FLAT Legal Journal
Staying in Vietnam after your visa expires — without an extension — counts as overstaying your permitted residence, an administrative violation with a severe fine schedule that was…
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When a company’s legal representative is a foreigner, the question arises: which visa and temporary residence card do they need? The title “legal representative” does not automatically determine…
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An investor-category temporary residence card (symbol ĐT) is closely tied to two factors: the investor status and an existing sponsoring entity. When an investor withdraws capital or the…
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When you get a new passport (because it expired, ran out of pages, or was lost), the visa and temporary residence card in the old passport do not…
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A temporary residence card may be revoked or cancelled by the immigration authority when a foreigner violates immigration and residence laws, or when the card no longer has…
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Foreigners who lose their passport, visa, or temporary residence card while in Vietnam should follow the proper procedure to avoid fines and restore their lawful documentation as soon…
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Yes — very different. Under Article 21 of Decree 282/2025/ND-CP (sanctions for violations of exit, entry, transit, residence and travel rules; effective 15 December 2025, replacing Decree 144/2021/ND-CP),…
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Yes. Organizing or brokering another person’s illegal exit, entry, or stay in Vietnam — where all elements of the offense are present — is prosecuted under Article 348…
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Deportation is a principal or supplementary sanction compelling a foreign individual who has committed an administrative violation in Vietnam to leave Vietnamese territory (Article 27 of the Law…
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Many people still say “entry ban”, but under current Vietnamese law the correct term is “entry not yet permitted” under Article 21 of Consolidated Document 62/VBHN-VPQH (consolidating Law…
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