Circular No. 30/2025/TT-BTP Amending certain administrative procedures stipulated in circulars in the field of judicial auxiliary activities

d) Decision on issuance of replacement identification card for judicial expert (applicable at localities) (Form No. 8 - amended).

(Attached are the amended forms).

Article 2. Amend Circular No. 01/2010/TT-BTP detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of Decree No. 77/2008/NĐ-CP on legal advisory services, which has been amended and supplemented by Circular No. 19/2011/TT-BTP amending and supplementing some provisions on administrative procedures of Circulars No. 05/2008/TT-BTP, No. 03/2008/TT-BTP, and No. 01/2010/TT-BTP.

"2. The registration dossier for the Branch of the Legal Advisory Center as stipulated in Clause 5, Article 14 of Decree No. 77/2008/NĐ-CP shall include the following documents:

a) Application form for registration according to the prescribed model;

b) Decision of the managing organization regarding the establishment of the Branch.

3. Within five working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Department of Justice where the Branch's headquarters is located shall be responsible for issuing the Registration Certificate for the Branch; in case of refusal, it must notify the reasons in writing to the applicant."

"2. Within five working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Department of Justice shall record the above changes in the Registration Certificate of the Center and Branch, and return the Registration Certificate to the Center and Branch after completing the procedures."

"2. Within five working days from the date of receiving the request document, the Director of the Department of Justice issues a decision to revoke the Legal Advisor Card.

The decision to revoke the Legal Advisor Card shall be sent to the Legal Advisory Center, Branch, managing organization, Ministry of Justice, and relevant state management agencies on labor and tax."

"2. The Legal Advisory Center and Branch shall be responsible for submitting the application dossier for reissuing the Legal Advisor Card to the Department of Justice.

Within five working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Department of Justice shall be responsible for reissuing the Legal Advisor Card to the applicant."

"2. A person who has completed a lawyer training program abroad wishing to be recognized in Vietnam shall submit an application dossier to the Department of Justice. The dossier includes:

a) Request document for recognition of foreign lawyer training;

b) Certified copy of the certificate of completion of the foreign lawyer training program; documents proving that they fall under one of the cases specified in this clause.

Documents specified in point b of this clause must be legalized by consular certification in accordance with the law and translated into Vietnamese; the Vietnamese translation must be certified in accordance with Vietnamese law."

"Within seven working days from the date of receiving a complete and valid dossier, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee shall issue a decision recognizing foreign lawyer training, in case of refusal, must notify in writing and specify the reasons."

"2. In cases where the content of amendments, supplements, or cancellation of transactions relates to property rights that require registration, the person requesting authentication must submit a certified copy of the document proving ownership or usage rights or other documents prescribed by law and present the original for verification; except in cases where the testator is threatened with imminent death.

There is no requirement for the person requesting authentication of the amendment, supplementation, or cancellation of transactions to submit a certified copy of the land use right certificate or ownership certificate of immovable property attached to the land (initially applicable to residential land) and present the original for verification if the competent authority handling the administrative procedure can obtain information about these documents from the National Land Database.

During the period of authenticating the amendment, supplementation, or cancellation of transactions, the competent authority handling the administrative procedure shall check and search for information about the land use right certificate or ownership certificate of immovable property attached to the land (initially applicable to residential land) in the National Land Database. If the competent authority cannot obtain information or the information obtained from the National Land Database is incomplete or inaccurate, the person requesting authentication shall be required to complete the dossier, submit the original or a certified copy of the land use right certificate or ownership certificate of immovable property."

"4. There is no requirement for the person proposing the appointment of a notary public pursuant to points a and b of Clause 3 of this Article to submit the original or a certified copy of the document proving the duration of social insurance contributions when the Department of Justice can obtain information about these documents from the National Social Insurance Database.

During the period of appointing a notary public, the Department of Justice shall check and search for information about the document proving the duration of social insurance contributions in the National Social Insurance Database. If the Department of Justice cannot obtain information or the information obtained from the National Social Insurance Database is incomplete or inaccurate, the person proposing the appointment of a notary public shall be required to complete the dossier, submit the original or a certified copy of the document proving the duration of social insurance contributions."

Article 6. Submission and Receipt of Administrative Procedure Results

1. Individuals and organizations implementing the following administrative procedures may submit directly or online on the National Public Service Portal or send via postal service to the competent authority responsible for handling the administrative procedure:

a) Administrative procedures prescribed in Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and Article 5 of this Circular;

b) The registration procedure for participating in the examination of the probationary period results for auction practice as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 15 of Circular No. 19/2024/TT-BTP detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Auction Law No. 01/2016/QH14 amended and supplemented by Law No. 37/2024/QH15.

2. The competent authority shall issue the result of the administrative procedure resolution in paper form and electronic form. The electronic administrative procedure resolution result issued by the competent authority has the same legal effect as the paper administrative procedure resolution result.

Article 7. Effective Date and Transitional Provisions

1. This Circular takes effect from January 1, 2026.

2. Prior to the effective date of this Circular, the administrative procedures shall be implemented as follows:

a) For applications for administrative procedures prescribed in Article 1 of this Circular that have been submitted to the competent authority, they shall be handled according to the provisions of Circular No. 11/2020/TT-BTP.

b) For applications for administrative procedures prescribed in Article 2 of this Circular that have been submitted to the competent authority, they shall be handled according to the provisions of Circular No. 01/2010/TT-BTP, amended and supplemented by Circular No. 19/2011/TT-BTP.

c) For applications for administrative procedures prescribed in Article 3 of this Circular that have been submitted to the competent authority, they shall be handled according to the provisions of Decree No. 121/2025/NĐ-CP on decentralization and delegation in the field of state management under the Ministry of Justice and Circular No. 05/2021/TT-BTP.

d) For applications for administrative procedures prescribed in Article 4 of this Circular that have been submitted to the competent authority, they shall be handled according to the provisions of Circular No. 01/2020/TT-BTP.

đ) For applications for administrative procedures prescribed in point b, Clause 1, Article 6 of this Circular, they shall be handled according to the provisions of Circular No. 19/2024/TT-BTP.

e) The Director of the Department of Legal Aid, Heads of relevant units under the Ministry of Justice, Directors of Provincial Departments of Justice, and related agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Circular.

- Ministry of Justice: Ministers, Deputy Ministers; units under the Ministry;