Hi everyone!
Today I've encountered a tricky situation. I am now hosting some couchsurfers at my place and all of a sudden, a local police showed up at my place (I checked and he is truly a police). He accused me of allowing foreigners to stay illegally because following to the Vietnamese law, foreigners are forced to stay at a hotel or any other places that have a business licence. It means your friends cannot stay at your place except you get a business licence for the place (but I do not want to set up a hotel or something). I am so confused now :( Does anyone have experiences about this case before? Greatly appreciate if you can give me advice...
Mình mới phát hiện ra luật VN có một quy định rất là độc đáo @_@ không cho phép người nước ngoài lưu trú tại nhà riêng (trừ khi có quan hệ hôn phối). Trong trường hợp muốn cho lưu lại thì cần giấy phép đăng ký kinh doanh và v..v.. Hoặc người nước ngoài đó buộc phải ra khách sạn ở?!?!
Vậy xin hỏi, muốn host bạn bè nước ngoài (không có kinh doanh gì ở đây nhé) để giúp họ đỡ cái budget với có cơ hội trải nghiệm thêm về local culture... thì phải làm thế *** nào bây giờ? Chả lẽ ép người ta ra khách sạn?!?!!!!
Today I've encountered a tricky situation. I am now hosting some couchsurfers at my place and all of a sudden, a local police showed up at my place (I checked and he is truly a police). He accused me of allowing foreigners to stay illegally because following to the Vietnamese law, foreigners are forced to stay at a hotel or any other places that have a business licence. It means your friends cannot stay at your place except you get a business licence for the place (but I do not want to set up a hotel or something). I am so confused now :( Does anyone have experiences about this case before? Greatly appreciate if you can give me advice...
Mình mới phát hiện ra luật VN có một quy định rất là độc đáo @_@ không cho phép người nước ngoài lưu trú tại nhà riêng (trừ khi có quan hệ hôn phối). Trong trường hợp muốn cho lưu lại thì cần giấy phép đăng ký kinh doanh và v..v.. Hoặc người nước ngoài đó buộc phải ra khách sạn ở?!?!
Vậy xin hỏi, muốn host bạn bè nước ngoài (không có kinh doanh gì ở đây nhé) để giúp họ đỡ cái budget với có cơ hội trải nghiệm thêm về local culture... thì phải làm thế *** nào bây giờ? Chả lẽ ép người ta ra khách sạn?!?!!!!
đúng là có cái luật này ở VN bạn ạ. đó là lý do tại sao mình ko dám host ai hết vì công an khu mình thường xuyên đi kiểm tra nhà
Me too, no choice my friend.
Giờ mới biết có cái luật này,
mình cũng muốn host một số bạn thì phải làm sao? Có bạn nào biết cách
gì không? Có thể ra phường đăng ký tạm trú cho họ vài ngày được không?
so that means all Vietnamese
couchsurfers and I seemed to violate THE LAW??? So what is the meaning
of this forum in Vietnam while we cannot host foreigners/ help people on
low budget/ surf local people's places... What the fuck is going on
here with VNMese law?
As a Vietnamese national you may host a foreign national for free as long as you register him with the police.
As you didn't, the police may fine you but not on the basis you hosted a foreigner.
As you didn't, the police may fine you but not on the basis you hosted a foreigner.
no Albane, u need a
hotel/guest house business license if u want to host a foreigner. if
that person is your relative, u need to prove your relationship and
register it with the police
I've just got advice from my
friend, we must register when others staying in our house (not only
foreigner, even local people), haizzzz, so complicated :((
Just checked with my VN
lawyer collegues. The fine should be aorund 500 000 VND. Sadly I can't
help you more as it is not written in any decree or law translated in
english. You need to check in Vietnamese into the police internal rules.
Good luck
Good luck
Chico & chicas! I just
called a high level lawyer and he confirmed that if you have no legal
relationship with a foreigner, he/she cannot stay at your place and no
way the police can accept his/her stay at your own house. The only way a
foreigner can stay here in VN is booking a hostel/hotel or anywhere
else that has a hotel business licence. FUCK YEAH!
Find foreigners who live in
"Room For Rent" rooms. In other words, do not just talk to foreigners
who live in hotels, apartments, hostels, motels, and other official
business housing facilities. I am a couch surfer. I have been in Vietnam
for the past 8 months.
Couch Surfing (CS) still has a purpose apart from hosting others. CS still allows for meeting people, for networking, at parks, cafes, and other meeting places. It does not have to be the end of the world. You can try to fight laws, or you can be happy for what we can do. Vietnam still has freedoms. I would not still be here in Vietnam if they made me pay money to breath the air in Vietnam.
When things don't go our way, we can cry about it, or we can do our best to compensate in order to regain the balance in life.
Couch Surfing (CS) still has a purpose apart from hosting others. CS still allows for meeting people, for networking, at parks, cafes, and other meeting places. It does not have to be the end of the world. You can try to fight laws, or you can be happy for what we can do. Vietnam still has freedoms. I would not still be here in Vietnam if they made me pay money to breath the air in Vietnam.
When things don't go our way, we can cry about it, or we can do our best to compensate in order to regain the balance in life.
