WITHDRAWAL OF WORK PERMITS ARE NOW ANNOUNCED

 

Work permit is one of the mandatory requirements when Foreign workers work in Vietnam. According to regulations, a work permit can be revoked in the following cases:

 

I. REVOCATION OF WORK PERMIT

Decree 152/2020/ND-CP prescribes that work permits must be revoked in the following cases:

  1. Their work permits are expired.
  2. Their labor contracts are terminated.
  3. Their labor contracts are inconsistent with information shown on their work permits.
  4. Their work is inconsistent with information about work positions shown on their work permits.
  5. Contracts arising in the sectors which serve as the bases for existence of work permits are expired/terminated.
  6. Written notices received from employers on the foreign side state that they discontinue seconding foreign employees working in Vietnam.
  7. Enterprises, entities and partners on the Vietnamese side or foreign organizations in Vietnam that hire foreign employees close their business.
  8. Overseas employers or employees fail to strictly comply with regulations of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP.
  9. Foreign employees, whilst working in Vietnam, fail to comply with Vietnamese laws, causing adverse impacts on social security, order and safety.

 

II. PROCEDURES FOR REVOCATION OF A WORK PERMIT

  1. For the case in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Section I within 15 days after the work permit ceases to be effective, the employer shall revoke the work permit of the foreign worker and return it to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs which issued that work permit and enclose a document specifying reasons for revocation and work permits subject to revocation but cannot be revoked.
  2. For the cases in 8, 9 Section I the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs which issued the work permit shall issue a decision on revocation of work permit, using Form No. 13/PLI Appendix I hereto appended and request the employer to revoke the work permit of the foreign worker and then return it to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
  3. Within 5 working days after receiving the said work permit, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall send an acknowledgement of receipt of the revoked work permit to the employer.