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Form NA9, Application Form for Visa Exemption is an important document for Vietnamese citizens residing abroad and foreigners with personal relationships in Vietnam who are wishing to enter Vietnam. However, many people are still confused and do not clearly understand this type of document. If you are also in that situation, let's join us to learn how to download and instructions for filling out form NA9 Application form for 5-year visa exemption right in the article below!

1. What is a 5-year visa exemption certificate?

5-year visa exemption certificate (also known as 5-year visa) is a document for entry and exit into Vietnam for Vietnamese citizens residing abroad or cases where foreign citizens are husbands/wives/ children of Vietnamese people.

When entering Vietnam with this type of document, you can temporarily stay in Vietnam for a maximum of 6 months per entry.

Note: The 5-year visa exemption certificate has the same value as a Vietnam visa.

2. Contents of Form NA9 - Application form for 5-year Visa Exemption Certificate

The content of the application form for a 5-year visa exemption certificate includes 13 items as follows:

• Full name
• Sex
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Nationality at birth
• Current nationality
• Passport or International Travel Document number
• Occupation
• Current residential, business address abroad
• Previous residential address in Vietnam before reflecting abroad (if any)
• Contact address in Viet Nam
• Accompanying minors (under 14 years old) included in the applicant's passport
• Supporting documents to prove the eligibility for a Visa Exemption Certificate

Form NA9 - Application form for 5-year Visa Exemption Certificate

3. Instructions for filling out Form NA9 - Application form for 5-year Visa Exemption Certificate

Applicants must fill in the following information:

• Section 1: Fill in the full name of the applicant

• Section 2: Select the corresponding Gender box

• Section 3: Fill in date/month/year of birth

• Section 4: Fill in place of birth

• Section 5: Fill in your original nationality

• Section 6: Fill in your current nationality if you have changed it (if not, leave blank))

• Section 7: Fill in passport number/documents valid for international travel

Issuing agency/value of that passport or document

• Section 8: Fill in the applicant's occupation

• Section 9: Fill in your workplace address abroad

• Section 10: Fill in the residential address in Vietnam before the applicant leaves the country (if any)

• Section 11: Fill in contact address in Vietnam

• Section 12: Fill in information for children under 14 years old traveling with their passport (if any)

• Section 13: Record details of documents proving the relationship such as Marriage Registration Certificate, Birth Certificate, etc. to prove the blood relationship between the applicant and the Vietnamese citizen

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