Work permit

Regarding the new process of obtaining work permit for foreigner working in Vietnam that takes effect fromNovember 1st 2013, SBLaw would like to provide the information as follows:

In order to obtain the certification of work permit exemption from the competent authority in Vietnam, you shall be required to prepare following documents: - Application for obtainment of certification of work permit exemption under the standard form; - Brief information regarding to the Foreign Employee, i.e. Full name, Gender, Date...

For granting of Temporary Residence Card, you and your Company need to prepare the following documents: - 01 photocopy of the valid passport or visa (bring the original for comparison), the type of above documents must be suitable with the purpose to come to Vietnam (Forexample: For the foreign employee...

Under Vietnam Law, except for cases in which foreign employee are exempted from work permit, all foreign employee must obtain work permit to be employed in Vietnam.

According to Decree 102/2013/ND-CP date September 05th, 2013 elaborating some articles of The Labor Code 2012 on foreign workers in Vietnam, the following foreign employee are exempted from work permit in Vietnam:

Question: I would like to make enquiries of applying for temporary or permanent resident card. I planning to marry with my Vietnamese Girlfriend who residing in Vietnam permanently. We wanted to settle down and live in Vietnam. If that possible she apply for me for the permanent resident card after we get...

According to the Enterprise Law of Vietnam, the Legal Representative has to stay in Vietnam and according to the regulation on immigration, the Legal Representative has to be issued the temporary residence card due to the reason of staying in Vietnam. Therefore, the temporary residence card is required by...

SBLAW would like to send list of documents that client needs to prepare for obtainment of work permit under Vietnam Law: - 01 certified copy of your passport. In case you wish to certify your passport in foreign country, you should obtain certified copy of your passport at Vietnam Embassy...

Client: Hi, I’m Adnan from BTC Group. It is a multinational company headquartered is Hongkong. We have an office in Vietnam. A colleague of ours, Tanim of Indian national, would go to work there. Therefore he requires a work visa for Vietnam. Kindly inform us whether you would be able...