What are regulations on simplifying procedures for granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts in Vietnam?
What are regulations on simplifying procedures for granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts in Vietnam?
Hello Lawnet. I'm Xuan Phuong. I've heard about simplifying administrative procedures and documetns in some fields. I'm interested in documents in the field of labor. I have a question. What are regulations on simplifying procedures for granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts in Vietnam? Which document stipulates this issue? Thank you!
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The regulations on simplifying procedures for granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts in Vietnam are stipulated under Subsection 1 Section A Part VII of the Plan for simplification measures of 258 administrative procedures under the management functions of ministries aof the decree state agencies issued together with the Resolution 25/NQ-CP in 2010 as follows:
Procedures for "Granting work permits to foreigners working in Vietnam in the form of labor contract" (B-BLD-059 602-TT) and procedures for "Granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts "(B-BLD-060110-TT)
- Remove curriculum vitae in the application file for work permits
- Reduce the time limit of the proceedings from 15 days to 10 working days
- Set the term of validity of the work permit at the request of employer but not to exceed 36 months
- Reproduce the sample request documents for work permits for foreigners, in which making addition to the list of foreigners nominated for work permits with information needed for both the granting procedures and the management of the granted; languages used in the sample documents are English and Vietnamese.
- Specify ways of getting the sample request paper and registration form for recruitment as the followings:
+ Directly getting at the competent State Administrative agencies
+ Get printed forms from websites of State Administrative competent agencies;
+ Get printed forms from the national databases on Administrative Procedures.
- Apply the mechanism for joint-agencies, enhancing the cooperation between the State management agency on labor and Immigration control agency under the Ministry of Police by the stipulation that after granting work permits, employer must send a list of persons granted work permits to Immigration control agency for checking and issuing cards of temporary residence for foreigners working in Vietnam.
- Supplement the stipulation on competence, order and basis for cases of expulsion and request documents for ordering expulsion.
- Remove the provisions on work permits exemption for “Foreigners working in Vietnam for less than 03 (three) months" in Point a, Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree No. 34/2008/ND- CP of 25 March 2008 as c and f, Clause 1, Article 9 of Decree No. 34/2008/ND-CP clearly stipulate particular cases working under three months receive exemption from work permits.
Above are regulations on simplifying procedures for granting work permits to foreigners working under commercial contracts in Vietnam. Please refer to the Resolution 25/NQ-CP in 2010 for further information.
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