Work permit discontinued but TRC still valid

...Let's hypothetically imagine you have two TRC's. You have to return your TRC but keep one, as you had two. Based on date of expiry its still valid... - @danrodri

"Hypothetically", based on the law, the oldest TRC became invalid when the newer TRC was issued.

Vietnamese law doesn't allow for multiple visas or resident cards.

Since your TRC is linked to your passport (your PP number is included on the TRC) it wouldn't surprise me at all that border/airport security officers would be able to see you had a newer TRC in the past, so at the least, they would reject (probably confiscate) your older TRC.

Hypothetically...

TRCs can be "duplicated"....hypothetically speaking.

And with immigration nothing would surprise me. It would not surprise me if they confiscate it as well as I woudnt be surprised if they don't notice the TRC is linked to a revoked work permit.

By the way...holding two passports is also not allowed by any country  But there are ways to have two valid passports of one country simultaneously. At least I have met people that had. I would never do that of course.

You are wrong about countries allowing two (2) passports.   The US (at a minimum) allows their citizens to hold valid passports and have dual citizenship.

This is an absolutely useless and waste of time thread.

It wouldn't matter what answer anyone gives here, the response would be a "what-about-ism".

This is the kind of senseless thread that develops on this forum when someone is looking for a way to skirt the law here and wants to find encouragement from other clueless foreigners.

This is an absolutely useless and waste of time thread. It wouldn't matter what answer anyone gives here, the response would be a "what-about-ism".This is the kind of senseless thread that develops on this forum when someone is looking for a way to skirt the law here and wants to find encouragement from other clueless foreigners. - @OceanBeach92107

Yes. A relative of mine has both a US and an Australian passport. That's because both the US and Australia a) allow it and b) allow it because of a *bilateral* agreement. In fact, *all* passport and visa laws involving two countries are bilateral except when you get into agreements such as the Schengen countries' permissions: allowed to enter in one without a visa, allowed in all without a visa.

These passport and visa rules have absolutely nothing to do with the question of having two TRCs in Vietnam. I like what OceanBeach92107 wrote, too, because the local gov't rule (which I trust him to 99.9% know) is that when another one is issued, the prior one becomes invalid, superseded as it happens.

Good luck with trying to skirt the rules and laws in Vietnam. A friend of mine just paid a 10 million VND fine for overstaying his visa. He was also informed that another such transgression would be treated "as a criminal matter." Yikes!

This is an absolutely useless and waste of time thread. It wouldn't matter what answer anyone gives here, the response would be a "what-about-ism".This is the kind of senseless thread that develops on this forum when someone is looking for a way to skirt the law here and wants to find encouragement from other clueless foreigners. - @OceanBeach92107 Yes. A relative of mine has both a US and an Australian passport. That's because both the US and Australia a) allow it and b) allow it because of a *bilateral* agreement. In fact, *all* passport and visa laws involving two countries are bilateral except when you get into agreements such as the Schengen countries' permissions: allowed to enter in one without a visa, allowed in all without a visa. These passport and visa rules have absolutely nothing to do with the question of having two TRCs in Vietnam. I like what OceanBeach92107 wrote, too, because the local gov't rule (which I trust him to 99.9% know) is that when another one is issued, the prior one becomes invalid, superseded as it happens. Good luck with trying to skirt the rules and laws in Vietnam. A friend of mine just paid a 10 million VND fine for overstaying his visa. He was also informed that another such transgression would be treated "as a criminal matter." Yikes! - @Lennerd

And, he was *leaving* the country (at Tan Son Nhat) and was prevented from *leaving,* required to relinquish his passport until his several-days-later immigration hearing.