Sunday, 14/07/19
When hiring foreigners in Vietnam, there are a number of procedures and legal frameworks that must be understood. In this article, we share the whole procedures of hiring foreign staff to work in Vietnam; they must process and obtain 3 types of documents: Short-term Business Visas (DN visa); Work Permits or Work Permit Exemption Certificates and Temporary Residence Cards. The Temporary Residence Card (TRC) can be seen as Vietnam long-term visa granted for foreign workers who have work permit or work permit exemption certificate, foreign investors investing in Vietnam or foreigners' relatives with temporary residence card. The temporary residence card is issued for member of a limited company with at least 2 members; Owner of one member Limited Company in Vietnam (except for Representative of being authorized); Member of Board of Directors of a Vietnamese Joint-stock Company; Foreign Lawyers granted with law work permit in Vietnam; Foreign employers with related work permit working in Vietnamese enterprises or Representative offices of foreign company in Vietnam; Professionals, students, trainees working or studying in national programs and projects signed by ministries and approved by the Government; Family member of those who were granted with Vietnam temporary or permanent residence card). The temporary residence card granted is valid from 1- 5 years. People granted the temporary residence card could enter and exit Vietnam without a visa within the valid terms of their temporary residence card. The processing time is from 5-7 working days and the original passport must be submitted along with other documents.
BEFORE APPLYING FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD IN VIETNAM (TRC)
WHO CAN APPLY FOR VIETNAM TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS APPLYING FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD
Temporary Residence Cards will not be issued if the applicant’s passport is valid for less than 1 year, and the duration of the residence card will always be at least one month shorter than the duration of the holder’s passport.
For Temporary Residence Card holder, please provide
For relatives, please provide
Kindly note that in case of accompanying relatives, documents showing proof of relationship such as: birth certificates, marriage registration and family register are a must (these documents must be consular legalized and translated into Vietnamese, unless they are exempt from consular legalization under the provisions of Article 9 of Decree No. 111/2011 / ND-CP dated 05/12/2011 of the Government on consular certification, consular legalization.)
PROCESSING TIME
The processing time is 05 - 07 working days from the date of receiving complete documents.
OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO VIETNAM'S WORK PERMIT, VISAS AND TEMPORARY RESIDENCE CARD
For further information please contact:
Discovery Indochina Travel Co., Ltd
5th Floor | Platinum Building | 145 Dien Bien Phu Street, District 1 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam
Tel: 028 39102358 | 028 39102359 Mobile: 0938228856 | 0906640505
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