Procedures for the certification exam for customs declaration

a) Authority with decision-making authority: General Department of Customs

b) Authority or competent person authorized or decentralized to implement (if any): No

c) Agencies directly implementing administrative procedures: General Department of Customs, Provincial and City Customs Departments.

d) Coordinating agency (if any): No

 Customs Law No. 54/2014/QH13 dated June 23, 2014;

– Circular No. 12/2015/TT-BTC dated January 31, 2015 of the Ministry of Finance detailing procedures for granting customs declaration professional certificates; issuance and revocation of customs clearance agent employee codes; order, recognition procedures and operations of customs clearance agents.

– Circular No. 22/2019/TT-BTC dated April 16, 2019 of the Minister of Finance amending and supplementing a number of articles in Circular No. 12/2015/TT-BTC dated January 31, 2015 of the Ministry Finance Detailed regulations on procedures for granting customs clearance certificates; issuance and revocation of customs clearance agent employee codes; order, recognition procedures and operations of customs clearance agents.

- Step 1: Submit your application:

Contestants must submit exam registration documents to the Customs Department of the province or city at a convenient place chosen by the contestant and must pay fees according to current law regulations at the place where exam registration documents are submitted. .

- Step 2: Exam organization:

The customs authority receives exam candidates' dossiers, the General Department of Customs develops exam regulations, establishes exam councils and organizes exams at provincial and city Customs Departments or in clusters including several Departments. Provincial and city customs offices to facilitate candidates.

The exam council publicly announces the exam results on the e-portal of the General Department of Customs, the e-Customs newspaper and posts them at the headquarters of the provincial and city Customs Departments where exam applications are received. In case of disagreement with the exam results announced by the Exam Council, the test taker must apply for a review of the exam.

- Step 3: Issuing certificates of customs declaration operations:

+ In case the contestant has an unsatisfactory exam subject, the results of the satisfactory exam subjects will be automatically reserved for a period of 01 year from the date of notification of re-examination results on the General Information Portal of the General Department of Justice. Customs Department; or reserve the results until the end of the next customs clearance professional certification exam in case the time limit is 01 year from the date of notification of review results on the Electronic Information Portal of the General Department. Customs where the exam to grant the Certificate of Customs Clearance has not yet been organized.

+ In case 03 subjects meet the requirements, the Examination Council will issue a Certificate of Customs Clearance Profession according to the provisions of Article 4 of Circular 12/2015/TT-BTC dated January 30, 2015 and will not send a Score Certificate. exam.

 To register for the first exam to issue a Certificate of Customs Clearance Profession, the contestant submits one (01) set of documents, including:

+ Exam registration form according to form No. 01 issued with the Circular.

+ College diploma or higher in economics, law, engineering: 01 certified copy or 01 copy and present the original for comparison.

+ Two (02) 3x4cm color photos taken within 06 (six) months up to the time of submitting the exam application, clearly stating full name and year of birth on the back of the photo (01 photo pasted on the exam registration form, 01 photo pasted on the certificate when issued).

+ Document recording academic results in case the diploma does not show that the major meets the exam exemption conditions as prescribed: 01 certified copy or 01 copy and present the original for comparison (if any). )

+ Written confirmation from the university or college where the person registering to take the exam worked before ceasing to be a lecturer according to regulations in case the test taker is exempted from the test: 01 original (if any)

– To register to retake the exam for subjects that have not been passed, the candidate submits one (01) set of documents, including:

+ Exam registration form according to Form No. 01 issued with this Circular;

+ Two (02) 3x4cm color photos taken within 06 (six) months up to the time of submitting the exam application, clearly stating full name and year of birth on the back of the photo to paste on the exam registration form and Certificate. only when granted.