The famous law firm in nationality in Vietnam, Dragon Law is willing to guide to local and foreign persons with conditions, procedures for naturalization in Vietnam.
I. Conditions for Naturalization in Vietnam
1. Foreign nationals and stateless persons permanently residing in Vietnam who file applications for Vietnamese nationality may be permitted for naturalization in Vietnam if they satisfy the following conditions:
a. Having the full civil act capacity as prescribed by Vietnam’s laws;
b. Obeying the Constitution and laws of Vietnam; respecting the traditions, customs and practices of the Vietnamese nation;
c. Understanding Vietnamese sufficiently enough to integrate themselves into the Vietnamese community;
d. Having resided in Vietnam for 5 years or more by the time of application for naturalization;
e. Being capable of making their livelihood in Vietnam. It can be proofed by asset, income …
2. Those who apply for Vietnamese nationality may be permitted for naturalization in Vietnam without having to fully meet the conditions prescribed at the above Points I.1.c, d and e, if they fall into one of the following cases:
a. Being spouses, natural parents or natural offsprings of Vietnamese citizens;
b. Having made meritorious contributions to Vietnam’s national construction and defense;
c. Being helpful to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
3. Persons naturalized in Vietnam shall renounce their foreign nationality, except for those defined in the above Point II.2, or in special cases, if so permitted by the President.
4. Persons applying for Vietnamese nationality must have Vietnamese names. These names may be selected by the applicants and written in the decisions on naturalization in Vietnam.
5. Persons applying for Vietnamese nationality may not be permitted for naturalization if such naturalization is detrimental to Vietnam’s national interests.
II. Dossiers of Application for Vietnamese Nationality
1. A dossier of application for Vietnamese nationality comprises:
a. An application for Vietnamese nationality;
b. A copy of the birth certificate, passport or other substitute papers which papers valid for evidencing their foreign nationality or copies of birth certificates of minor children who are naturalized in Vietnam together with their parents or other papers proving their father/mother-child relations. If only one parent is naturalized in Vietnam and the minor child who is living with that parent is also naturalized in Vietnam, written consent of both parents on the naturalization in Vietnam of their child is also required;
c. A curriculum vitae;
d. A judicial record issued by a competent Vietnamese authority for the period the applicant resides in Vietnam and a judicial record issued by a competent foreign authority for the period the applicant resides in the foreign country. Judicial records must be issued within 90 days before the date of filing the dossier;
e. Paper evidencing the applicants' Vietnamese language skills: copy of a Vietnamese postgraduate, university, college, professional secondary, upper secondary or lower secondary diplomas; or copy of a diploma or certificate of Vietnamese language skills granted by a Vietnamese language training establishment.
In case the applicants declare that they know Vietnamese sufficiently to integrate into the Vietnamese community but have none of the above-said papers, provincial-level Justice Departments shall directly interview them to test their Vietnamese language skills under the guidance of the Ministry of Justice. Interview results must be recorded in writing. Interviewers shall base themselves on criteria to make proposals and take responsibility for their proposals;
f. A copy of the permanent residence card;
g. Papers proving his/her ability to make livelihood in Vietnam.
2. For persons exempt from several conditions on naturalization in Vietnam, the papers corresponding to exempted conditions are not required.
III. Procedures for Application for Vietnamese Nationality
1. A person applying for Vietnamese nationality shall file a dossier to the provincial-level Justice Service of the locality where he/she resides.
2. Within 115 working days after the receipt of a complete and valid dossier from the provincial-level Justice Service to other competent agencies, the President shall consider and make decision for nationality.
IV. Naturalization to Stateless Persons Residing in Vietnam
Stateless persons who do not have adequate personal identification papers but have been stably residing in the Vietnamese territory for 20 years or more by the effective date of Law on Nationality and obey Vietnam’s Constitution and laws will be permitted for naturalization in Vietnam under the order, procedures and dossiers specified by the Government.
Any person intends to have more information in nationality can consider at the Article 19 to 22 under the Law on Nationality 2008, or can call to legal advice service hotline of the famous law firm on nationality in Vietnam via:
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