Informational readiness assessment
Check your Vietnam UD1
route readiness
Review your possible legal basis, any applicable statutory qualification group, sponsor and filing status, documents, family plan, and current checkpoints in about 3 to 5 minutes.
The result is an informational preparation guide—not a legal eligibility decision, approval prediction, or substitute for advice from a qualified professional.
What this Vietnam UD1 assessment checks
The assessment records the claimed legal basis, any applicable Law 71 and Decree 353 qualification group, sponsor or filing readiness, evidence, document authentication, family plan, and current operating checkpoints for professional review.
- the claimed legal basis, Decree 353 qualification group, route-specific structure, and sponsor or host anchor;
- evidence, document-authentication, family, and filing-channel readiness;
- current labor, data-coordination, temporary-residence, Apostille, pre-arrival, and health-instruction checkpoints.
What it does not decide
It does not determine eligibility, guarantee approval, establish work authorization or tax treatment, or replace the competent authority or a qualified professional.
For the source-bound framework and current open questions, read the Vietnam UD1 guide. For a separate VIFC information question, use the information intake.
Which profile is closest to your situation?
Choose the closest starting point. You can select “Not sure yet” without guessing a legal route.
This is an informational readiness check, not a legal eligibility decision. Contact details are requested only if you choose follow-up. Read our privacy and data-use notice.
Current legal baseline
Reviewed September 24, 2026. These checkpoints inform the questions; they do not replace current authority instructions.
Law 118/2025/QH15 — UĐ1 and UĐ2
Effective July 1, 2026. UĐ1 includes qualifying high-quality digital-technology workers and other preferential cases under laws, National Assembly resolutions, or Standing Committee resolutions. UĐ2 covers the spouse or child under 18 of a foreigner granted UĐ1. The quiz does not decide eligibility.
Open official sourceLaw 71/2025/QH15 — Digital Technology Industry
Article 19 sets the high-quality digital-technology workforce basis and points to the implementing criteria.
Open official sourceDecree 353/2025/NĐ-CP — qualification groups and proof
Articles 6–10 define five groups and their specific role, education, service, contribution, and evidence tests. A profile label or general evidence list cannot replace those tests.
Open official sourceDecree 221/2025/NĐ-CP — general special-category instrument
The special visa-exemption-card framework has its own criteria and authority process; do not treat it as an automatic UĐ1 result.
Open official sourceDecree 327/2025/NĐ-CP — IFC immigration framework
The IFC framework is separate and organization/role dependent; it must not be blended into one automatic five- or ten-year promise.
Open official sourceCircular 70/2026/TT-BCA — current immigration forms and procedures
Effective July 1, 2026; check its current forms and filing instructions before relying on a sponsor-channel plan.
Open official sourceCircular 87/2026/TT-BCA — temporary-residence reporting
Effective July 24, 2026; this is a post-arrival reporting process, separate from UĐ1 eligibility.
Open official sourceDecree 283/2026/NĐ-CP — labor and foreign-worker penalties
Effective September 10, 2026; it concerns compliance and penalties, not a new UĐ1 eligibility category.
Open official sourceDecree 286/2026/NĐ-CP — immigration coordination
Effective September 15, 2026; it adds inter-agency coordination and does not itself create new UĐ1 eligibility.
Open official sourceDecree 293/2026/NĐ-CP — Apostille implementation
Effective September 11, 2026; document, issuing-country, receiving-authority, translation, and filing-channel limits still apply.
Open official sourceDecree 165 and pre-arrival instructions — separate travel processes
The Government says there is no routine health declaration for everyone; confirm any activated health instruction and the Immigration Department pre-arrival process for the specific trip.
Open official sourceOfficial source list
- Law No. 118/2025/QH15 — UĐ1 and UĐ2
- Law No. 71/2025/QH15 — Digital Technology Industry
- Decree No. 353/2025/NĐ-CP — digital-workforce criteria
- Decree No. 221/2025/NĐ-CP — special visa-exemption card
- Decree No. 327/2025/NĐ-CP — IFC entry, exit, and residence
- Circular No. 70/2026/TT-BCA — immigration forms and procedures
- Circular No. 87/2026/TT-BCA — temporary-residence reporting
- Decree No. 283/2026/NĐ-CP — labor and foreign-worker penalties
- Decree No. 286/2026/NĐ-CP — immigration coordination
- Decree No. 293/2026/NĐ-CP — Apostille implementation
- Government clarification on Decree 165/2026/NĐ-CP health declarations
- Vietnam Immigration Department pre-arrival portal
Readiness assessment questions answered
Direct answers repackaged from the guidance above.
What current legal checkpoints does the readiness assessment cover?
It asks about the Law 118 UĐ1/UĐ2 distinction, the Law 71 and Decree 353 digital-workforce categories, the basis and evidence you can identify, current filing instructions, family planning, document authentication after the September 11, 2026 Apostille transition, Decrees 283 and 286, Circular 87 temporary-residence reporting, and separate pre-arrival or health instructions.
Is the result an eligibility decision?
No. The result is an informational preparation guide — not a legal eligibility decision, approval prediction, or substitute for advice from a qualified professional or competent authority.
How long does it take, and is an account required?
About 3 to 5 minutes, depending on your route and whether you request follow-up. No account is required, and the result appears on the page. Contact details are requested only if you choose follow-up.