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At 8:00 am on March 16, a special day, 30-year-old Le Quoc Dung, a resident of Bo De neighborhood, Long Bien district, Hanoi, got up earlier than usual. Taking his bicycle out of the crowded room, Mr. Dung enthusiastically headed to the Bo Ward People’s Committee office, not far away.
For him, March 16 marks the most memorable milestone of his life, the day he was awarded a birth certificate, after 30 years of “invisible” life among the capital.
In the OSS department, after paying the fee and completing the procedure, the staff of the Bo Ward People’s Committee presented Mr. Dung with a birth certificate, a document that he hopes to obtain on a long journey and many events.
“I was born, this role means that I have existed in this world,” he said.
Mr. Le Quoc Dung is happy when he has the birth certificate.
“I was too distraught, like a social outcast”
Mr. Dung said that on November 17, 1991, when he was only born one day, he was abandoned on C StreetIn the north, Truc Bach district, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi. He was adopted by the family of Mrs. KTM (residing in the Truc Bach neighborhood). At that time, he was not allowed to obtain a birth certificate. When his family was asked about his identification, they simply told him that he could not do it.
For many years living with her adoptive parents, when she was 9-10 years old, she was able to attend the Continuing Education Center, the literacy eradication class, the fifth grade audition, she was not on the official list, she was not studying. contacts.
Upon graduating from college, when he was between the ages of 15 and 16, he hid his family from trading gas. Life is difficult because the house is full of people.
In 2012, Ms. M. died of illness. Two years later, he also left his family, he had no identification: no birth certificate, no home registration, no identity card.
He was unable to get a formal job, sometimes doing some manual work on a day-to-day basis. At one point, he worked as a car wash under the Thinh Liet and lived in the owner’s shop. After a while he went back to work as a security guard, with a salary of 3 million VND / month, half the rent for rent, the rest of the money was only enough to reserve.
Because he has no identity documents, for the past 30 years, Mr. Dung has had to accept “many no”, no friends, no school, no official job, and cannot buy any property for himself.
On the morning of March 16, Mr. Dung went to the Bo Ward People’s Committee to await the birth certificate.
You are looking forward to the final steps to be officially confirmed with a birth certificate.
In 6 years, from 2014 to 2020, he tried to find ways to request a birth certificate, identity card, but did not get results. “He was so distraught, like a social outcast, because he didn’t have any identification,” he said.
Without giving up, Mr. Dung patiently posted on forums, but received general advice. Suddenly, a lawyer’s office gave him a free consultation, guiding him to submit an application to the Department of Justice and the local government.
The Hanoi Justice Department ordered him to apply to the Bo De neighborhood (where he temporarily resides) for birth registration procedures. In April 2020, Bo De ward responded and asked the popular committees of the Truc Bach and Phuc Xa districts (where he was adopted) to confirm where he used to reside.
After verification, the Bo Ward People’s Committee was still unable to proceed with Mr. Dung’s birth registration, as it was unable to identify the origin of birth and growth. Upon receiving this information, he is sad and depressed, sometimes wanting to give up everything and leave life to fate.
“Being an ordinary person but without identification brings a lot of suffering. Not born, like me.Once born, when he is lost he is like an invisible person ”, he confided.
After exhausting moments, wanting to live like a normal citizen, in early January 2021, Dung applied again. Get help issuing identity documents and send them to the Ministry of Justice, the Department of Justice and the People’s Committee of the City. Hanoi.
Immediately after receiving the information from Mr. Dung, Mr. Nguyen Cong Khanh, Director of the Department of Civil Status, Citizenship and Authentication (Ministry of Justice) immediately cHe led and joined the delegation to work directly with the Long Bien District People’s Committee to find a solution to his birth registration.
Based on the verification results from the relevant agencies, the Department of Civil Status, Citizenship and Authenticity revealed that Mr. Dung was an abandoned child, adopted by the KTM family.
In order to speedily process the registration of the birth certificate and guarantee Mr. Dung’s rights, the Department has asked the Bo Ward People’s Committee to receive the registration documents, use the verification results and Mr. Dung’s report. Dung to verify it. Register content for him to register.
Mr. Dung’s birth certificate, from now on, he is officially an ordinary citizen.
On March 8, Mr. Dung received a document from the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice that was approved as a birth certificate. March 11 came out Bo De Ward People’s Committee one-stop shop to submit documents, make an appointment on the 15th to return the results.
On the afternoon of March 15, because he was busy loading and unloading, Mr. Dung asked to postpone the morning of March 16 to the ward to receive a birth certificate.
Holding a sheet of paper that he has been searching for for the past 30 years, he is moved, just knowing that he is so happy, not a single word enough to express his feelings right now. All night before couldn’t sleep, mixed suspense. “I counted every minute that passed to go to the living room to receive the birth certificate,” he said.
“I will think of a better life in the future”
In a rented room of only 10-15 square meters, the rent is 1.5 million a month, with no valuable furniture, not even a small screen, Mr. Dung said that he moved here in November last year.
The last Tet, for me, was like a normal day. From Tet 30 to 5, he took over the car in the temple and was paid 500,000 VND per day. The next day, when it was announced that the temples and relics were closed due to the influence of Covid-19, he was “unemployed.”
“Working as a seasonal profession, if you have a job, you can do it, otherwise it makes your life extremely difficult,” he said.
Recently, he asked his feet to rent goods, accept work via zalo, work an 8-hour night shift from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am the next morning, and be paid 230,000-270,000 dong. Before work, cook rice and eat well for good health. He said that he only dared to accept the night shift, because during the day he still enlisted to go to the authorities to ask about the paperwork.
Each bag of goods weighs an average of 20 pounds, is loaded overnight, until the stock runs out. He also couldn’t count the total amount he drew.
The room has no valuables and Dung’s bike.
When asked about the birth certificate, he excitedly “bragged” with a bright smile. In it, the statement about the father is left blank. For 30 years, he never thought of looking for his parents. I don’t know why they abandoned it that year. “The time has been too long, it is difficult to find my parents again, so I do not expect that problem.” The adoptive parents gave him the name Le Quoc Dung.
After 30 years, he officially certified his existence in this life. A new trip is opened again, when in the near future he wants to be granted the identity of a citizen, but this process is very difficult because he does not have a home registration book himself.
Mr. Dung considered submitting an application to the Ministry of Public Security for consideration, or requesting importation to a known family and then parting his mouth after being granted citizen identity.
“Having a birth certificate but not having a citizen identity is also difficult to apply for a job, although I know that with an educational level at the end of 5th grade, I can only work as a security guard and a games storekeeper,” he said. saying.
Hopefully, Mr. Dung will be granted citizenship soon and he will find a steady job.
At the end of the conversation, Mr. Dung was shy when asked if he has a girlfriend. He answered “no”, just hoping that fate would help him meet a girl who is willing to join him in building a house and add strength to move on.
The journey ahead is still arduous, but Dung says he won’t give up. It has spent 30 long years proving that it exists, next time it will make more efforts.
“In the near future I will try to get the citizenship card, then I will think about a better life in the future,” he said.
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