Question: Please ask, according to the law, how long will people be punished if they do not register temporary residence?

Reply:

How long will it take to be fined for not registering temporary residence?

Specifically, Article 27, Law on Residence 2020 stipulates the conditions for temporary residence registration as follows:

- Citizens who come to live in a legal residence outside the commune-level administrative unit where they have registered permanent residence to work, study or for other purposes for 30 days or more must register for temporary residence. .

- The maximum temporary residence period is 02 years and can be extended multiple times

- Citizens are not allowed to register new temporary residence at a point where they are not allowed to register new permanent residence.

Thus, citizens who come to live in a legal residence outside the commune-level administrative unit where they have registered permanent residence to work, study or for other purposes for 30 days or more must register. staying.

Documents and procedures for temporary residence registration

(1) Temporary residence registration dossier includes:

- Declaration of change of residence information; For temporary residence registrants who are minors, the declaration must clearly state the consent of the father, mother or guardian, unless there has been written consent;

- Papers and documents proving legal residence.

(2) The person registering for temporary residence submits the temporary residence registration application to the residence registration agency where he or she intends to temporarily reside.

When receiving the temporary residence registration dossier, the residence registration agency checks and issues a dossier receipt slip to the registrant; In case the dossier is incomplete, instruct the registrant to supplement the dossier.

Within 03 working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the residence registration agency is responsible for evaluating and updating information about the new temporary residence and temporary residence period of the registrant. Enter the Residence Database and notify the registrant that the temporary residence registration information has been updated; In case of refusal to register, a written response must be provided clearly stating the reason. (Clause 1 and 2, Article 28, Residence Law 2020)

Penalties for failure to register temporary residence

According to Clause 1, Article 9, Decree No. 144/2021/ND-CP stipulates a fine from 500,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND for one of the following acts:

- Failure to comply with regulations on permanent residence registration, temporary residence registration, deletion of permanent residence registration, deletion of temporary residence registration, separation of households or adjustment of residence information in the Residence Database;

- Failure to comply with regulations on notification of stay and declaration of temporary absence;

- Failure to present household registration book, temporary residence book, confirmation of residence information, or other documents related to residence as requested by competent authorities.

Cases of temporary residence registration being deleted

People falling into one of the following cases will have their temporary residence registration deleted:

- Die; There is a Court decision declaring him missing or dead;

- There has been a decision to cancel temporary residence registration as prescribed in Article 35, Law on Residence 2020;

- Continuously absent from the temporary residence for 6 months or more without registering temporary residence at another residence;

- Have been granted Vietnamese nationality by a competent authority, stripped of Vietnamese nationality, or canceled the decision to grant Vietnamese nationality;

- Has been registered as permanent resident at the place of temporary residence;

- People who have registered to temporarily reside in a place of residence due to renting, borrowing, or staying as a temporary resident but have stopped renting, borrowing, or staying as a temporary resident without registering for temporary residence at another place of residence;

- A person who has registered to temporarily reside in a legal residence but then the ownership of that residence has been transferred to another person, unless the new owner agrees to continue living in that residence;

- The person registers to temporarily reside at a residence that has been demolished or confiscated according to a decision of a competent state agency or at a vehicle whose vehicle registration has been deleted according to the provisions of law.

Note: The agency that has registered temporary residence has the authority to delete temporary residence registration and must clearly state the reason and time of deletion of temporary residence registration in the Residence Database. (Article 29, Residence Law 2020)