Article 6 of Decree No. 219/2025/ND-CP of the Government regulating foreign workers working in Vietnam stipulates electronic transactions in the issuance, re-issuance, extension of labor licenses and certificates not subject to issuance of labor licenses.
Accordingly:
1. Employers submit applications for issuance, re-issuance, extension of labor licenses and certificates of confirmation not subject to issuance of labor licenses for foreign workers online at the National Public Service Portal.
2. The National Public Service Portal transfers documents according to the provisions of law on implementing administrative procedures under the one-stop, one-stop mechanism at the one-stop department and the National Public Service Portal to competent authorities that issue, reissue, renew labor licenses and certificates of confirmation not subject to issuance of labor licenses for foreign workers.
3. In case the foreign employer requests to issue a work permit with a request for a judicial record certificate authorized by a foreign employee online, the following procedures shall be followed:
a) Employers submit an application for a work permit with an application for a Judicial Record at the National Public Service Portal;
b) The National Public Service Portal transfers the dossier as prescribed in Point a of this Clause to the competent authority issuing the labor license and the competent police agency issuing the criminal record;
c) After receiving the document requesting the issuance of a Judicial Record Certificate, the competent police agency shall conduct a file appraisal, receive if the file is valid or request to supplement or edit information if the file has not complete information or return if the file is invalid. The result of handling administrative procedures is an electronic electronic criminal record form sent to the competent authority issuing the labor license;
d) The competent authority issuing the labor license appraises the dossier and returns the results of the labor license and the Judicial Record by electronic means to the employer.
The duration for handling procedures for issuing Judicial Records along with issuing a labor license is the total duration for issuing Judicial Records and issuing a labor license.
