According to this Circular, passport fee exemption will be granted in the following cases:
- Overseas Vietnamese that receive written expulsion decisions issued by competent authorities of host countries do not hold passports;
- Overseas Vietnamese that have to be repatriated under treaties or international agreements on re-admission do not hold passports.
- Those fall in humanitarian cases.
(Currently, the Circular No. 219/2016/TT-BTC is not specifying any case of passport fee exemption)
Circular No. 25/2021/TT-BTC is entering into force as of May 22, 2021, replacing the Circular No. 219/2016/TT-BTC dated November 10, 2016 and the Circular No. 41/2020/TT-BTC dated May 18, 2020.
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