This is one of the significant contents regulated under the Decree No. 94/2015/ND-CP dated October 16, 2015 of the Government amending, supplementing a number of Articles of the Decree No. 136/2007/ND-CP dated August 17, 2007 on Vietnamese citizen exit and entry.
Specifically, from December 01, 2015, diplomatic passports and official passports are still valid under 1 year may be extended once; the time for extension is 3 years at most. When it is expired, procedures should be processed to renew.
For ordinary passports, under this Decree, ordinary passports are valid for 10 years at most from the date of issue and inextensible; Ordinary passports that are still
valid shall be re-granted, when it is expired, it shall be renewed. Crew member passports are valid for 10 years at most from the date of issue and may not be extended.
Under this Decree, under-9 children may share ordinary passports with their fathers or mothers if so requested by the latter. In this case, passports are valid for 5 years at most from the date of issue and these passports are inextensible. Ordinary passports granted to under-14 children are valid for 5 years at most from the date of issue and these passports are inextensible.
This Decree takes effect on December 01, 2015 and replaces the Decree No. 65/2012/ND-CP dated September 06, 2012 of the Government.
Source: luatvietnam.vn
