8 answers about abolishing paper household registration books

Should we wait until 2020 to change our household registration? Will it be easier to immigrate to big cities? Will there be any changes in education and health policies related to household registration?

According to Resolution 112, the Government approved the Ministry of Public Security's plan to abolish procedures on household registration books and identity cards in population management to unify management by personal identification codes.In the group of permanent residence registration procedures, the form of population management by permanent residence registration using "household registration books" will be abolished and replaced by the form of updating information on the National Population Database, i.e. electronic household registration books....

TAt the seminar on the Roadmap for Changing the Form of Household Registration Management held at Nhan Dan Newspaper, Acting Director General of the General Department of Police Tran Van Ve and many leaders answered many questions related to household registration issues.

- Many people understand that household registration books, temporary residence books and identity cards will no longer be valid from October 30, 2017. How is this understood?

- Household registration management, including temporary residence, permanent residence and identity card, is an identification document proving the identity of each person, and cannot be abandoned. Countries around the world cannot abandon household registration either.

After completing the construction of the population database, each person will have an identification number containing 15 fields of their basic information. Later, citizens only need to bring this ID number which contains the identification number, the State agency will access the identification number to get citizen information instead of many types of documents.Police still manage by household registration, just replace the current manual management with electronic management.

Regarding identity cards, the Government has allowed a pilot issuance of citizen identification cards.The Ministry of Public Security has issued citizen identification cards in 16 provinces. According to the Citizen Identification Law, by January 1, 2020, the remaining 47 provinces will issue all citizen identification cards with citizen identification numbers. Therefore, the understanding that household registration and citizen identification cards are abolished is incorrect.

From now until the Citizen Database is completed, everything will continue as normal.

On October 30, 2017, the Prime Minister signed and issued Decree No. 112/NQ-CP on simplifying administrative procedures and citizen papers related to population management within the scope of state management functions of the Ministry of Public Security.The proposal to simplify administrative procedures and citizen papers in the field of registration, residence management and issuance of identity cards will depend on the progress of the implementation of the National Population Database project. After the project is completed, the Ministry of Public Security will propose a roadmap for implementing the elimination of procedures related to household registration books, temporary residence books and identity cards.

Therefore, the information about abolishing household registration books, temporary residence books and identity cards from October 30, 2017 is incorrect. Household registration books, temporary residence books and identity cards are still valid as they are now.

Lieutenant General Tran Van Ve. Photo: Ba Do

- Should people in need continue with the old process to make household registration, temporary residence book... or wait for the identification code and then do it all at once?

- From now until the National Population Database is completed and put into operation, people will continue to carry out all procedures for permanent residence, temporary residence, temporary absence, and ID card registration as usual; there will be no changes according to current regulations.

Residence registration is still carried out according to the provisions of the Law on Residence. Therefore, when you move to a new place of residence, you will still be registered by the competent police agency for permanent or temporary residence according to regulations.

-Many people fear that policies on land, health care, education, banking, insurance, etc. related to family registration will be disrupted whenImplement population management using identification codes?

-The household registration book is abolished, but household registration management is still managed in the national population database, so anything related to household registration will not change.

Regulations on land, health, and education related to household registration books are not disrupted at all when using this new management method, but it also creates favorable conditions for citizens in transactions and registration for use.

- If the household registration book and related documents are abolished, how is immigration to big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City predicted to change?

-All requirements for residence and temporary residence remain unchanged. All procedures must still comply with current legal regulations.You still have to comply with the Law on Residence and the Law on Identity Cards. Even if you want to register your household in Hanoi, you still have to comply with the Law on the Capital.

For example, the Capital Law stipulates that one must have a stable job, must reside temporarily in a certain location for three years or more, and the housing area must meet regulations...

Household registration book

-When do citizens not have to present a paper household registration book when doing administrative procedures?

- It is expected that from now until 2020, it will be completed according to the plan assigned by the Government to the ministries and branches. However, the completion time depends a lot on the capital source, because to build a national database system on population, it is necessary to have 3,000 billion VND.

By 2020, when this database system is completed and all 15 citizen information fields are collected, when doing banking, insurance, household registration transactions... you will no longer have to bring your household registration book.

- If there is an error in personal information in the national population database, what should people do?

- Immediately upon data entry, there must be precise agreement between the homeowner and the local police.The national database is the original database, so right from the initial information collection process, the householder and the local police must agree and standardize the information. Therefore, people need to detect errors and correct them immediately when declaring information.

When the commune, ward or town police give you a 15-field declaration form with information about you and your family members, if there is any mistake between you and the police officer, you need to compare and correct the information immediately.

-How do citizens have access to find out their information on the national population database?

- After completing the construction of the National Population Database system, each citizen has the right to exploit their own information in the National Population Database to resolve administrative procedures and protect other legitimate rights and interests.

Depending on their field, agencies and departments will be able to exploit certain information fields under their management authority.

The Ministry of Public Security will also advise the Government to regulate which units are allowed to access and exploit a maximum of 15 fields of citizen information, not all agencies are allowed to exploit all of them. This is to ensure information confidentiality for citizens.

- If someone exploits and takes advantage of other people's personal information for bad purposes, what measures does the Ministry of Public Security have to prevent it?

What do people think about eliminating household registration books?

- It is inevitable that people will exploit personal information with bad intentions in reality. However, according to the law, individuals exploiting information that is not their own must have the consent of the agency managing the national population database as decentralized.

In cases where one wants to exploit or borrow the name of another person, one must go to the database management agency to present and provide an identity card or identification number to be able to exploit information. If due to illness or some other reason one cannot come to exploit information, one has the right to authorize according to the law.

According to VNE