Germany officially recognizes Vietnam’s new passports

Type C visa allows its holders to enter any of the 26 Schengen countries and to move between these countries without any additional entry procedures. On July 1 last year, Vietnam adopted the new version of passports without stating the birthplace information in replacement for old-version visas that show such data. Some other Schengen countries later made the same decision as Germany while the U.S. requested visa applicants to show birthplace certificates for interviews. After some working sessions between Vietnamese and German authorities, Germany has since mid-August resumed granting visas, except category C ones, to holders of Vietnamese passports with birthplace information added to the appendix. Type C visa allows its holders to enter any of the 26 Schengen countries and to move between these countries without any additional entry procedures.