Where you can move for work if your passport is from Ireland

Working in Antigua and Barbuda

Work permit:

Required for every non-citizen

Permanent resident:

May work without a work permit

Spouse of a citizen:

May work in any occupation while the marriage subsists

Temporary Residency as a Migrant Worker

Initial grant:

1 year, renewable

Blocking condition:

Employer registered in RENURE

What you sign:

A pre-contrato laboral, not a final contract

Two Acts and Two Authorities: the Labour Office Scores You on Points, the Residence Authority Grants the Card

The title:

Rot-Weiss-Rot - Karte

Very highly qualified: pass mark:

70 points out of 100

Shortage occupation: pass mark:

55 points out of 90

Working in Barbados

Short-term work permit:

valid for a period up to eleven months

Long-term work permit:

valid for a period of up to 3 years

Labour market test:

Long-term only. The Department requires proof that no resident or Barbadian national is capable and willing to fill the post

One Application, Two Governments: a Region Decides the Work and the Federal Minister Decides the Stay

Where the application goes:

To the competent regional authority, not to the federal government

What that application also is:

An application to stay

Who decides the stay:

The federal minister or his delegate

Working in Belize: the Temporary Employment Permit

Permit durations:

One week or less, one crop season, or one year

Professional worker, holder of a university degree:

BZ$3,000.00 a year

Technical worker, fee schedule:

BZ$1,500.00 a year

Residency Through Work

Length of permit:

1, 2 or 3 years, following the length of the activity

Employment, one year:

960 UFV

Employment, two years:

1260 UFV

Residency Through Work

Initial term:

Up to two years

Qualification tier most applicants use:

Higher education plus two years in the profession

Alternative tier without higher education:

Twelve years of schooling plus four years of experience

A Labour Market Test You Can Be Exempted From by a Treaty You Did Not Sign

The default test:

A neutral or positive effect on the labour market in Canada

Who assesses it:

The Department of Employment and Social Development

Who escapes it:

Work under an agreement, or work in Canada's own interests

Temporary Residency for Paid Activities

Minimum contract length:

3 months

Initial grant:

Up to 2 years

Extension:

Up to 2 further years, successively

Migrant Visa (M) for Workers

Employer income test:

100 monthly minimum wages, averaged over 4 months

Labour-market justification:

Required in writing

Where the burden falls:

On the employer

Working in Costa Rica: the Employer Applies, and the Labour Ministry Decides First

Salary floor for executives, managers, representatives and technical staff:

The legal minimum wage for that position plus 25%

Who decides whether the work is allowed:

The migration directorate, on the labour ministry's recommendation

Occupations the labour ministry recommends refusing:

260 occupations

Working in Cuba as a Foreigner

Who applies:

The Cuban employer, not the foreigner

Maximum temporary residence:

5 years

Renewal of temporary residence:

Every 5 years

Working in Dominica

Work permit provision in the Immigration and Passport Act:

None

Employer's repatriation undertaking:

2 years from landing

Security deposit against becoming a public charge:

EC$1,000 / EC$4,000 / EC$10,000

Working in the Dominican Republic: the RT-3 Labour Residence

Permit length:

1 year, renewable annually

Years of temporary residence before permanence:

5

Renewal window:

30 days before expiry

Working in Ecuador: the Trabajo Visa

Visa length:

2 years, renewable on multiple occasions

Minimum salary set by the immigration rules:

None found

Employer compliance certificate:

Required, covering SRI, IESS and the Superintendencia de Compañías

Working in El Salvador as a Foreigner

Grant:

Up to 2 years, renewable, multiple entry

Ministry of Labour opinion:

Required for employed work

Time the Ministry has to answer:

30 working days

A Degree Buys Any Qualified Job, and the Blue Card Is Priced Off the Pension Ceiling

Skilled worker with a degree:

A permit for any qualified employment

Blue Card salary:

At least 50% of the annual pension contribution ceiling

Shortage occupations and recent graduates:

45.3% instead

Working in Grenada

Work permit validity:

12 months

Application fee:

EC$100

Permit fee, named CARICOM states and Cuba:

EC$1,000

Working and Living in Guatemala

Residence term:

One to five years, by the length of the job offer

Foreign employer, minimum monthly pay from abroad:

US$ 2,000.00

Foreign employer, with dependants:

US$ 3,000.00

Working in Guyana: a Work Permit That Is Not in Any Act

Work permit in the Immigration Act:

Does not exist. The phrase appears nowhere in the Act, its Regulations or the Labour Act

What the Act does issue:

A permit to enter and remain, marked "for purposes of employment"

Ceiling under the Act:

Three years from the date of entry

Working in Haiti: Two Permits, a Five Per Cent Cap and a Duty to Train Your Replacement

Maximum period of a work or employment permit:

One year

Ceiling on renewals:

Five consecutive years

Permis de travail fee:

1,000 gourdes

Working in Honduras

What you get:

A special permanence permit, not residence

Maximum length:

5 years

Minimum contract length:

Longer than 3 months

The Employer Applies, the Job Centre Is Asked First, and the Quota Decides Whether Anyone May Apply At All

Who applies:

The employer, to the single immigration desk in the prefecture

Labour market check:

Done before the application, at the employment centre

Accommodation:

Documented as part of the application

Working in Jamaica

Work permit fee:

Not published

Marriage exemption processing fee:

JA$17,250.00

Marriage exemption, expatriate men:

Certificate valid three years

Working in Mexico

Up to 180 days of work:

Visitor with permission to carry out remunerated activities

More than 180 days:

Temporary residence, up to 4 years

Who applies:

The employer, at the Institute

The Permission Belongs to the Employer, and the Labour Market Gets First Refusal

Who the prohibition is on:

The employer, not the worker

Labour market test:

Refused where priority supply is available on the labour market for the post

How long the vacancy must have been with the UWV:

Five weeks before the application

Working in Nicaragua

Temporary residence term:

One to three years, renewable

Card classes:

With the right to work, without it, or to study

Decision time:

30 working days

Working in Paraguay as a Foreigner

Separate work visa:

None

Work while the application is pending:

Permitted

Employer duty:

Notify the migration directorate and meet labour obligations whatever the worker's migration status

Trabajador Residency for Employees and Contractors

Length of permission:

365 days, renewable

Minimum contract term:

1 year

Contract age limit at filing:

30 calendar days

Rewritten in 2025: the Old Employment Act Is Repealed, the Labour-Market Test Is Now a Blacklist of Occupations, and the Whole File Is Electronic

The Act that governs this:

Ustawa z dnia 20 marca 2025 r. o warunkach dopuszczalności powierzania pracy cudzoziemcom, in force since 1 June 2025

Labour-market test:

Replaced by a district list of occupations in which a permit is refused

Minimum pay:

No less than comparable workers and no less than the statutory minimum wage

Ten General Conditions, Two More for a Job, and a Visa You Must Already Hold

What comes first:

The residence visa, obtained before you arrive

Means of subsistence:

Set by ministerial order, not by the Act

Conviction bar:

A crime punishable in Portugal by more than one year

Working in Saint Kitts and Nevis

Permit required before working:

Yes, for all but three classes

Where you must be when the application is made:

Outside the Federation

Status that comes with the permit:

Work permit holder's residency

Working in Saint Lucia

Permissions needed:

Two

Work permit exemption for Eastern Caribbean citizens:

Since 18 August 2014

Economic citizens of other Protocol states:

Not exempt

Working in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Statute governing the employment of foreign nationals:

Employment of Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens Act, Chapter 208

Where a work permit is applied for:

The Prime Minister's Office

Work permit fee:

Not published

Work Is Applied for by the Employer, and the Labour Market Is Asked First

Who applies:

The employer, at the immigration office of the workplace's province

Labour market test:

Applied, unless an exception reaches you

Part-time contracts:

Total pay must still reach the full-time minimum wage, counted annually

Work Permits: the Employer Applies and the Employer Is Punished, and the Fee Moved to Dollars in 2022

Who must hold the permit:

The employer, who commits the offence if there is none

Fee:

USD 100, or the equivalent in Surinamese dollars

Decision time:

Thirty days, extendable once by thirty days

Working in The Bahamas: a Labour Certificate, a Newspaper, and a Fee by Occupation

Working without a permit (Immigration Act s. 29):

An offence

Employing someone without one:

A fine of up to ten thousand dollars, five years, or both

Top of the fee scale:

$16,275 at Scale 1, plus a five per cent levy

Working in Trinidad and Tobago

Work without a permit:

One period not exceeding thirty days in every twelve consecutive months

Application fee:

TT$1,200

Fee for the duration of the permit:

TT$900 per month, minimum TT$2,700

The Visa That Exists Only If Your Country Signed a Treaty

What the category turns on:

A treaty between the United States and your state of nationality

If your state has no treaty:

The category is closed to you, whatever your business

Citizenship acquired by investment:

Three continuous years of domicile in that state as well

Temporary Residency for Workers

Pay floor:

One national minimum wage

Renewal window:

Within the 90 days before expiry

Engagements under 180 days:

A provisional identity sheet may be used instead

Working in Venezuela

Visa validity and stay:

One year, multiple entries, one year of stay

Who applies for the labour authorisation:

The employer in Venezuela

Visa duration:

The same as the labour authorisation