Licenses library · 643
Quota for Using of Foreign Labour
外籍劳工配额核准
ໃບອະນຸຍາດໂກຕ້ານຳໃຊ້ແຮງງານຕ່າງປະເທດ
Production unit, enterprise, or services can request the quota for using the foreign labour as needed. Apply at Skill Development and Employment Department.
Who needs this
Production unit, enterprise, or services can request the quota for using the foreign labour as needed.
Requirements
- - Individual or legal entity, including Lao and foreign production unit, enterprise, service sector, and aid projects can request the quota for importing and using foreign labour. People who have the power of attorney and the permit or quota for importing and using foreign labour shall be employees of that labour unit or project.
Documents — first application
| Document | Note |
|---|---|
| Vacancy for Lao labors | it is required to register the vacancy to the website: www.molse.gov.la |
| Power of Attorney from Labor unit or project | original |
| Application Form | |
| 申请表规定的其他材料 | as defined in the application form |
| List of Lao labors in the company (current record) | as defined in the application |
| Certificate of Tax Registration | prepare a colored copy of the document, and attach it with a Certificate of Income Tax Payment that the list of Lao labors in the latest month |
| List of company's labours that have returned to the country after the contract ended | as defined in the application form |
| Enterprise Registration Certificate | Or Investment License. Prepare colored copy of one of this documents (copy font and back) |
| Business Operating License | or Permit to Establish Foctory. Prepare a colored copy |
| Project Contract | or Concession Agreement (only for construction, electricity or mine sectors) |
Legal framework
- Law on Labour (Revised)
- Order on the Permission to Import Foreign Labour to Work in Lao PDR
How to submit
- Means of presentation
- At the Authority Offices
- Address of authority
- Skill Development and Employment Department, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare
- Processing time
- 10 Refer to the Decree on Importing of Foreign Labours into Lao PDR. No. 5418/MLSW
Validity and renewal
- Has an expiry date
- YES
- Validity
- 12 months
- Renewal process
- It is valid only within the permitted year.
Additional comment
The government prioritize the use of Lao labour rather than importing or employing foreign labour. Therefore, it is necessary to set quotas for foreign workers in order to avoid the illegal entry of foreign workers, which may reduce the opportunities of Lao workers entering the workforce.