. Procedures and documents for applying for a Passport

Depending on each case, different documents will need to be provided:

3.1. Application for an ordinary passport

Please apply for a new one

Passport application form (form X01)
02 4x6cm photos taken on a white background, without colored glasses, with bare head
Identity card or identification card
Household registration book (if applying at permanent residence)
Temporary residence book (if applying at the temporary residence)

Apply for a new passport if it is damaged or lost

Passport application form (form X01)
02 4x6cm photos taken on a white background, without colored glasses, with bare head
Identity card or identification card
In case of damage: return your passport to immigration authorities
In case of loss: attach a loss report (form X08) or a statement about the loss of your passport.

Reissue of passport due to expiration or out of pages

Passport application form (form X01)
02 4x6cm photos taken on a white background, without colored glasses, with bare head
Identity card or identification card
Ordinary passports were previously issued

Issue separate passports for children

Passport application form (form X01)
02 4x6cm photos taken on a white background, without colored glasses, with bare head
Copy of birth certificate or birth certificate extract
Household registration book (if applying at permanent residence)
Temporary residence book (if applying at the temporary residence)

In case of amending or supplementing information in the passport

Passport application form according to form X01;
Ordinary passport valid for at least 01 year;
ID card or Citizen Identification Card
In case of change in personal information, attach legal documents proving such adjustment

Legal grounds

Decree 136/2007/ND-CP;
Decree 94/2015/ND-CP;
Circular 29/2016/TT-BCA;
Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens No. 49/2019/QH14.

Above are all issues related to Passport. Through this article, we hope to help you answer all your questions. Thank you for taking the time to follow this article.

The article is referenced from online sources and government information.

Q&A

What is a blank passport?

A blank passport is a passport that has never entered or exited the country.

What is an electronic passport?

Electronic passport, also known as e-passport, is a common passport, but it has a special feature: it has an electronic chip attached to save their personal information and biometric data. .

What is a Global Passport?

Global Passport, whose English name is Global Passport, is a community development project organized by AIESEC for ages 12 – 14, a project carried out through activities in English with the goal of The purpose is to bring high interaction with a wide variety of topics and it is conducted by international interns of AIESEC.

Thus, through the article “What is a passport?” Shared from Gia Corp Visa above, we hope to help customers distinguish the above concepts and clearly understand the uses of each type of Passport today.

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