Some information about Vietnam work permit exemption for foreigners

If you want to work in Vietnam but you are not Vietnamese, you need to obtain a work permit as a legal allowance to apply for a job here. According to this, you can only work legally in Vietnam if your work permit is still valid. Nevertheless, there are some exemptions that you should take notice of. You can find more in this article. Now, keep reading if you do not want to miss that useful information.

Vietnam work permit cost

If you want to obtain a work permit in Vietnam, you have to pay fees for the application. The cost varies and it depends on different nationality as well as the process in different home countries. For example, the South African and British process can be up to $500. In the meanwhile, citizens living in the United States only have to pay $150 for Vietnam work permit. You can check the fee on the Internet before applying. In case you are too busy to do it yourself or you do not know where to start, you can visit some reliable websites about visa in Vietnam such as govisa.com.vn. Here, they provide everything you need and there are such great support teams who are always willing to help you with your problems.

If you want to obtain a work permit in Vietnam, you have to pay fees for the application

Exemption cases for foreigners in Vietnam

There are so many exempted cases that foreigners can benefit.

• Foreigners working in Vietnam less than 3 months in a year
• Foreigners coming to Vietnam to offer services
• Foreigners owning a limited liability company together with another member
• Foreigners entering Vietnam to solve emergency problems like technical situations, incidents or business that experts in Vietnam cannot handle. The time to deal with these matters must be within 3 months, or else, foreigners will have to apply to get a work permit
• Foreigners who, along with 2 other people or more, are members of a limited liability company
• Foreigners who have positions at the Board of Directors in a joint-stock company

There are so many exempted cases that foreigners can benefit/ Ph: vietnam-legal.com

Apart from the aforementioned cases, there are also many other exceptions such as:

• Volunteers who are certified by international organizations or foreign diplomatic missions in Vietnam
• Students learning at foreign institutions or schools that have agreements on internship in enterprises, organizations and agencies in Vietnam
• Foreigners having official passports to do their job at socio-political organizations, social organizations and state agencies
• Foreigners coming to Vietnam in order to provide technical expertise and advisory services that serve construction, research, evaluation, monitoring, management of programs funded with ODA
• Other cases which are decided by the Prime Minister

Documents required for Vietnam work permit exemption

If you belong to the above cases, you must submit some documents required to the Department of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs of the place you are employed for. The procedures may take you a few days to get completed. Therefore, you need to prepare all the necessary documents carefully to the department at least 7 days before starting your job here in order to get a work permit exemption certificate. Here are the needed documents you need for the procedures:

• Your detailed information such as name, gender, age, passport number, nationality, job description and term on employment
• A request to confirm a foreigner can have a work permit exemption legally
• Copies of paper proving you are eligible for an exempted work permit must be translated totally into Vietnamese

You will have to wait for about 15 working days to receive a confirmation of Department of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs of whether you are eligible to get the work permit exemption or not. The cost for this process is about $100 and your Vietnam work permit will be valid for 2 years. Then, you will have to expand it. In case your passport is not valid in 2 years, you will not be able to work in Vietnam as long as the valid period of the work permit.

You need to prepare all the necessary documents carefully to the department at least 7 days before starting your job here in order to get a work permit exemption certificate

If you are approved by the department, you can start your work in Vietnam as soon as you are required. But in case you do not get a work permit here, you will be expelled from Vietnam.

Conditions for Vietnam work permit extension

As we have mentioned above, if you want to work in Vietnam for more than 2 years, you need to extend your work permit. In this case, you will have to apply for extension at least 1 month before the expiration of the existing permit. Thus, you need to make sure you meet all of the following conditions to be eligible for a work permit extension.

• Foreigners must prove that their plan is to conduct training the Vietnamese employees so as to demonstrate the jobs that are performed by employers
• The current work permit information has to be unchanged, especially job position or passport number
• Foreigners continue to extend the contract of working in Vietnam and stay at their positions as long as there have not any labor discipline’s breaches

If you can meet all these conditions, and your boss can submit the application form on behalf of you within 45 days before the existing permit expires, you will be granted an extension to your work permit by the Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

To sum up, nowadays, it is not hard to apply for a work permit in Vietnam. You can go to the Embassy for more information or stay at home and search on the Internet. When knowing you belong to the work permit exemption group, you ought to take advantage of it. Then, follow our instructions above to complete all the procedures correctly. If you want to save time and energy, visit govisa.com.vn for any support.