The Ministry of Public Security issued Circular No. 59/2024/TT-BCA dated November 7, 2024 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 74/2020/TT-BCA dated July 1, 2020 of the Minister of Public Security regulating the control of entry and exit for Vietnamese citizens at border gates.
Accordingly, the Circular amends and supplements regulations related to immigration verification as follows:
Immigration verification is the act of confirming that a Vietnamese citizen has completed exit or entry procedures properly, including stamping or not stamping the entry or exit documents.
Information on the exit and entry process on the National Database on Exit and Entry has the value of replacing the verification stamp on citizens' exit and entry documents.
Stamp verification on immigration documents of citizens exiting and entering the country through ports and land border gates that are not connected to the National Immigration Database.
Not stamping verification on immigration documents of Vietnamese citizens exiting and entering the country through air border gates and land border gates connected to the National Immigration Database.
Notably, the Circular adds regulations: Collecting portraits and fingerprints of citizens at border gates according to the provisions of law.
In addition, the Circular also amends and supplements regulations on immigration control through automatic control gates.
The Circular takes effect from January 1, 2025.
