Contents of Administrative procedures - Department for Foreign Affairs

Procedure Establishing representative offices or project offices in Ha Noi (for foreign non-governmental organizations)
Process

Step 1: The organization applying for establishing representative offices, project offices in Ha Noi shall submit a dossier at the One-Stop-Shop of the Department For Foreign Affairs (one (01) working day).


Step 2: Specialized divisions evaluate the dossier and send documents to suggest the relevant functional units for comments (three (03) working days).


Step 3: Department of Foreign Affair aggregates comments of the relevant units (seven (07) working days).


Step 4: Based on the opinions of relevant units, the Department For Foreign Affairs considers and send the document  to Ha Noi People’s Committee (two (02) working days).


Step 5: Leaders of Ha Noi People’s Committee consider the document and give written opinions to Department of Foreign Affair (five (05) working days).


Step 6: Based on the opinions of leaders of the Ha Noi People’s Committee, the specialized divisions give a written reply. (three (03) working days).


Step 7: One-Stop-Shop receives the result and sends the result to organizations and archives the result as prescribed (one (01) working day).

Where to submit - Time for submission: Weekdays: from Monday to Friday Morning: from 8 am to 11 am Afternoon: from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm Submit directly at Headquarter of the Ha Noi Department for Foreign Affairs (No. 10, Le Lai Street, Hoan Kiem District, Ha Noi).
Contents and number of the dossier

a) Contents of the dossier:


- Application for establishing representative offices, project offices of  foreign non-governmental organizations;


- Copies of Registration for Representative Office / Project Office of foreign non-governmental organizations issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;


- A copy of the Lease Contract of the headquarter of the foreign non-governmental organizations;


- Curriculum vitae of the chief representative of the foreign non-governmental organizations;


- The operation report and operation plan of the foreign non-governmental organizations in the coming time.


b) Number of dossier: 05 (five) sets

Processing duration 22 working days after receiving the complete and valid dossier. + Ha Noi People’s Committee: five (05) working days + Department of foreign affair: 17 working days.
Objects Organizations
Competent agency Department for Foreign Affairs
Outcome Written notice of Department for Foreign Affairs
Fee None
Form/Declaration

None

Other requirements None
Legal basis

- Decree No. 12/2012/ND-CP dated March 01, 2012 of the Government on the registration and management of activities of foreign non-governmental organizations in Viet Nam.


- Circular No. 05/2012/TT-BNG dated November 12, 2012 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, guiding implementation of the Government’s Decree No. 12/2012/ND-CP dated March 01, 2012 of the Government on the registration and management of activities of foreign non-governmental organizations in Viet Nam.


- Decision No. 06/2014 / QD-UBND dated February 06, 2014 of Ha Noi People's Committee on promulgating the Regulation on management of activities of non-governmental organizations in Ha Noi.

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