The Government has just issued Decree 219 on foreign workers working in Vietnam, effective from August 7.
In particular, Article 18 of Decree 219/2025/ND-CP clearly stipulates the dossier for requesting a work permit as follows:
1. The employer's document explains the need to use foreign labor and proposes to grant a labor license according to Form No. 3 of the Appendix issued with this Decree.
2. The health examination certificate is issued by a qualified medical examination and treatment facility, except in cases where the results of the health examination have been connected and shared on the Information System on the management of medical examination and treatment activities or the national database on health. For health examination certificates issued by competent medical facilities of foreign countries, they are used in cases where Vietnam and the country or territory issuing the health examination certificate have treaties or agreements mutually recognized and the validity period of the health examination certificate shall not exceed 12 months from the date of issuance.
3. The passport is still valid.
4. The judicial record or document confirming that the foreign employee is not a person serving a sentence or has not had his criminal record erased or is under criminal prosecution from abroad or from Vietnam issued for no more than 6 months, from the date of issuance to the date of submission of the dossier, except in cases where the administrative procedures for issuance of the judicial record and issuance of a work permit have been carried out in a joint manner as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 6 of this Decree.
5. 2 color photos (4 cm x 6 cm size, white background, straight face, ceiling top, no glasses).
6. Documents proving the form of work of foreign workers are one of the following documents:
a) Documents of an overseas employer sending a foreign employee to work for a period of time at a commercial presence in Vietnam and confirming that the employee has been recruited by a foreign employer for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before coming to work in Vietnam in the case specified in Point b, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree;
b) Documents of employers sending foreign workers with signed contracts or agreements in cases specified in Point c, Point i, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree;
c) Service provision contract signed between Vietnamese and foreign partners and documents proving that the foreign employee has worked for a foreign enterprise without a commercial presence in Vietnam for at least 24 months in the case specified in Point d, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree;
d) In the case specified in Point d, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree, there must be a document from a service provider sending foreign workers to Vietnam to negotiate the provision of services;
d) Documents of an overseas employer sending a foreign employee to work in Vietnam and in accordance with the expected working position in the case specified in Point h, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree;
e) In the case specified in Point l, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Decree, there must be documents proving that it is a manager as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Decree.
7. Documents proving that foreign workers are managers, executives, experts, and technical workers as prescribed in Article 19 of this Decree.
