Finland Does Not Recognise New Vietnamese Passport
According to the announcement of the Embassy, the decision will become effective starting from Today, August 11,AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
In addition, the statement published by the Embassy notes that “The new passport does not contain information of the place of birth of the passport holder, which is a requirement for personal identification and also for processing of Finland visa/residence permit applications.”
Following the announcement of the Embassy, Finland has announced that it decided to temporarily suspend recognition of the new passport of Vietnam, which has recently sparked controversies among EU countries.
The Embassy also stressed that during this period, Finland would work with the other EU Member States as well as Schengen Zone countries and Vietnam in order to find solutions for the current difficulties that holders of new passports in Vietnam are facing.
Authorities in Finland announced that they stopped recognising Vietnam’s new passports after they didn’t provide information regarding places of birth.
Recently, the Czech Republic, Germany, as well as Spain were among the countries that announced they would not recognise new Vietnamese passports, but Spain reconsidered its position, announcing that it now accepts the new passports.
The Embassy of Czechia, through a statement, announced that it would not recognise the new passports of Vietnam.
“Vietnam’s new passport issued on July 1 does not meet the technical standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Therefore, the Czech Republic agrees with other member countries of the European Union (EU) to stop recognising it,” Czechia stressed in a statement.
At the same time, the French Embassy in Vietnam stressed that it would not recognise the Vietnamese passport.
“The German authorities recently announced that they do not recognise, at this stage, the new passport model issued by the Vietnamese authorities since July 1, 2022, because certain identifying information such as the province of birth no longer appears there. The German authorities, therefore, do not issue visas (C-, D-) on these new passports,” the statement revealed.
Authorities in Vietnam announced that they started issuing the new passport on July 1, 2022, while an official from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security told Tuoi Tre newspaper that the country’s new passport follows regulations as well as international practices, despite the fact that it has been criticised of not providing enough detailed information.
