What should foreigners know about the validity of a work permit?

According to Article 10 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP, the term of a work permit is granted according to the term of one of the following cases but not exceeding 02 years:

- The term of the employment contract expected to be signed.

- The term of the foreign party sending foreign workers to work in Vietnam.

- Term of contract or agreement signed between Vietnamese and foreign partners.

- Term of contract or service provision agreement signed between Vietnamese and foreign partners.

- The time limit stated in the document of the service provider sending foreign workers to Vietnam to negotiate service provision.

- The term has been specified in the operating license of the agency, organization or enterprise.

- The term in the document of the service provider sending foreign workers to Vietnam to establish the commercial presence of that service provider.

- The period of time in the document proving that the foreign employee is allowed to participate in the activities of a foreign enterprise that has established a commercial presence in Vietnam.

- The term in the document approving the use of foreign workers, except for cases where it is not required to make a report explaining the need to use foreign workers as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 4 of Decree 152/2020/ND-CP.