The Hanoi Department of Home Affairs has issued guidelines for procedures related to granting permits for foreign workers.

This aims to address difficulties and obstacles faced by businesses, agencies, organizations, and units employing foreign workers regarding the interpretation and application of regulations in Decree No. 219/2025/ND-CP on foreign workers in Vietnam.

The department also provides specific instructions on procedures for granting work permits (new issuance - new issuance in special cases); extending work permits; re-issuing permits; confirming exemption from work permits; reporting exemption from work permit confirmation; revoking permits; reporting foreign workers coming to work; how to record job codes; notification - recruitment reports.

Besides, the department clearly identifies 21 cases not subject to work permits, including some as follows:

(1) A foreign worker who is Head of a representative office, project, or primarily responsible for the activities of international organizations or foreign non-governmental organizations in Vietnam;

(2) A foreitn worker who enters Vietnam for less than 3 months to offer services;

(3) A foreitn worker who enters Vietnam for less than 3 months to handle complex technical or technological incidents or situations arising that affect or are likely to affect production and business, which Vietnamese experts and foreign experts currently in Vietnam cannot resolve;

(4) A foreign lawyer who has been granted a license to practice law in Vietnam in accordance with the Law on Lawyers;

(5) Cases which are identified under the provisions of international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member;

(6) Foreignersv who have been married to Vietnamese citizens and residing in Vietnam;

(7) A foreigner who is the owner or a capital contributing member of a limited liability company with a capital contribution value of VND3 billion (nearly $114,000) or more;

(8) A foreigner who ss Chairperson of the Board of Directors or a member of the Board of Directors of a joint-stock company with a capital contribution value of VND3 billion (nearly $114,000) or more; and

(9) Foreign reporters engaged in press activities confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.