Do work permits for foreigners who working in Vietnam need police (clearance) certificates?
Do work permits for foreigners who working in Vietnam need police (clearance) certificates? What do contents of Operation registration Certificate of judicial expertise Office in Vietnam comprise?
I am working in a joint venture company in Binh Duong. Currently, there are a number of foreigners at the company who are applying for work permits for foreigners working in Vietnam. I wonder if in the application for a work permit for a foreigner working in Vietnam, is a police (clearance) certificate required? What are Operation registration Certificate of judicial expertise Office in Vietnam comprise?
Please advise. Thankyou.
1. Do work permits for foreigners who working in Vietnam need police (clearance) certificates?
Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 9 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP on application for issuance of a work permit, specifically as follows:
3. A police (clearance) certificate or a document certifying that the foreign worker is not serving a sentence, has a criminal record expunged or is not facing a criminal prosecution which is issued by a foreign or Vietnamese authority.
The foregoing police (clearance) certificate or document certifying that the foreign worker is not serving a sentence, has a criminal record expunged or is not facing a criminal prosecution must be issued within 6 months before the submission date of the application.
Thus, foreign workers will have to have police (clearance) certificates issued by a competent Vietnamese agency to certify that he is not a criminal or is prosecuted for penal liability in accordance with the law which is issued by a foreign authority in Vietnam.
2. What do contents of Operation registration Certificate of judicial expertise Office in Vietnam comprise?
In Clause 2, Article 14 of Decree No. 85/2013/ND-CP on application for operation registration, Operation registration Certificate of judicial expertise Office, according to which:
2. Operation registration Certificate of judicial expertise Office
a) Certificate of registration number, date, month and year of issuance of Operation registration Certificate;
b) Office’s name, decision number on Office’s establishment;
c) Address of Office’s headquarters;
d) Area of judicial expertise;
dd) Full name of Office’s legal representative;
e) Full name, place of registration of permanent residence of the partners (if any).
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