Do foreigners who change their workplaces in other provinces have to apply for a work permit in Vietnam?
Do foreigners who change their workplaces in other provinces have to apply for a work permit in Vietnam?
Do foreigners who change their workplaces in other provinces have to apply for a work permit in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 12 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP, there are regulations on cases of re-granting of work permits:
1. The unexpired work permit is lost.
2. The unexpired work permit is damaged.
3. The unexpired work permit needs changes of full name, nationality, passport number, or working place thereon.
Thus, based on the above regulations, you must apply for a work permit again in Vietnam due to the change of work location stated in the work permit is still valid for these foreign workers.
Forms of handling cases of non-application of work permits in Vietnam
According to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 32 of Decree 12/2022/ND-CP, regulations on violation of regulations on foreigners working in Vietnam are as follows:
2. A fine ranging from VND 5.000.000 to VND 10.000.000 per employee but not exceeding VND 75.000.000 shall be imposed upon an employer for hiring a foreign employee against his/her work permit or certification of eligibility for work permit exemption, unless otherwise prescribed by law.
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Point b, Clause 3, Article 6 of Decree 12/2022/ND-CP on fines, sanctioning competence and principles applicable to repeated administrative violations as follows:
1. The fines for administrative violations prescribed in Chapter II, Chapter III and Chapter IV of this Decree shall be imposed upon violating individuals, except the fines in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 5 Article 7, Clauses 3, 4, 6 Article 13, Clause 2 Article 25, Clause 1 Article 26, Clauses 1, 5, 6, 7 Article 27, Clause 8 Article 39, Clause 5 Article 41, Clauses 1 through 12 Article 42, Clauses 1 through 8 Article 43, Clauses 1 through 6 Article 45, Clause 3 Article 46 of this Decree. The fine imposed upon an organization is twice as much as that imposed upon an individual for committing the same administrative violation.
3. The violating organization that incurs a fine which is twice as much as that imposed upon a violating individual as prescribed in this Decree includes:
b) Enterprises that are established and operating under the law of Vietnam; branches and representative offices of Vietnamese enterprises or those of foreign enterprises operating in Vietnam;
According to this Article, in case of failure to apply for a work permit for foreign workers, the fine is from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 in Vietnam.
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