How to register for an ID card for children under 14 years old via VNeID

(Dan Tri) - Making identification cards for children under 14 years old will bring many practical benefits such as reducing paperwork when completing administrative procedures, making it convenient to travel by plane, train, and get medical examination and treatment with health insurance...

According to Article 19 of the Law on Identification 2023, Vietnamese citizens aged 14 years or older are required to carry out procedures for issuance of identification cards. Children under 14 years old are not required and will only be issued an ID card if needed.

Although not required, registering for an ID card for children under 14 years old will bring many benefits to the child as well as to the parent or legal guardian, such as when checking in for a plane or train; medical examination and treatment with health insurance; Admission procedures... parents will not need to bring too many documents.

Registering for an ID card for children under 14 years old also helps them quickly own an electronic identity account on the VNeID application, participating in the national digital transformation process early.

The procedure for issuing ID cards for children under 14 years old is carried out completely free of charge by the authorities, so parents should consider registering for an ID card early for their children.

Steps to submit application documents for identification cards for children under 14 years old through VNeID

After updating the VNeID application to the latest version and the level 2 electronic identification account has been activated, readers can follow these steps to register for an identification card for children under 14 years old.

- Open the VNeID application on the phone of the parent or guardian, log in to the electronic identification account.

- From the main interface of the application, select "Administrative procedures" in the "Service group" section, then find and select "Issuance, renewal, re-issuance of Identification cards".

Enter the data protection password on VNeID to continue.

- Click the "Create new request" button at the interface that appears. Select "Issue ID cards for people under 14 years old", then press the "Continue" button.

- In the next interface, you declare the information "relationship with the person needing identification", fill in the information of children under 14 years old in the corresponding box.

Note: to see the child's "Personal Identification Number", you can access the "Residency information" section on VNeID (in case the child has declared residence) or look on the child's birth certificate (for children born and issued a birth certificate after January 1, 2016).

After fully declaring, press the "Check information" button.

The information "Personal identification number" is printed on the child's birth certificate (Photo: TT).

- In the next step, check the option "Recommend integrating information on the Identity card (Health Insurance, Social Insurance, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Driver's License) in case you want to integrate this information into the child's electronic identification account after being issued an ID card.

In the "Implementation level" section, you can select "Ward/Twitterã level", then select the police agency and the appointment date to work at the police agency.

After declaring the information, press the "Continue" button.

Finally, you check the information you have declared, check the option "I hereby declare that the information declared above is true" and press the "Send profile" button.

Note

For children under 6 years old: Legal representatives can submit documents via VNeID or public service portal. If done online and the child's information is complete and accurate in the National Population Database, the representative confirms the information to transfer the file to the competent authority for resolution. Children under 6 years old do not have to go to the police station to have their biometrics collected during this process.

For children from 6 to under 14 years old: After registration, parents or legal representatives need to take the child to the police according to instructions and appointments to have facial photos taken, fingerprints and iris photos taken.

The representative needs to prepare documents proving legal representative status if requested by the receiving agency. The processing time limit according to current announcement procedures is 7 working days.

Issuing an ID card does not mean that the child's electronic identity account is automatically activated. If you want to use an electronic identity account, the representative needs to follow the specific regulations and instructions of the authorities.