Temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits

Temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits. Nowadays, the number of foreign workers in enterprises and companies in Vietnam is increasing. This allows companies to be exposed to their knowledge, work experience, and skills to apply in company management and development. However, to manage the living and working of foreigners in Vietnam, the State always has certain policies on granting temporary residence cards to foreigners with work permits. Here, Viet An law firm summarizes the legal conditions related to the grant of temporary residence cards for foreigners with work permits in Vietnam.

Legal basis for granting temporary residence cards for foreigners with work permits in Vietnam

• Law on entry, exit, transit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam (Law No. 47/2014 / QH13, dated June 16, 2014);
• Circular No. 04/2015 / TT-BCA, dated January 5, 2015, of the Ministry of Public Security, providing for documents related to entry, exit, and residence of foreigners in Vietnam;
• Circular No. 219/2016 / TT-BTC dated 10/11/2016 of the Ministry of Finance regulating the regime of collection, payment, management, and use of fees in the fields of exit, entry, transit, and residing in Vietnam.

Symbols of temporary residence cards for foreigners holding work permits in Vietnam

LD2 – Issued to foreigners working in Vietnam who must have a work permit.

Conditions for granting temporary residence cards to foreigners with work permits

• Foreigner’s passport duration must be more than 1 year;
• Visas being used in Vietnam must have the symbol DN or LĐ;
• A work permit is valid for at least 01 years or more.

Application file for temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits

• 01 Authenticated copy of Work Permit;
• Application form for a temporary residence card (Form NA8);
• Application for a temporary residence card (Form NA6);
• Paper introducing foreign workers to apply for temporary residence cards;
• Passport, valid visa;
• 02 personal photos of 2 cm x 3 cm size;
• Business registration or notarized copies;
• Register seal sample (if any).

Procedures for applying for temporary residence cards for foreigners with work permits

Step 1: Prepare documents under the law

Step 2: Apply for a temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits

Apply for a temporary residence card

• 44-46 Tran Phu, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
• 254 Nguyen Trai, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
• 7 Tran Quy Cap, Da Nang City
• Or the Immigration Department of the police of the province or centrally run city.

The above mentioned Immigration Agency receives the dossier to check the legality and content of the dossier

• If complete, valid, then receive the application, print and give a receipt, make an appointment to return the results.
• If the dossier is not valid, the application-receiving officer instructs the applicant to supplement the application for completeness.

Application time: From Monday to Saturday morning (excluding New Year, holidays, and Sunday).

Step 3: Get results

Within 05 working days, investors come to receive the results of giving receipts, identity cards, or passports to the officials who return the examination and comparison results, if there are results of temporary residence cards, they request Pay the fee then sign to receive and give the temporary residence card to the person who comes to receive the results (even without being processed).

Time to return results: From Monday to Friday (excluding New Year’s Day, public holiday, and Saturday, Sunday).

Duration of temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits in Vietnam

Temporary residence card for foreigners with work permits symbol LD2 has a term not exceeding the term of the work permit is 02 years.

For customers wishing to use the service of issuing temporary residence cards & work permits in Vietnam for foreigners with work permits, please contact Viet An Law Firm for the fastest support!