Procedures for issuing ID cards for people under 14 years old

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 2, Article 23 of the 2023 Law on Identification (effective from July 1, 2024) stipulates: People under 14 years old or legal representatives of people under 14 years old are requested to have their identification cards issued by the identification management agency . The procedures for issuing identification cards to people under 14 years old are as follows:

a) The legal representative shall carry out the procedure for issuing an ID card for a person under 6 years old through the public service portal or the national identification application. In case the person under 6 years old has not registered for birth, the legal representative shall carry out the procedure for issuing an ID card through the procedures linked to birth registration on the public service portal, the national identification application or directly at the identification management agency. The identification management agency shall not collect identification information and biometric information for persons under 6 years old;

b) Persons from 6 to under 14 years old and their legal representatives must go to the identity management agency to collect identity information and biometric information as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1 of this Article.

The legal representative of a person from 6 to under 14 years old shall carry out the procedures for issuing an identity card on behalf of that person.

3. In case a person loses civil act capacity or has difficulty in cognition or behavior control, he/she must have a legal representative to assist in carrying out the procedures specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

4. In case of refusal to issue an ID card, the ID management agency must respond in writing and state the reasons.

5. The Government shall detail this Article.

Thus, the procedure for issuing identity cards to people under 14 years old is prescribed as above.