Step 1: An applicant fills in the Application Form for Vietnamese citizenship and submits dossier to the One Stop Shop Section of the Ha Noi Department of Justice.     

Step 2: One Stop Shop Section receives and checks dossiers.
If the dossier is complete and valid, One Stop Shop will accept it and give the applicant a receipt with an appointment of the time and date for return of the result.   
If the dossier remains incomplete and needs to be added, the applicant shall be advised to add.
    
Step 3: One Stop Shop Section notes in the book, then hand their dossiers over to the Section for Judicial Administration.

Step 4: The Section for Judicial Administration receives the dossiers, fulfills the procedure in accordance with the law and hands it over to the Ha Noi Police Department, Municipal People’s Committee/ Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
Druing the process of implementation, if the dossiers need to be added or double checked, the Section for Judicial Administration is required to consult PSC, so that the latter will keep the applicant informed.

Setp 5: After receiving the State President’s decision on approving Vietnamese citizenship, Ministry of Justice shall send outcome (the State President’s decision) and one copy to the provincial People’s Committee.

Dossier contents
1. Dossier contents
1. Application Form for Vietnamese citizenship;
2. CV;
3. Copies of Birth Certificate, passport or valid alternative papers as evidence for having foreign citizenship;   
4. Criminal record sheet issued by competent Vietnamese authority for the period that the applicant resides in Viet Nam; criminal record sheet issued by competent foreign authority for the period that the applicant resides in foreign country.
Criminal record sheet is in no excess of 90 days before the date of submission of the dossier.  
5. One of the following papers to prove the applicant’s Vietnamese language skills: copy of post-graduate degree, college diploma, university diploma, vocational school diploma, high school diploma of Viet Nam; copy of certificate/ diploma evidencing Vietnamese language skills issued by a Vietnamese language teaching center;  
If applicant states that his/ her language skill is qualified to intergrate in Vietnamese community but fails to submit such papers, the Department of Justice will hold a direct interview with the applicant to test his/ her language skills.
6. Copy of Permanent Residence Card as proof for accommodation and residence period in Viet Nam; Copy of Residence Card;
7. One of following papers to evidence the applicant’s ability to make a living in Viet Nam: paper evidencing property ownership rights; written certification of income issued by the applicant’s office where he/she worked; written certification of taxable incomes issued by tax authorities; paper evidencing the guarantee of an organization/ individuals in Viet Nam; written certification of commune-level People’s Committee in the locality where the applicant resides to prove that he/she can support himself/herself  in Viet Nam.

2. Dossier contents for special cases:
2.1 If the applicant wishes to apply for Vietnamese citizenship for his/her minor children, he/ she must submit copies of the children’s Birth Certificates. In case either father or mother applies for her/ his Vietnamese citizenship and wishes to apply for Vietnamese citizenship for the children at the same time, a written agreement on application for Vietnamese citizenships for their children is required.
2.2 If the applicant belongs to an exemption case for some conditions for Vietnamese citizenship, he/ she must submit the corresponding papers to prove those conditions, including:
-  Marriage Certificate, if the applicant has Vietnamese wife/ or husband;
- Birth Certificate or alternative valid papers to prove the father-child  relationship/ or mother-child relationship, if the applicant is natural father/ natural mother or natural child of Vietnamese citizen;
- Copy of medals of Orders, certificates of a noble titles or certificates issued by Vietnamese competent authorities, if the applicant has special contribution to construction and national defense of the country;  
- If the naturalization of the applicant benefits the State of Viet Nam Socialist Republic, the applicant must submit a paper issued by the office where he/she works and certified by the state managing agency at ministerial level or People’s Committee at provincial level, confirming that the naturalization will contribute to development in on of following fields: science, economy, culture, society, arts and sport.

Number of dossiers: 03 sets

Three sets to be archived at the Offices of the State President, Ministry of Justice and the local Department of Justice

- Application for Vietnamese citizenship (TP/QT-2010-DXNQT.1);
- CV (TP/QT – 2010 – TKLL)
(the attached samples, or downloaded from www.sotuphaphanoi.gov.vn )

- The Vietnamese Law on Citizenship in 2008;
- Decree 78/2009/ND-CP on detailing and guiding implementation of some articles of Vietnamese Law on Citizenship in 2008;
- Circular 146/2009/TT-BTC dated July 20, 2009 on guiding collection, remittance, management and use of fees for settling issues relating to citizenship;
- Circular 08/2010/TT-BTP on guiding forms on citizenship and books of receiving citizenship issues;
- Joint-circular 05/2010/TTLT/BTP-BNG-BCA on guiding implementation of Decree 78/2009/ND-CP dated September 22, 2009 on detailing and guiding implementation of some articles of the Vietnamese Law on Citizenship;
- Circular 05/2013/TTLT-BTP-BNG-BCA dated January 31, 2013 on amending, supplementing Article 13 of Joint-circular 05/2010/TTLT/BTP-BNG-BCA on implementation of Decree 78/2009/ND-CP dated September 22, 2009 on detailing and guiding implementation of some articles of the Vietnamese Law on Citizenship;
- Law 56/2014/QH13 on amending, supplementing some articules of the Vietnamese Law on Citizenship.