Do you need to re-register temporary residence when moving to another place?

I used to live in an apartment at Son Tra District, Da Nang City. I had registered my residence at the Police office and have obtained the temporary residence book 3 months ago. Now, I am moving to Hai Chau District. The owner of the apartment for rent tells me to re-register my residence and obtain a new temporary residence book. I would like to know if I have to re-register temporary residence when I move to another district. At the same time, do I need to terminate my temporary residence in Son Tra district?

FDVN’s opinions:

Thank you for concerning FDVN legal services. Regarding your consulting requirements, after studying the legal documents, FDVN Law Firm offers the following advice:

According to Article 30 of Law on Residence 2006 and Law on amendments to the Law on residence 2013:

“Article 30.- Temporary residence registration

1. Temporary residence registration means that citizens register their places of temporary residence with competent state agencies that carry out the temporary residence registration procedures and grant temporary residence books to them.

2. Persons who are living, working, laboring or studying at a place in a commune, ward, or township but are not entitled to permanent residence registration in that locality shall, within thirty days after their arrival, register their temporary residence at the commune/ward/township police offices.

3. Persons who come to register their temporary residence shall produce their people's identity cards or papers certified by the police offices of the communes, wards or townships where they have registered their permanent residence; papers evidencing their rights to own or use such dwelling houses; submit the written notification of changes in household registration, the number of household members, household member declaration; where the lawful domiciles are leased, lent or let for free-of-charge stay by individuals, written consent of the lessors, lenders or such individuals is required.

4. The Chief of the Police Department of the commune or town shall issue the temporary residence book within 3 working days from the day on which the papers mentioned in Clause 3 of this Article are received.

The temporary residence book is issued to households or individuals that registered their temporary residence, used to identify citizens’ temporary residence, and valid for 24 months. Within 30 days before the expiry date, citizens shall apply for the extension at the Police Department that issued the temporary residence book.

The temporary residence book shall be adjusted in accordance with Article 29 of this Article. Damaged temporary residence books shall be replaced; lost temporary residence books shall be reissued. The temporary residence must be registered again when a citizen moves to another commune or town.

5. For persons who have registered their temporary residence but do not live, work, labor or study for six months or more in the localities where they have registered their temporary residence, the agencies which have granted the temporary residence books shall delete such persons' names from the temporary residence registers.”

Based on the regulations above, when moving to another commune or ward, you have to re-register your temporary residence. Thus, you must register your temporary residence at Hai Chau District.

Besides, the agency issued the temporary residence book must delete the name of the persons who register temporary residence but not live, work, or study for six months or more in the locality where the temporary residence is registered. Therefore, you do not need to terminate your temporary residence at Son Tra District.

Above is FDVN Law Firm's opinion for your request of a consultant based on studying the relevant legal provisions. Hopefully, FDVN's advice would be helpful to you.

Legal expert: Nguyen Thi Thanh Thanh Tra

FDVN Law Firm