On May 29th, 2021, Hanoi People’s Committee issued Official Letter No. 1648/UBND-KGVX on re-assigning receipt unit of entry and isolation to prevent Covid-19 pandemic requests for foreigners. Thereby, the receipt procedure of entry requests for foreigners shall have the following adjustments:
- The Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs Department shall be in charge of handling dossiers from organizations, enterprises in Hanoi that apply entry request for foreign workers who are investors, specialists, high-skilled labors (technical workers), enterprise managers who enter to work and their relatives (spouses, parents, children) and send the dossiers to The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention (through the Health Department – The Steering Committee’s standing unit) for entry inspection and approval.
The dossier processing period shall be 05 days (working days) after receiving a duly completed dossier from organizations and enterprises.
- The Health Department receives dossiers of the Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs Department, under the dossier handling period of 5 days (working days) after receiving a duly completed dossier from submitting units, the Department shall send it to The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention. Afterward, the Health Department shall return the results (The approval of entry list and medical isolation in compliance with The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and City People’s Committee’ regulations) to The Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs Department (dossiers receipt unit) to instruct organizations, enterprises, schools with entering foreigners for acknowledging and implementation.
- After getting approval from the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention for the entry list for medical isolation, organizations and enterprises must actively contact the Immigration Department – The Ministry of Public Security to receive guidance for entry procedures, and also get in touch with Local People’s Committee (If the entry is made on a different province); Health Department, District, Commune People’s Committee, isolation facility where the entry takes place to carry out the isolation procedures as regulated.
District, Commune People’s Committee in the area where isolation facility resides shall be responsible for directing the centralized isolation area to implement the isolation procedures in compliance with legal regulations; prior to the end of centralized isolation period (02 days), the above agency shall send a notification in writing to the Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs Department, District, Commune People’s Committee and other related agencies to incorporate for handling and continuing the monitoring, isolation inspecting at the foreigner’s place of residence as regulated hence, from June 1st, 2021, the Hanoi Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs Department shall be the receipt unit of enterprises and organizations that request entry for foreigners instead of Hanoi Health Department as stipulated by previous regulations.
