PROCEDURES & INSTRUCTIONS (for reference) - WORK PERMIT

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

Any foreigners entered into Vietnam must make their temporary residence registration, and have their activities in accordance with the purpose as specified in the issued visa.

An issued visa, upon its expiry, may be considered by the Immigration Department of Vietnam for new issue, or its extension on request

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The cases needing to obtain working permits:

The worker is a foreign citizen who enters to work in Vietnam for:

- Performance of an employment contract

- Transfer within a company

- Performance of assorted contracts, or agreements in economics, trade, finance, banking, insurances, science and technology, culture, sports, education, vocational training, and health services

- Provision of services under contracts

- Offer of services

- Working for foreign NGOs, or international organizations in Vietnam, which are permitted to operate under the provisions of Vietnamese laws

- Working as volunteers

- Fulfilling one’s responsibilities to establish commercial presence

- Working as managers, executive directors, experts, technical workers

- Performance of some tender packages, or projects in Vietnam

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Procedures & Instructions - Work permit

1. Registration of the need to employ foreign workers – Form No.1 (download)

2. Application for working permit – Form No.11 (download)

3. Criminal record

- In case of a foreign worker having never been in Vietnam, his/her criminal record shall be issued by the competent authority of the relevant foreign country

- In case of a foreign worker having been in Vietnam for six months or longer, there must be attached a Criminal record issued by the competent authority of Vietnam

4. Certification of one’s role as manager, executive director, expert or technical worker.

5. Health certificate: Issued by either of the following hospitals:

- People’s Hospital 115 (527 Su Van Hanh St., Dist. 10, Ho Chi Minh City)

- Van Hanh Hospital (781/B1 extended Le Hong Phong St., Dist. 10, Ho Chi Minh City)

- Thong Nhat Hospital

- Cho Ray Hospital

- Trung Vuong Hospital

- Thu Duc Hospital

- An Sinh Hospital

- An Phuoc Hospital

- FV Hospital

- International SOS

6. Business registration certificate (certified true copy)

7. 02 color photos – size of 4x6, without glasses, white background

8. Passport 

 

For further information please contact:  

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