Vietnam Exit Visa for newborn U.S. Citizen

[Stephanos83 0]

Members,

I really need some help. My son was born in Vietnam and we made him a U.S. passport with a successful CRBA filing. I'm trying to find out what we need to bring, who needs to be there, and how long it takes to get an exit stamp. I'll only have limited time when I return so it needs to happen quickly so I can bring them with me and return to work! My wife (Vietnamese) and I have both tried to calling the Vietnamese Immigration Office and they are short and rude with us. The information is always different and then they hang up when they're finished talking. I don't know who else to talk to about this, so I came here. Please help if you can...

Thanks,

Steven

[YuAndDan 153]

The embassy has this:

If you plan to take your child to the U.S., please be sure to obtain a Vietnamese exit visa or a Vietnamese passport for your child at the Immigration Office. Following are addresses of Immigration Offices in Ha Noi: • Immigration Office of Hanoi City: 87 Tran Hung Dao, tel: 3942-4244

• Immigration Dept. of Ministry of Public Security: 40 Hang Bai Street, tel: 3826-0919

http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/report_of_birth_abroad.html

Moving to regional forum..

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Unless you plan on filing the CRBA at the embassy in Hanoi, the following link gives the same info for the consulate in HCM:

http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/report_of_birth_abroad.html

I've never dealt with the Immigration Office in HCMC. If they are like most bureaucracies in Vietnam then I would plan on going there in person, and bringing some coffee money in case it's needed to grease the machine.

[toan_thi 0]

Hi there,

If your son have the vietnamese birth certificate, and his name is register in Household registration book (Ho Khau gia dinh). Your wife can apply the vietnamese passport for your son. It only takes about 2 weeks for the passport, then your son will not need to apply for the vietnamese exit visa when he's leaving the vietnam. It's a lot easier to apply for the passport then the exit visa process. My daughter now have both the vietnamese passport and the U.S. passport.

Toan Pham

[lisen33 0]

Hi there,

If your son have the vietnamese birth certificate, and his name is register in Household registration book (Ho Khau gia dinh). Your wife can apply the vietnamese passport for your son. It only takes about 2 weeks for the passport, then your son will not need to apply for the vietnamese exit visa when he's leaving the vietnam. It's a lot easier to apply for the passport then the exit visa process. My daughter now have both the vietnamese passport and the U.S. passport.

Toan Pham

Thanks for information. That I want to get. I have U.S passport and Vietnamese passport.

[AnhDoiEm 9]

to apply visa for your baby will take forever, ask you wife put in your new born baby into house register book, then go apply Vietnamese passport only takes 2 weeks to get it, that what I did for my new born son, when exit the country the the custom Vietnamese passport, when arrived into US custom use USA passport, We dont have a problem with exit or entry, my wife and Son arrived in USA and stay with me almost 3 months,, GL to you, if you have any quest pm or post here