Registration procedures for foreigners to rent houses in Vietnam

Under the provisions of Vietnamese law when you have a rental house, you will be considered an individual business household and must register Business and pay taxes related to business activities as a business. In case your tenant is a foreigner, you will need to follow other Legal procedures according to the procedure below to ensure that you do not violate the residence law.

Through practical experience Lawyer of Dragon Law Firm will synthesize according to the process to help landlords, tenants or rental brokers understand and advise stakeholders in the spirit of the law of Vietnam.

Step 1: Business Registration (Activities for lease rent)

Rental business is a conditional business. To register the business, you must go to the People's Committee of the district where you have a rental house to register, when registering you need the following documents:

- Documents proving house owner for lease (Red book or land lease contract)

- Nation ID

Step 2: Pay the letter tax and declaration code of apartment tax number

Paying business license tax and Tax Code Declaration help tax authorities control your business. The full tax payment in business activities is both a responsibility and a duty to help develop the country.

Documents and tasks include:

- Business registration certificate in step 1

- Apartment Tax Declaration (District Tax Department)

- License tax return.

Step 3: Register security order at the police in district

The order and security registration helps the management agency to control the residence and stay of foreigners in Vietnam. If you skip this step, you will be hired by a foreigner if you are found to have violated the law and been administratively fined by a competent state agency.

The dossier includes:

- Statement of household head

- An application for a certificate of satisfaction of security conditions to conduct a conditional business

- Business registration certificate

- Registration form of fire prevention and fighting conditions (required by each project).

Step 4: Declaration of temporary residence to the rental police.

Tenants in this case are interpreted as foreigners. After you have completed the above 3 steps, you are sure that you are eligible to rent the house according to the law. If the tenant is a foreigner, the application and procedure will include the following documents:

- Declaration of temporary residence for foreigners

- Tenancy

- Past Post (The period of stay in Vietnam and Visa must be a Work Visa)

- Order of security registration issued by county CA

- Business license

- Certificate of ownership of a rental house (Red Book or Housing Contract)

- Landlord's identity card (Notarized)

Step 5: Pay individual income tax 

Paying PIT is the final step to complete the rental process for guests.If you have to pay PIT in accordance with the requirements of the law, you must complete this step by going to the county tax department to file a tax, the file includes :

- Rental agreement

- Tax declaration to the tax authorities

- After receiving the confirmation of the tax you must pay you will bring the certificate of personal income tax declaration to the treasury to pay into the state budget.

The above are steps related to legal renting to foreigners in Vietnam. The legal process we understand interprets combined with practical experience in the transaction process as a reference for colleagues and customers. You want to know the specific and specific information of the relevant documents to look for the original documents.

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