Friday, 28/06/19
Up to 2019, regulations for Vietnam’s foreign workers have been detailed by Labour Code and by-law documents in Article 2 of Decree No. 11/2016/ND-CP. It is mandatory that foreign workers should obtain legal Vietnam work permit or issue Vietnam work permit extension at least 30 days before the current work permit expires. Not only will foreigners who do not extend their Vietnam work permit while still working in Vietnam be ejected but the employer also have to impose an administrative sanction regulated in Vietnam regulations. To find out more details what happens if you do not extend Vietnam work permit, kindly read our post below.
WHY MUST FOREIGNERS EXTEND VIETNAM WORK PERMIT?
Vietnam work permit’s validity is available only in the duration of signed labour contract and no longer than 2 years. If foreign workers wish to extend their labour contract and continue to hold the same position of the current enterprise in Vietnam, their employer should acknowledge that issuance Vietnam work permit extension is extremely important in this situation.
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Without a legal Vietnam work permit, both employer and employee sure pay the penalty for violating regulations about foreign workers in Vietnam.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT EXTEND VIETNAM WORK PERMIT?
Working with an expired Vietnam work permit also violates administrative laws. Therefore, it is crucial that the employer must extend Vietnam work permits for foreign employees at least 30 days in advance of their start working date.
According to Decree No. 88/2015/ND-CP Article 22 about violations of regulations on foreigners working in Vietnam, both the employer and foreign workerwill be fined as below:
<1>. For the foreign worker:
Foreign workers are expelled from Vietnam if they have one of the following acts:
<2>. For the employer:
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