This is a notable content stipulated in Circular 29/2016/TT-BCA issued by the Ministry of Public Security on July 06, 2016.
29 Circular stipulates the time limits for processing passport application dossiers, as follows:
- For dossiers submitted at the Immigration Management Division: the processing time shall not exceed 08 working days from the date of receipt of a complete and valid dossier.- For dossiers submitted at the Immigration Management Department: the processing time shall not exceed 05 working days from the date of receipt of a complete and valid dossier.- In urgent cases where a passport is needed, the earliest processing time within the stipulated timeframe will be applied.- In case the working day coincides with or is adjacent to weekends, holidays, Tet holidays: the processing time shall be extended by the number of those days off as prescribed by the Government of Vietnam.
For more details, see Circular 29/2016/TT-BCA effective from August 20, 2016.
-Thao Uyen-
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