Category: WORK PERMIT

THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN VIETNAM When foreigners working in Vietnam, there are a number of procedures and legal frameworks that must be understood. In this article, we discuss the documents necessary for a foreign worker in Vietnam, including: Short-term Business Visas Work Permits Temporary Residence Cards CONDITIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF A WORK PERMIT There […]

Pursuant to the new Degree No 11/2016/ND-CP issued on 3 February 2016 hereby details on the implementation of Labor Code regarding to the foreign labor working in Viet Nam, if foreign workers plan to continue working in Vietnam and their current work permit’s validity is more than 30 days, they must submit the form for […]

VIETNAM WORK PERMIT – EXEMPTED CASES FOR FOREIGN LABOURS A foreign national married to a Vietnamese citizen exempted from a work permit in Vietnam will be applied from 1 January 2021; Capital-contributing members or owners of limited liability companies; Members of the Board of Directors of joint-stock companies; Chiefs of representative offices and directors of […]

Foreigner labors having a valid work permit and continue working for a current company, they must renew the work permit before 45 days period to the expiry date of the current work permit. One of the most important conditions allowing you to apply for work permit renewal is that the information of yourself (full name, […]

Normally, all foreigners looking to perform work in Vietnam are required to obtain a work permit. The foreign workers are allowed to work legally in Vietnam during the period for which the work permit is valid. However, there are a number of exemptions from the work permit requirement depending on your work in Vietnam. If […]

In most cases, a work permit is required when working in Vietnam for more than three months. The companies seeking to employ foreign nationals, a recruitment plan by the company must be submitted at least thirty days in advance of the worker’s arrival to the provincial Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA). Where […]

Based on Vietnam Labor and Immigration Laws, foreign workers working in Vietnam must process a number of procedures and legal frameworks that must be understood. In this article, we discuss the documents necessary for the foreign labors in Vietnam, including Short-Term Business Visas; Work Permits or Work Permit Exemption and Temporary Residence Cards. The companies […]

Pursuant to the new Decree No 11/2016/ND-CP issued on 3 February 2016 detailing on the implementation of Labor Code regarding to the foreign labor working in Viet Nam, if the current work permit within valid period is lost, damaged or the content of the work permit is changed, foreign workers must apply for a replacement […]

Under Vietnam labor law, any foreigner must obtain a Work Permit to work legally in Vietnam. There are various types of Work Permit including Work Permit for teachers, workers, legal representatives, directors,… In this article, we will provide the A to Z procedure to help foreign teachers (teaching English, French, Japanese, Chinese,…) apply for and […]

To have an overview of Vietnamese work permits, we have summarized and highlighted the newest updates on work permit and work permit extension in Vietnam based on the New Labor Code effect from 1 January 2021as below:   THE TERM OF VIETNAM WORK PERMIT FOR FOREIGENR LABOURS 2020 – 2021 The validity period of a […]