On February 5th, 2021, Ho Chi Minh Department of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs issued Official Letter No. 4256/SLĐTBXH-VLATLĐ on facilitating foreign specialists to enter Ho Chi Minh City who are investors, technical specialists, high-skilled laborers, enterprise managers, and their relatives.
Whereby, when carry out the request for Ho Chi Minh City entry approval for foreigners who are investors, technical specialists, high-skilled laborers, enterprise managers (hereinafter referred to as specialists) and enter Vietnam for work, the organizations, enterprises must provide the document to prove that the sponsored entities comply with the entry requirements.
The criteria to determinte if the foreigner is one of the following cases:
- Technical specialist
- Obtains at least a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 3 years minimum of experience in his/her training field in corresponding with the job position/job assignment that he/she will be appointed in Vietnam.
- Or, obtains 5 years minimum of experience and a practicing certificate in corresponding with the job position that he/she will be appointed in Vietnam.
- High-skilled laborer
- Has been trained in technical field or another major for at least 1 year and have worked for at least 3 years in his/her training field
- Obtains 5 years minimum of experience in corresponding with the job position that he/she will be appointed in Vietnam
- Investor and Manager
- For the Manager: means a person in charge of the management of an enterprise as prescribed in clause 24 Article 4 of the Law on Enterprises (including sole proprietorship, a general partner of a partnership, chairperson or member of the Member/Partner Assembly, President of a company, President or member
of the Board of Directors, Director/General Director and other managerial position prescribed in the company’s charter or the head or deputy head of an agency or organization.\
- For the Investor: means “an organization or individual that carries out business investment activities. Investors include domestic investors, foreign investors and foreign-invested business entities” as prescribed in clause 18, Article 3 Law on Investment 2020.
- Relative of the Foreigners means: parents, spouse, children.
Hence, when implementing the request for Ho Chi Minh City entry approval procedures for foreigners, the organizations, enterprises must prepare suitable documents for the entry entities.
