Reduce visa exemption issuance time to 1 day

Reducing the time to issue a Visa Exemption Certificate to 1 day

Specifically, the Prime Minister approved the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures related to production and business activities in 7 areas: Press; incentives, exemptions; international conferences and seminars; activities of research organizations, bilateral cooperation; visa exemption; entry and exit; notarization.

In particular, the Prime Minister approved the addition of online implementation methods at the National Public Service Portal and reduced the time to process the following procedures: Procedures for establishing a permanent office of foreign press in Vietnam; Procedures for assigning permanent correspondents to other localities in Vietnam; Procedures for granting press licenses in Vietnam to foreign correspondents not residing in Vietnam...

The Prime Minister approved the reduction of the time to process procedures for issuing Visa Exemption Certificates at Vietnamese representative agencies abroad from 02 working days to 01 working day; and supplement the form of sending documents via postal service for visa issuance procedures for foreigners at competent visa-issuing agencies of Vietnam abroad.

At the same time, reduce the time to process procedures for notarization of the authenticity and legality of contracts and transactions from no more than 02 working days to within 24 working hours; for contracts and transactions with complex content, the notarization time is reduced from no more than 10 working days to 06 working days.

The Prime Minister allows agencies to use digital signatures and digital seals when submitting applications for diplomatic passports and official passports at domestic agencies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.