Vietnam document legalization and visa process
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Steps for getting ready to work in Vietnam
Determine the documents required for legalization
To obtain a work permit for Vietnam, you’ll need to legalize documents such as your university degree and recent background check. If you plan on teaching in Vietnam, your employer may also require that you legalize your teaching qualification such as a 120-hour TEFL certificate, a teaching license, or a reference letter for 2+ years of classroom experience.
Get in touch with your employer to ensure that you’re getting the proper documents legalized.
If you are bringing a spouse and/or children with you to Vietnam, you will need to legalize your marriage license and/or the birth certificates of your children.
Documents that typically need legalization:
Have other personal or corporate documents?
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After discussing what kind of background check you need to give your school, you’ll need to apply for one. Local and state police stations often have a turnaround time of 1-5 business days. The turnaround time for ordering a background check from the FBI is around 2 weeks.
An FBI check is not always required, but if your employer does require it, here’s some information about how to obtain an FBI background check. If you reside overseas you must order directly from the FBI, if you’re based in the US you can utilize the assistance of channeler, we suggest this one.
Teaching Nomad offers a state-level background check that you can use if you are overseas and cannot obtain one yourself. We also offer full legalization services for it! This background check can be completed in just a few days, and it’s easy to bundle legalization of it with your degree, TEFL, or letter of reference legalization.
Here’s information for obtaining a background check through Royal Canadian Mounted Police. There’s information for obtaining it while residing in Canada or overseas.
You can apply for a background check at a local police station or you can apply for a full national check here.
Here’s information for obtaining your background check from the Irish National Police.
You can obtain your background check through a local police station or through the Australian Federal Police.
Here’s information for obtaining a national police background check for New Zealand.
You can obtain a background check through the South African Police Department.
Need to order a U.S. background check? We can help!
Just add “order a state-level background check” to our order form along with any other documents you need to be authenticated!
In order to legalize U.S. documents for use in Vietnam, they must go through a 3-5 step process, depending on what state the notarization is done in.
- Notarization. Certified copies of your original documents are typically accepted for legalization, however, verify this with your employer. Please only complete notarization if your employer requires the original document to be legalized, otherwise, we can do the notarization!
- County Clerk. Documents notarized in the following states must be authenticated at the county level: Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, and Tennessee.
- Secretary of State. Take your documents to the SOS to get authenticated. If you are doing this step on your own, make sure you indicate that the document will be used for Vietnam and do not take apart staples!
- U.S. Department of State. This step is only relevant if your document was authenticated in the following states: Washington DC, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. All FBI checks require this step of authentication.
- Vietnam Embassy. Send your documents to the embassy for final legalization.
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- The document shall be notarized by a local notary public, lawyer, or Commissioner of Oaths of Canada.
- The notarized document then needs to be legalized by Global Affairs Canada.
- Then the document can be taken to a Vietnamese consulate in Canada for final legalization.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for Canadian citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are:
£612 for legalization of 2 documents
£722 for legalization of 3 documents
- Any documents not already signed by a public official will need to be notarized by a solicitor/notary public in the U.K.
- After the documents have been notarized, you must take them to get legalized by the Foreign Commonwealth Office.
- Then the documents need to be fully legalized by the Vietnam Embassy in the U.K.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for British citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are:
£320 for legalization of 2 documents
£460 for legalization of 3 documents
- Any documents not already signed by a public official will need to be notarized by a local notary public.
- Send the documents to the Legalization Office of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, or visit the Cork or Dublin office in person.
- Then the documents need to be fully legalized by the Vietnam Embassy.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for Irish citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are:
£380 for legalization of 2 documents
£570 for legalization of 3 documents
- Any documents not already signed by a public official will need to be notarized by any Australian notary public.
- Once notarized, all documents are to be legalized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or an office of theirs in a state or territory. This can be arranged to be done either in person or by post, but the mailing service can only be used for Sydney or Melbourne.
- Then the documents need to be fully legalized by the Vietnam Embassy in Australia.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for Australian citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are:
£681 for legalization of 2 documents
£799 for legalization of 3 documents
- Any documents not already signed by a public official will need to be notarized by any notary public in New Zealand.
- Documents will then be legalized by the Department of Internal Affairs legalization Unit.
- Then the documents need to be fully legalized by the Vietnam Embassy in New Zealand.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for New Zealand citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are coming soon.
- Any documents not already signed by a public official will need to be notarized by a notary public/registrar at the high provincial courts in South Africa.
- Documents will then need to be taken to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa (DIRCO) to get legalized.
- Then the documents need to be fully legalized by the Vietnam Embassy in South Africa.
A great agency that provides full legalization of documents for South African citizens is https://www.vitalconsular.com/.
Contact Emma at [email protected]. Let her know that Teaching Nomad referred you, and she’ll make sure you’re taken care of!
Estimated prices using this service are:
£376 for legalization of 2 documents
£514 for legalization of 3 documents
Our prices for Vietnam
Certified copy legalization
Starting at $140 + shipping fees
FBI background check legalization
$160 + shipping fees
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Prices for our Vietnam document legalization service are based on many different factors. Fill out our order form to get an exact quote for your situation.
Our legalization service
The legalization process can be a stressful and difficult process, especially if you don’t live near the government offices your document requires, you’re currently overseas, or you just don’t have the time or desire to deal with the intricacies of the process.
Due to these factors, we offer a comprehensive service where we do the entire legalization process for you.
Do you meet one of the following criteria?
If so, please fill out our document legalization request form so that we can get in touch with you and begin the document legalization process as soon as possible!
Once your documents are legalized you need to send scans of them to your employer in Vietnam. They will apply for your work permit approval.
Once approved, your employer will stamp the work permit, attach their company registrations documents, and send to you.
Using that work permit approval, it is time to apply for your visa through the Vietnam consulate/embassy in your home country. This can usually be done by mail or in-person.
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