Penalty for Not Declaring a Foreigner’s Temporary Residence in Vietnam Failing to declare a foreigner’s temporary residence in Vietnam is fined 3 to 20 million VND depending on the number of guests, under Decree 282/2025/ND-CP (in force since 15 December 2025, replacing Decree 144/2021). 1–3 guests: 3–5 million VND; 4–8 guests: 10–15 million; 9 or […]
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE DECLARATION
Responsibility for declaring a foreigner temporary residence in Vietnam: hotels, landlords and companies, the deadline, the penalty and the effect on later applications.
Every foreigner staying in Vietnam must be declared to the local police by the accommodation owner: who is responsible, how to declare online, deadlines, form NA17 and penalties for late declaration.
