Conditions for permanent residence registration according to current Vietnamese law

In order for citizens to register for permanent residence, they must meet the following circumstances:

1. Case 1: Citizens who have legal residence under their ownership may register for permanent residence in that legal residence.

2. Case 2: Citizens may register for permanent residence in a legal residence that is not owned by them when the householder and the owner of that legal residence agree in the following cases:

- The wife returns to live with her husband; husband returns to live with his wife; children return to live with their parents; father and mother return to live with their children;

- Elderly people come to live with their siblings, siblings, nieces and nephews;

- People with extremely severe disabilities, people with severe disabilities, people unable to work, people with mental illness or other diseases that cause loss of cognitive ability and ability to control behavior go to live with their grandfather or grandmother. , grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, younger brother, uncle, uncle, aunt, aunt, nephew, guardian;

- A minor who has the consent of his or her father, mother or guardian or who no longer has a father or mother to live with his or her paternal great-grandparents, paternal great-grandparents, paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, biological brothers, biological sisters or younger siblings. , paternal uncle, paternal uncle, paternal uncle, paternal aunt, paternal aunt; Minors return to live with their guardians.

3. Case 3: Except for case (2), citizens can register for permanent residence in legal accommodation by renting, borrowing, or staying temporarily when meeting the following conditions:

- Obtain the consent of the owner of the legal residence to register permanent residence at the rented, borrowed, or stayed place, and obtain the consent of the householder if registering permanent residence in the same household;

- Ensuring the minimum housing area conditions prescribed by the Provincial People's Council but not lower than 08 m2 of floor space/person.

4. Case 4: Citizens can register for permanent residence at a belief facility or a religious facility with ancillary housing facilities when they fall into one of the following cases:

- Case 4.1: Religious activists are ordained, appointed, elected, elected, or transferred to religious activities at religious establishments;

- Case 4.2: Representatives of religious establishments;

- Case 4.3: A person whose representative or management board of a religious establishment agrees to register for permanent residence to directly manage and organize religious activities at a religious establishment;

- Case 4.4: Children, people with particularly severe disabilities, people with severe disabilities, and helpless people are allowed to register regularly by the representative or management board of the religious establishment, the head or representative of the religious establishment. residence.

5. Case 5: The person being cared for, nurtured, or assisted may register for permanent residence at a social assistance facility when approved by the head of that facility, or may register for permanent residence in the household receiving care or nurture when approved. The householder and the owner of the legal residence agree.

6. Case 6: A person living or working on a vehicle as a mobile worker may register for permanent residence in that vehicle when the following conditions are met:

- Be the owner of the vehicle or have the vehicle owner's consent to register permanent residence;

- The vehicle is registered and inspected according to the provisions of law; In case the vehicle is not subject to registration or inspection, there must be confirmation from the People's Committee of the commune where the vehicle is regularly parked on the use of that vehicle for residential purposes;

- There is confirmation from the People's Committee of the commune that the vehicle is registered and parked regularly in the area in case the vehicle does not have to be registered or the place where the vehicle is registered does not coincide with the place where it is regularly parked or parked. .

(Article 20 Residence Law 2020)