TỪ NGÀY 01/07/2025, CÔNG DÂN CÓ PHẢI THỰC HIỆN THỦ TỤC CẬP NHẬT LẠI ĐỊA CHỈ CƯ TRÚ SAU KHI SÁP NHẬP

Subsection 1, Section II of Official Dispatch No. 1555/BCA-C06 dated April 22, 2025, issued by the Ministry of Public Security regarding guidance on certain matters related to the reorganization of administrative units and the organization of the two-tier local government system, contains the following provisions:

The residence management agency (public security of commune) is responsible for updating and adjusting citizens’ residence information in the National Population Database and the Residence Database upon the issuance of a Resolution or Decision by a competent authority on the merger of provincial-level administrative boundaries, where no district-level units are organized, and the merger of certain commune-level administrative units. (Citizens are not required to carry out procedures to adjust their residence information in cases of administrative boundary adjustments or mergers.)

Thus, the residence management agency is the public security of commune, is responsible for updating and adjusting citizens’ residence information in the National Population Database and the Residence Database when a Resolution or Decision on the merger of provincial-level administrative boundaries without organizing district-level administrative units, and the merger of certain commune-level administrative units, is issued by a competent authority. Citizens are not required to carry out procedures to adjust their residence information in cases where there is an adjustment or merger of administrative boundaries.

    In addition, Clause 2, Article 10 of Resolution No. 190/2025/QH15 dated February 19, 2025, of the National Assembly provides regulations on handling certain issues related to the reorganization of the state apparatus, including provisions on documents and papers issued or granted by competent agencies or positions “Individuals and organizations shall not be required to carry out procedures to reissue papers issued by competent agencies or positions before the reorganization if such papers remain within their period of use, unless otherwise provided by law.”

Thus, after the merger of provinces, communes and wards shall not require organizations or individuals to carry out procedures for reissuance or replacement of documents that were issued by competent agencies or office holders prior to the reorganization of the state apparatus, provided that such documents remain valid, unless otherwise provided by law.