Circular No. 59/2024 of the Ministry of Public Security regulating the control of entry and exit for Vietnamese citizens at border gates takes effect from January 1, 2025 with notable contents stated in Article 1.
Accordingly, from the first day of 2025, immigration control units will have tasks related to immigration control for Vietnamese citizens at border gates.
From 1.1.2025, citizens' portraits and fingerprints will be collected at the border gate. The control force will confirm that Vietnamese citizens have completed exit or entry procedures properly, including stamping or not stamping the documents.
Information about 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.
When on duty, the officer in charge will enter the information of the person leaving or entering the country into the immigration control system and supplement the necessary information. Next, check and compare the personal information in the immigration documents with the information in the National Database on the exit and entry of Vietnamese citizens.
Then, the functional officer stamps the verification stamp on the exit and entry documents of citizens exiting and entering the country through the port and land border gates that are not connected to the National Database on Exit and Entry.
"Do not stamp the verification stamp on the exit and entry documents of Vietnamese citizens exiting and entering the country through air border gates and land border gates connected to the National Database on Exit and Entry," Circular No. 59/2024 stated.
In particular, from January 1, 2025, immigration management agencies at border gates will begin collecting portraits and fingerprints of citizens at border gates in accordance with the law. This is new content compared to current regulations.
