Vietnam family visa (TT) — spouse, dependents, PR clock
In plain termsFamily stay usually uses the TT or UĐ visa symbols — Vietnam's codes for visas tied to a Vietnamese spouse or family member. Marriage to a Vietnamese citizen living in Vietnam can exempt a work permit — and can widen housing rights.
Hanoi · Train Street · family density
Typical symbols: TT, UĐ1, UĐ2.
What the codes mean4 terms in plain language
- TT
- family visa to join a resident spouse or relative
- UĐ
- residence visa for a spouse or child of certain investors or special-stay holders
- TRC
- temporary residence card — multi-year stay, renewed not re-stamped
- BHYT
- Vietnam social health insurance, tied to a 12-month-plus contract
Family stay is about who you join, not which employer hired you. TT (join a resident spouse or relative) and UĐ (spouse or child of certain investors or special-stay holders) are the usual immigration doors. Work and housing rights can widen when you are married to a Vietnamese citizen living in Vietnam.
Schools and household health insurance are real needs. Public-school enrolment for foreign children and BHYT via TRC alone stay partially unpublished — those gaps are on the schools and health pages.
What opens from here
TRC on family symbols
TT sits on the TRC list with a maximum term of 3 years on file. UĐ paths can run longer. The sponsor files — you do not self-file.
Open →Marriage work-permit exemption
Married to a Vietnamese citizen and living in Vietnam can exempt a work permit. Confirm the ‘sinh sống’ gate before you treat it as settled. That exemption is one of the five earning doors on /vietnam/earn.
Open →Earn under a family stay
Family stay can open lawful work via the marriage exemption — it does not invent a job. Map stay · labour · tax on the earn hub.
Open →Housing if married to a VN citizen
The housing statute treats marriage to a Vietnamese citizen as a wider ownership path than a solo foreign buyer.
Open →Tax days anyway
Family stay still feeds the calendar. 183 days or habitual abode can make Vietnam tax worldwide income.
Open →Pages to read
Common questions
Vietnam family visa (TT) — spouse, dependents, PR clock — what opens?
Family stay usually uses the TT or UĐ visa symbols — Vietnam's codes for visas tied to a Vietnamese spouse or family member. Marriage to a Vietnamese citizen living in Vietnam can exempt a work permit — and can widen housing rights.
TRC on family symbols
TT sits on the TRC list with a maximum term of 3 years on file. UĐ paths can run longer. The sponsor files — you do not self-file.
Marriage work-permit exemption
Married to a Vietnamese citizen and living in Vietnam can exempt a work permit. Confirm the ‘sinh sống’ gate before you treat it as settled. That exemption is one of the five earning doors on /vietnam/earn.
Earn under a family stay
Family stay can open lawful work via the marriage exemption — it does not invent a job. Map stay · labour · tax on the earn hub.
Housing if married to a VN citizen
The housing statute treats marriage to a Vietnamese citizen as a wider ownership path than a solo foreign buyer.