Vietnam passport cost - How much did you pay?

THIGV wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

Can be in a family book if you are married to or directly related to a local...

Is that a statement or a question?

Sorry.. I should have been more clear.. 

If you marry a local then you are listed in the family book.

THIGV wrote:

Ciambella wrote:

2- Even Overseas Vietnamese who have dual nationality but without Vietnamese passport (meaning without household book) are allowed to buy property (land, house, or both) as long as they have proper documents proving their Vietnamese nationality.[emphasis mine]

Although the first clause is a little confusing, doesn't this kind of settle what people are still going back and forth on?  A passport proves Vietnamese nationality and hence allows the purchase of land.

Yes, a passport is the proof of nationality, hence Overseas Vietnamese who are without Vietnamese passport must have documents showing that they still have Vietnamese citizenship before they can purchase land in Vietnam.  That must be the confusing part of the first sentence.  Instead of doing a translation, I should've rewritten it altogether.

Jlgarbutt wrote:

THIGV wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

Can be in a family book if you are married to or directly related to a local...

Is that a statement or a question?

Sorry.. I should have been more clear.. 

If you marry a local then you are listed in the family book.

If that's a question the answer is no, if it's a statement it's incorrect. Foreigners aren't listed in a VN Family book.

Rick

Ciambella wrote:

THIGV wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

Can be in a family book if you are married to or directly related to a local...

Is that a statement or a question?

I'm sure it's a statement, and a correct one.

And...

Budman1 wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

THIGV wrote:

Is that a statement or a question?

Sorry.. I should have been more clear.. 

If you marry a local then you are listed in the family book.

If that's a question the answer is no, if it's a statement it's incorrect. Foreigners aren't listed in a VN Family book.

Rick

Glad that's settled...

I'll caveat my response with this exception to foreigners being listed in the "Family Book"

- A foreigner who is granted Vietnamese nationality when registering permanent residence must have papers proving his / her Vietnamese nationality.

https://danluat.thuvienphapluat.vn/thu- … 35091.aspx


Rick

So foreigner members of the Golden Dragons national football team can be in a book.   

VinceVN wrote:

Approved for Vietnam passport from Vietnam Embassy in DC recently. Some observations -

1) The process was simple. I have original Vietnam birth certificate.
2) The official at DC Embassy was courteous and professional. Responded to email and text.
3) Process took about 6 weeks.

Did you get your VN passport, Vince?

- No official cost on the website because it's their intention to charge whatever they want.
About almost 15 years ago, the VN student community in USA had fired back after a long time putting up with the non-existing official fee policy. They recorded the conversations with Embassy/Consulate employees, made copies of receipts and reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a result, the Embassy published their fee online, for a while only. I guess that the old habit still kicks in.   

Where on earth do we get charge $900 for a passport? My goodness!

I am outraged by what they told you. Almost 2 years ago, I got my aunt a VN passport from SF for about $220 and that's to me already a ripoff (compared to vnd 200k domestically).

THIGV wrote:

The embassy may be as you say "the face of a nation" but sadly the nation does not put its best face forward.   

Couldn't have said it better, THIGV.

mepif wrote:

Almost 2 years ago, I got my aunt a VN passport from SF for about $220 and that's to me already a ripoff (compared to vnd 200k domestically).

Just for reference a first time US passport has an application fee of $140 plus an acceptance fee of $35 so for most applicants it costs is $175.  There is also a $150 added fee if they have to do a file search because you don't have the proper documents.

mepif wrote:

Did you get your VN passport, Vince?

==> Yes. Got the passport fedexed to me.

- No official cost on the website because it's their intention to charge whatever they want.
About almost 15 years ago, the VN student community in USA had fired back after a long time putting up with the non-existing official fee policy. They recorded the conversations with Embassy/Consulate employees, made copies of receipts and reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a result, the Embassy published their fee online, for a while only. I guess that the old habit still kicks in.   

Where on earth do we get charge $900 for a passport? My goodness!

I am outraged by what they told you. Almost 2 years ago, I got my aunt a VN passport from SF for about $220 and that's to me already a ripoff (compared to vnd 200k domestically).

==> It pains me greatly to see an OFFCIAL face of a nation does business in a non-uniform manner for a very standard document. It's piteous for all VNese people with VN passports.
==> I see the credit card charge clearly stated  "Embassy of Vietnam". Thus all of the ~$900 charge must have gone into government fund coffer. If this was the actual fee, I have no quarrel to pay.
==> My original thinking was "it's the Embassy, it would not have over-charged". Thus bargaining was not even a thought on my mind until I talked to a friend in Houston and started to research. Now I know the price is all over the place. It is very disconcerting for all of us.
==> I don't know of higher authority to verify if the amount charged was correct or not. I chalked this up to a lesson learned.

@mepif I see a  quite a few Viet Kieu on youtube making video "How to get VN Passport"  They all paying about $1500 through the DC embassy. The employee would asked to pay in 2 transaction all using paypal.

               Of course the employee are profiteering since the website does not list the fee. 

@mepif I see a quite a few Viet Kieu on youtube making video "How to get VN Passport" They all paying about $1500 through the DC embassy. The employee would asked to pay in 2 transaction all using paypal.
        Of course the employee are profiteering since the website does not list the fee.
-@duchuy68

My wife had a new passport issued in Australia, total cost 120 aud. At 1500 bucks its sounds like its a blackmarket deal.

@mepif I see a quite a few Viet Kieu on youtube making video "How to get VN Passport" They all paying about $1500 through the DC embassy. The employee would asked to pay in 2 transaction all using paypal.
        Of course the employee are profiteering since the website does not list the fee.
-@duchuy68

seeing it's paypal and 2 transactions the alarm bells should be ringing loud, what next "gift cards"?

I am trying to get my VN passport, my only issue is the birthdate of birth certificate is different from my USA  Passport.  So that may required a witness  in Vietnam which I have. I got a quote from a lawyer in Saigon for $1800. I cant be in vietnam right now, so difficult to compare price.

Huy

If I recall correctly my wife paid the San Francisco Consulate less than $200 for her passport. However this was a renewal and not a new passport. They would have some extra effort in verifying documents for a new passport but not that much. I see that they have different application documents for a new passport and for a renewal so it is likely that they have different fees in SF as well.  Still it is a good idea to steer clear of the Embassy in DC.

You should rectify he different birthdates first. Then proceed though your local embassy/consulate.

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According to Wikipedia, the cost is $7.00.  However the Vietnamese embassy employees have to make a living somehow.

Wild Bill

According to Wikipedia, the cost is $7.00. However the Vietnamese embassy employees have to make a living somehow.
Wild Bill
-@williamherron13

The $7.00 price is for a Viet citizen who applies within the country with the proper documentation.  Prices from outside the country, at least in the US seem to vary from $175, which seems reasonable, to $1500 which seems suspect to put it mildly. US passports are $165 for first time passports and $110 for a renewal, which are not too far off from the Viet SF Consulate price.  I wonder if the DC Embassy employees are sharing the overage with the YouTubers.

THIGV wrote:The idea that you have to be in an existing family book sounds like a typical VN Catch-22. You need to be in a book so that you can buy land and have your own book.

1- Vietnamese citizens do not need to have a family book to buy land. They can buy anything except agricultural land, residential and agricultural land in protected forest or ecological restoration sub-zone, land reserved for ethnic minorities, etc.

(Citation: Article 169; Clause 3 and Clause 4, Article 191; and Article 192 of 2013 Land Law)

In fact, owning property upon which a residence is to be built is the surest way to establish one's own family book.

2- Even Overseas Vietnamese who have dual nationality but without Vietnamese passport (meaning without household book) are allowed to buy property (land, house, or both) as long as they have proper documents proving their Vietnamese nationality.

(Citation:
Clause 3, Article 3 of the 2008 Law on Vietnamese Nationality;
Clause 2, Article 7 and Clause 1, Clause 2, Article 8 of the 2014 Law on Housing;
Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree No. 99/2015 / ND-CP dated October 20, 2015)
-@Ciambella

I can confirm this. You can buy property with just a VN passport. Which in turn makes getting the ID easier.