Please be noted: From March 1, 2025, the Provincial Police (not the Department of Justice) will take the responsibility to receive applications for issuance of Criminal Record Certificates and to update and process criminal record information.

Certification the form to get Criminal Records Certificate (police check) for foreigners who resided in Viet Nam at the Ministry of Public Security.

Step 1: Certification by the Embassy of Viet Nam of your signature in Criminal Records Form and true copy of your passport:

Attention: You have to choose to apply Criminal Records Certificate No. 1 (not mentioning convictions which was deleted) or Criminal Records Certificates No. 2 (mentioning convictions which was deleted). You have to check with Australian authority to decide which Certificate you need.

- Carefully fill in the Vietnamese form for Criminal Records Certificate. Mark on Certificate No.1 or No.2 checkbox which you want to apply for.

- If you want to authorise someone in Viet Nam to submit and get the Criminal Record Certificate No.1 for you, please carefully fill in Vietnamese authorisation form for Criminal Records Certificate No. 1.

- In case of apply for the Criminal Record Certificate No.2, you can NOT authorise anyone, but to do it yourself (submission in person or by international post).

Only the fully-filled Vietnamese form is accepted; the English form for reference only. 

* Please send to our Embassy:

- Fully-filled Vietnamese form for Criminal Records Certificate (No.1 or No.2)

- A certified copy of your passport  (including front page and the pages showing Vietnamese visa and Vietnamese border stamps).

- A returned pre-paid self-addressed envelop (registered or express).

- Fee in AUD (in money order or bank cheque payable to "the Embassy of Viet nam"). Please contact the Embassy.

Office address: 6 Timbarra Crescent, O'Malley ACT 2606, Australia

Postal Address: PO BOX 98, Mawson ACT 2607, Australia.

Step 2: Submission of paper work as required to the Vietnamese competent authority in Viet Nam (Department of Public Security of the Province/cities where you resided; or the Ministry of Public Security) by post or in person to get the Criminal Records Certificate.

Please see the instructions here or here.