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Vietnam - Apply for a Work Permit / Employment License

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ProcedureEdit

  1. Submit a completed application form along with all other required documents.
  2. It may take the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs about three days or more to review your application.



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Required DocumentsEdit

Dossier requesting the issuance of a work permit, must include the following:

  • Official letter of the Chairman of the Peoples Committee at the level of centrally-controlled province or city where your company is located for approving the employment of foreign employees;
  • Official letter requesting the issuance of work permit in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs;
  • Two colored photographs (4cm x 6cm size, bare head, taken frontally, clear face and ears, without glasses, white background), taken within six months of the time of dossier filling;
  • Certificate of health of the employee issued abroad or in Vietnam in accordance with the Ministry of Health.


Note: Applicants may be asked to present additional document, contact the Labor Department to inquire.



Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs

Address:
No. 12 Ng Quy?n St.,
Hon Ki?m District,
H N?i, Vi?t Nam

Tel: 84-4-38269557; 84-4-38269556
Fax: 84-4-38248036

Website


Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Address:
No. 1 Tn Th?t ?m St.,
Ba ?nh District,
H N?i, Vi?t Nam

Telephone: 84-4-37992000
Fax: 84-4-37992682

E-mail: [email protected]

Website



EligibilityEdit

Criteria for foreigners who would like to work in Vietnam:

  • 18 years old up
  • In good health;
  • Managers, CEOs or experts in charge of managing the enterprises with representative offices in Vietnam;
  • No previous convictions on infringement against national security;
  • Free from criminal proceedings or penalties under Vietnamese and foreign laws;
  • Granted with employment licenses by Vietnams competent agencies.


Exemption to the employment license rule:

  • Foreign laborers working for less than three months;
  • Members of liability-limited companies with two members and above;
  • Owners of single-member liability-limited companies;
  • Members of the Board of Management of a joint stock company;
  • Those who are coming in to Vietnam to resolve emergency situations such as technically or technologically breakdowns which can negatively affect production or business and are not settled by Vietnamese and foreign experts in Vietnam.



FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

Employment licenses / work permit can be valid for a maximum period of 36 months.


Note: In case the license is lost or damaged, the holder can apply for re-issuance.



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Processing TimeEdit

It may take the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs about three days or more to review your application.



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InstructionsEdit

Employers applying for work permits must file their request to the Department of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs.



Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.



Need for the DocumentEdit

The Government of Vietnam issued a Decree 102/2013/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Labor Code on foreign employees working in Viet Nam (Decree 102). The Decree came into force as from November 1, 2013.

A foreigner who would like to work in Vietnam is required to obtain an employment license/work permit. Here is a procedure on how to apply for one.



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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.



External LinksEdit

  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam Government Portal:
http://www.chinhphu.vn/portal/page/portal/English/qna?_piref138_54248_138_40940_40940.viewDisplay=detail&_piref138_54248_138_40940_40940.replyId=1695
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