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In the new regulation, foreigner who lives in Vietnam less than 06 months could apply for criminal record in Vietnam, the competent authority that granting the criminal record for foreigner is the Department of Justice of the province or city where foreigner is residing. The Criminal record certificates (also called “Phieu Ly Lich Tu Phap”, “judicial record cards”, “police clearance certificates” or “police check”) means that the certificates issued by an agency managing the judicial record database and valid to prove whether or not an individual has a previous criminal conviction, is banned from holding certain posts, establishing or managing enterprises or cooperatives in case enterprises or cooperatives have been declared bankrupt by court.

Criminal record is issued by the agency of database management of criminal record worthing to prove that the individuals have or have not criminal record, ban or not banned from holding position, establishment, business management, cooperation in case of the businesses, cooperatives were declared bankrupt by Court. In the new regulation, foreigner who lives in Vietnam less than 06 months could apply for criminal record in Vietnam, the competent authority that granting the criminal record for foreigner is the Department of Justice of the province or city where foreigner is residing.

When hiring foreign in Vietnam, there are a number of procedures and legal frameworks that must be understood. In this article, we share the whole procedures of hiring foreign staff to work in Vietnam; they must process and obtain 3 types of documents: Short-term Business Visas (DN); Work Permits or Work Permit Exemption Certificates and Temporary Residence Cards. The Temporary Residence Card (TRC) can be seen as Vietnam long-term visa granted for foreign workers who have work permit or work permit exemption certificate, foreign investors investing in Vietnam or foreigners' relatives with TRC. The TRC granted is valid from 1 to 5 years. People granted the TRC can enter and exit Vietnam without a visa within the valid terms of their TRC. The processing time is from 5 to 7 working days and the original passport must be submitted along with other documents.

The Temporary Residence Cards (TRCs) is issued for investor, shareholder, foreigner granted work permit and accompanying relatives (father, mother, wife, husband, children under 18 of the granting residence card person) of the granted residence card person. Temporary Residence Cards (TRCs) are valid for one to five years, with duration of at least one month less than expiration of passport. The TRC is issued for people who are holding a valid Vietnam visa: NG3, LV1, LV2, ĐT, DH, NN1, NN2, TT, LĐ or PV1. The TRC will not be issued to people whose passports are valid for less than one year, the expired temporary residence cards may be extended accordance with the Vietnam Immigration Law, and the processing time is 05 - 07 working days from the date of receiving complete documents.

Temporary Residence Cards (TRCs) are valid for one to five years, with duration of at least one month less than expiration of passport, not issued to people whose passports are valid for less than one year. The residence card is issued for investor, shareholder, foreigner granted work permit and accompanying relatives (father, mother, wife, husband, children under 18 of the granting residence card person) of the granted resident card person. In case of the foreigners had temporary residence card but due to some reasons such as the passport running out of pages and need to change the new one or loss of residence card… to enter and exit Vietnam, they are required to change their temporary residence card or apply for renewal according to the current card (in case of loss).

The Vietnam temporary Residence card is needed for those who would like to stay in Vietnam longer than the allowed time, such as: Foreigners who work in multinational corporations or foreign companies in Vietnam; or Accompanying relatives (father, mother, wife, husband, children under 18 of the granting residence card person)… Depending on each case, the required documents is different accordingly. If the foreigner apply in the case of workers they must have the work permit, temporary residential certificate from local police department, and legal documents from the company they are working for. Kindly noted that all documents must be translated into Vietnamese are certified or legalized as regulated. The processing time is 05-07 working days from the date of receiving all documents.