A temporary residence card (TRC) is valid as a visa, which is issued by an immigration authority or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allows foreign residents to stay in Vietnam legally. The validity of a temporary residence card varies from 2 to 5 years depending on how good a person’s documents are. It is not too hard to submit a temporary residence card here. However, there are many problems that you have to face during the process if you are new to it, or do not know which application needs to be provided. It will take quite a long time to get your temporary residence card if your application is insufficient which means you need to supplement the documents sometimes to meet the requirements.
Symbols of the temporary residence card
What is TRC (Temporary Residence Card)?
- TRC (Temporary Residence Card) is issued to a foreign individual by an immigration authority or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It permits expats to reside in Vietnam for a certain period of time. And, it can be replaced with a visa.
- TRC (Temporary Residence Card) has its validity for a certain time (minimum 6 months and not more than 5 years).
The advantages of TRC
♦ It is used as a visa
♦ Unlimited entry and exit times when leaving Vietnam
♦ Has a longer validity than a visa
♦ Be able to sponsor for family members’ visits (spouse, children, parents)
Who can carry out procedures for granting temporary residence card, symbol, and duration on the temporary residence card
TRC (Temporary Residence Card) is granted to the following subjects:
Symbols |
Subjects |
Validity |
NG1 |
Issued to members of the delegation invited by the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the President, the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister | Under 12 months |
NG2 |
Issued to members of the delegation invited by the Standing Committee of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vice President of the State, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Chief Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Auditor General; members of guest delegations of the same level of ministers and equivalents, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee. | Under 12 months |
NG3 |
Issued to members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations of the United Nations, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations and their spouses, children under 18 years old, and their helpers. | Under 12 months |
NG4 |
Issued to people who come to work with diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations of the United Nations, and representative offices of intergovernmental organizations; visitors to members of diplomatic missions, consular offices, representative offices of international organizations of the United Nations, representative offices of intergovernmental organizations | Under 12 months |
LV1 |
Issued to people entering and working with departments, agencies and units directly under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam; National Assembly, Government, Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuracy, State Audit, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies ; Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee of provinces. | Under 12 months |
LV2 |
Issued to people working with socio-political organizations, social organizations, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry. | Under 12 months |
ĐT |
Issued to foreign investors in Vietnam and foreign lawyers practicing in Vietnam. | Under 5 years |
DN |
Issued to people who come to work with enterprises in Vietnam | Under 12 months |
NN1 |
Issued to the heads of representative offices and projects of international organizations or foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam | Under 12 months |
NN2 |
Issued to heads of representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam. | Under 12 months |
NN3 |
Issued to people entering and working with foreign non-governmental organizations, representative offices, branches of foreign traders, representative offices of foreign economic, cultural and other professional organizations in Vietnam. | Under 12 months |
DH |
Issued to people who come to study or serve an internship. | Under 12 months |
HN |
Issued to people attending conferences and seminars. | Under 3 months |
PV1 |
Issued to reporters and journalists residing in Vietnam. | Under 12 months |
PV2 |
Issued to reporters and journalists perform short-term work in Vietnam | Under 12 months |
LĐ |
Issued to people who come to work. | Under 2 years |
DL |
Issued to oversea tourists. | Under 3 months |
TT |
Issued to foreigners who are spouses, children under 18 years old visa holders who are granted visas with symbols LV1, LV2, DT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LD, or foreigners who are fathers, mothers, wives, husbands, and children of Vietnamese citizens. | Under 12 months |
VR |
Issued to people visiting relatives or for other purposes. | Under 6 months |
SQ |
Persons who have a working relationship with the competent Vietnamese visa-issuing agency abroad and their spouses, children or the person who own a written request from the competent agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country;
Persons who have guaranty notes of diplomatic missions, consular offices of countries located in host countries. |
Under 30 days
|
Requested dossier for granting temporary residence cards to foreigners
| REQUIRED DOCUMENTS | NOTE |
| TRC UNDER WORK PERMIT ( LĐ SYMBOL) | |
| Work permit | 01 original copy |
| Certificate of temporary residence registration of Ward Pollice Department (Register online or have a confirmation stamp) | Scan original document (with application) |
| Passport | Original passport |
| Photo sized 2×3cm | 02 photos (taken on white background) |
| TRC UNDER VISITING (SYMBOL TT) | |
| Documents prove the relationships between family members. | Notarized, translated into Vietnamese, and stamped by the consular legalization. |
| Passport of visitors + sponsors | |
| Photo sized 2x3cm | 02 photos (taken on white background) |
| Legal documents of sponsors (Work permit if sponsors are workers, Enterprise Registration Certificate (ERC) or Investment Registration Certificate (IRC) if sponsors are the owners) | Original documents |
| TRC UNDER INVESTMENT (SYMBOL ĐT) | |
| Certificate of temporary residence registration of Ward Pollice Department (Register online or have a confirmation stamp) | Scan original document (with application) |
| Passport | Original passport
|
| Photo sized 2x3cm | 02 photos (taken on white background) |
| Enterprise Registration Certificate, Investment Registration Certificate, Capital agreement | Original copy |
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