Work permit in Vietnam.

The required documents for the work permit application process are detailed below. These documents can vary slightly for each specific application or individual circumstance, such as for some teachers, however the standard documents detailed will apply for most cases.

From the employer:

• Job description
• Business license*
• Seal register*
• Draft of employment agreement or labour contract

From the employee:

• Criminal history check from the employee’s home country police**
• Criminal history check from Vietnam (if the applicant currently resides in Vietnam)
• Work permit health check from an authorised Vietnamese hospital
• University degree** or experience certificate(s)/letter confirming five years’ relevant work experience**
• Confirmation letter confirming relevant management experience**
• Summary CV/record of work history
• Passport and visa/resident card*

*This document requires notarising in Vietnam, most commonly at the People’s Committee.

**This document needs to be authenticated by the consul and legalised and requires:

• The document is stamped by the employee’s embassy/consulate in Vietnam, translated then legalised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vietnam, or
• The document is stamped in the employee’s home country by the appropriate government agency, and then legalised at the Vietnamese Embassy in that country.