Procedures For Applying Vietnamese Criminal Record Certificates For Sri Lankan

Sri Lankan residing in Vietnam or Sri Lankan living outside Vietnam can apply for a Vietnamese criminal record certificate for personal purposes. Procedures for issuing Vietnamese criminal record certificates No.1 and No.2 for Sri Lankan passport holders will be detailed below.

1/ Types of Vietnamese criminal record certificates for Sri Lankan

Criminal record certificate is a certificate issued by the agency managing the judicial record database (currently issued by the Department of Justice) and is valid to prove that an individual has or does not have a criminal record; whether or not they are prohibited from holding certain positions, establishing or managing enterprises or cooperatives under the bankruptcy declaration decision.

Currently, there are two types of Vietnamese criminal record certificates:

• Vietnamese criminal record certificate No.1: is the record of criminal records that have not been cleared and do not record criminal records that have been cleared; Information on prohibition from holding certain positions, establishment and management of enterprises and cooperatives shall only be recorded in the judicial record certificate No. 1 at the request of individuals, agencies or organizations.

• Vietnamese judicial record certificate No. 2: is the record of all criminal convictions, including expunged and unexpired criminal records and information on prohibition from holding certain positions, establishing and managing an enterprise, cooperative.

2/ Dossiers to apply Vietnamese criminal record certificate for Sri Lankan

Sri Lankan citizens, when applying for a Vietnamese criminal record, need to prepare the following documents:

* For Sri Lankan residing in Vietnam

• A declaration requesting the issuance of criminal record certificate according to the prescribed form.
• Copy of passport (enclosed with a page with a valid visa, or temporary residence card) and a notarized copy of the temporary residence certificate of the person issued with a criminal record certificate
• Authorization documents in case of authorizing another person to carry out the procedures for requesting the issuance of criminal record certificate No. 1 (in case the authorized person is the father, mother, wife, husband or child of the authorizing person, it is not necessary to issue a letter of authorization). The authorization documents must be notarized and authenticated in accordance with Vietnamese law.

* For Sri Lankan who are not living in Vietnam

Sri Lankan who are not living in Vietnam need to use the criminal record services to apply Vietnamese criminal record. In this case, Sri Lankan passport holders only need to send the service agent the following information:

• Passport copy of the applicant
• Full name, date of birth of parents and spouse of the applicant

3/ Processing time for applying a Vietnamese criminal record for Sri Lankan

Normally, the processing time to get result of the criminal record for a Sri Lankan citizen is 10 working days. In case of special requirements, the processing time may be longer or shorter.

For individuals using urgent criminal record services, processing times can be much faster (from 1 to 4 business days).

4/ Procedures for granting Vietnamese criminal record certificates to Sri Lankan

Sri Lankan passport holders can go directly to the provincial/municipal Justice Department where they reside to apply for a criminal record certificate. The documents must be fully prepared before submission. After receiving the complete dossier, the judicial officer will give an appointment slip to get the results.

In addition, Sri Lankan citizens can also use our company’s criminal record service to carry out the procedure for applying the Vietnamese criminal record. This service is very suitable for those who live far away from the Department of Justice, or are not in Vietnam, or are not familiar with complicated administrative procedures, or do not have time to submit by themselves.

We provide a full range of services related to Vietnamese criminal records for Sri Lankan such as:

• Vietnamese criminal record No.1 service for Sri Lankan
• Vietnamese criminal record No.2 service for Sri Lankan
• Urgent Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan residing in Vietnam
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan not residing in Vietnam
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan in Hanoi
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan in Ho Chi Minh
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan in Da Nang
• Vietnamese criminal record service for Sri Lankan in other provinces
• Translation service of Vietnamese criminal record certificates into English for Sri Lankan
• Translation service of Vietnamese criminal record certificates into Chinese for Sri Lankan
• Translation service of Vietnamese criminal record certificates into other languages for Sri Lankan
• Consular legalization service of Vietnamese criminal record certificates for Sri Lankan

For more information on Vietnamese criminal records, please contact us via email info@vietnamimmigration.com