Obtaining a work permit in Vietnam
Obtaining a work permit to work in Vietnam not only means a lot to foreigners, but also companies that hire foreigners.
The possession of a work permit significantly helps foreigners, nowadays with respect to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic for which Vietnam successfully adopted necessary, as well as strict, protective measures to effectively minimize the spread of this troublesome virus throughout the country.
The work permit benefits
Some of the work permit benefits to be enjoyed by a foreign employee are:
Benefits of having a work permit in Vietnam
Challenging to obtain a work permit
Unfortunately, the requirements for obtaining a work permit is applicable to every single foreigner, regardless work status – permanent or temporary.
In fact, obtaining a work permit is a cumbersome task. Even those who have successfully applied for the work permit themselves find it challenging to obtain a work permit because of the complicated procedures, frequent changes in law, the lengthy step-by-step process and the excessive amount of documents to prepare.
The complicated procedures
In order to obtain a work permit, applicant will typically need to follow the following procedure:
Work permit's document preparation
An excessive amount of documents to prepare would take you time.
What is the most important issue?
Bear in mind that the demand for using foreign employees has ranked first in a list of tricky matters for each applicant.
Everyone is aware of the lengthy list of documents required for a work permit application, however, the idiom, “The devil is in the details” certainly applies to this daunting task and to the demand for the use of foreign employees.
Almost half of all applications for work permits are denied due to a lack of evidence demonstrating the demand for hiring a foreign employee.
More specifically, under normal circumstances, applicants will only submit the form of demand to hire a foreign employee to the Department of Labor Invalids and Social Affairs, but in order for each applicant to successfully demonstrate that it has such a demand, it must provide, at least, one of the following criteria, WITH a reasonable explanation and justification.
In particular:
And, the announcement should be made public, by the employer for a full 30-days prior to recruiting a foreign employee.
And the fees?
Secondly, there are no correct answers to the questions: how much will the fees and costs be in total?
Although government established fees, for work permits, are relatively low, such as is the case for
… there are no fixed fees for work permit applications.
All are subject to
So on and so forth,
BUT, under no circumstances should we charge you more than 800US$. So stay focused on what you are doing the best!
Suggested
Do not hire an advisor until you’re fully aware of every detail of the transaction, otherwise a nightmarish cost hit will likely occur. When doing so, you should be confident of applying for the work permit by yourself.
However, if time constraints are a concern, please contact Gateway to Vietnam and we’ll work together to see what can be done to ensure an effective and efficient application process toward timely receipt of a work permit.
