Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Employment of foreigners in Austria is only permitted if they are generally exempt from the Employment of Foreign Nationals Act (AuslBG) or if an official permit for their employment has been issued. A person who does not have Austrian citizenship is generally considered a foreigner. Nationals of EEA and […]
Hiring Practices in India
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Once foreign companies set up an entity in India, they often prefer to appoint employees from their home country or headquarters for the management and control of the Indian business. This is done mainly for the convenience of co-ordination with the parent company in terms of decision-making, financial management […]
Hiring Practices in China
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Under PRC law, expatriates working in China must be in possession of a work permit and a residence permit (for employment purposes) otherwise their employment may be considered illegal. In cases of illegal employment, the employer and the foreign employee may be penalised by the authorities, and their relationship […]
Hiring Practices in Portugal
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work A general principle foresees that expatriates working on work permit are granted equal rights and obligations as national employees – requires a written form of the employment contracts with expatriates working on work permit (non-EU). In accordance with the law, companies must assure the candidate holds a residence visa […]
Hiring Practices in Dominican Republic
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Provided that at least 80% of a company’s workforce must be Dominican, the Labour Code allows for the employment of foreigners in the Dominican Republic. Apart from this limitation, foreign employers and employees receive the same treatment as Dominicans since their immigration status cannot be grounds for discrimination. However, under Dominican immigration law, […]
Hiring Practices in Singapore
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work All foreign employees working in Singapore are required to have a valid work pass before commencing work in Singapore. The most common work passes are Employment Passes, S Passes and Work Permits. When applying for work visas for foreign employees to work in Singapore, the type of work and […]
Hiring Practices in Luxembourg
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work EEA Nationals EU citizens are entitled to reside in Luxembourg for more than 3 months if they meet one of the following conditions: i) they work as an employee or are self-employed; ii) they have the resources required to ensure that they or their family members are not dependent […]
Hiring Practices in Romania
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In Romania, citizens of the EU or the EEA do not need a work and residence permit. Foreign citizens (who are not EU or EEA citizens) must obtain a work permit in order to perform activity as an employee. The work permit is issued by the Romanian Office for […]
Hiring Practices in Switzerland
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In order to employ staff in Switzerland, it is not necessary to set up your own company in Switzerland. Employees can be employed directly by a foreign company. So far, Switzerland has a dual system for the admission of foreign workers. Nationals from the EC (European Community) or EFTA […]
Hiring Practices in Spain
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Foreign employees from outside the European community, including self-employed individuals, must obtain an administrative authorisation, or work permit, to work in Spain. The work permit may be requested at the Immigration Bureau. Does a Foreign Employer need to Establish or Work through a Local Entity to Hire an Employee? […]
Hiring Practices in Chile
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In companies with 25 or more employees, at least 85% of those hired must be Chilean citizens. To determine this ratio, the law excludes technicians. For these purposes the law deems the following persons as Chileans: (i) foreigners whose spouse or civil partner or whose children are Chilean, including […]
Hiring Practices in Mexico
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work For any employer, at least 90% of its employees must be Mexican nationals. In addition, all technical and professional employees must be Mexican nationals, unless there are no Mexican nationals qualified in a particular specialised field, in which case the employer is allowed to temporarily employ technical and professional […]
Hiring Practices in Colombia
Requirement for Foreign Employees to Work Every foreign person needs a special permit or ´VISA´ to perform his services in Colombia. The requirements for a foreign employee to perform his services in Colombia was recently changed by the 6045 Resolution of 2017. To determine which category or special permit must be requested for the potential […]
Hiring Practices in Norway
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Foreign employees from outside the EEA/EFTA area, including self-employed individuals, must hold a residence permit, which may be obtained at the Foreign Service Mission or the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, that entails the right to work in Norway. There are different types of permits depending on whether someone is […]
Hiring Practices in USA
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Foreign nationals without permanent resident status or a work visa are not permitted to work in the United States. An employer seeking to hire a foreign national may file, on behalf of its prospective employee, a petition with the Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services for an employment […]
Hiring Practices in Poland
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Foreigners from the EU member states and from a state within the European Economic Area as well as their family members have unlimited access to employment in Poland. Foreigners from other countries must obtain a work permit and, in some cases an entry visa, if they want to take […]
Hiring Practices in Canada
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work To be lawfully employed in Canada, one must be a citizen, a landed immigrant or have a work permit. No work permit is required for business visitors who come to Canada to meet with Canadian clients or assess business opportunities; however, a work permit will be required for foreign […]
Hiring Practices in Sweden
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Generally, citizens of countries outside the EU must have a work permit to work in Sweden. EU and EEA citizens do not need a visa and they have the right to work in Sweden without work and residence permits. People who have a residence permit in an EU country, […]
Hiring Practices in Australia
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In order to legally work in Australia, a foreign employee must have a permanent or valid long-stay visa to work. All foreign workers are guaranteed the conditions of the NES in their employment, and employers of foreign workers must abide by both workplace and immigration laws in their dealings. […]
Hiring Practices in France
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work The employer must ensure that the employee to be hired is authorised to work in France: where the employee is already in France, the employer will have to check that the employee has a valid residence permit allowing him to work in France, and keep a copy thereof; where […]
Hiring Practices in Belgium
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In principle, every non-EEA national working in Belgium must be in possession of a work permit, although some categories of workers are exempt from this requirement (e.g. students or spoused of EEA nationals). In 2019, Belgium introduced the single permit, which combines the work permit and the residence permit […]
Hiring Practices in Germany
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work In principle, every employee who would like to work in Germany requires a residence title and a work permit before entering Germany. This does not apply to persons who are: 1) of German nationality; 2) a European Union national; 3) a national of a European Economic Area (EEA) member […]
Hiring Practices in Brazil
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Whenever a foreigner is transferred to Brazil and/or retained by a Brazilian company to render services in Brazil, an appropriate work visa/permit must be requested in advance. If the foreigner will bring his/her dependents, it is necessary to apply for a residency permit based on family reunion. The proper […]
Hiring Practices in United Kingdom
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work EU nationals have previously had the right to enter, remain in and work in the UK without a UK visa. This right will end on 31 December 2020 and EU nationals arriving in the UK after this date will be subject to the same immigration requirements as non-EU nationals. […]
Hiring Practices in Japan
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work Foreign employees who wish to apply for a long-term visa should first obtain a Certificate of Eligibility (‘COE’). A COE is a document issued by the Ministry of Justice in Japan. In order to obtain the COE, a sponsor in Japan is required. Sponsors can be employers, schools or […]
Hiring Practices in Argentina
Requirements for Foreign Employees to Work There is no restriction regarding the employment of foreigners in Argentina. Requirements differ if the employee´s nationality is from a country of Mercosur or affiliated to Mercosur (Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Perú) or other countries. Employees who are not nationals of a country […]
Hiring Practices in The Netherlands
Requirement for Foreign Employees to Work If an employer wants to hire a foreign employee in a legal manner, several requirements have to be met. First of all, the foreign employee has to be in the possession of a residence permit. Secondly, the employer is obliged to obtain an employment permit. Employees with Dutch nationality […]