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

One question, every country, with your nationality already applied. In 2 of them something is written that changes the answer for you; in the other 30 the general rule is what you get, and that is the answer rather than a gap. Every line is that country’s own record.

Where it changes for you
2
Where it does not
30
Blocs you are in
3

Where your nationality changes the answer

JamaicaVerified with official sourceMonitor - can change2026-10-06

Caribbean Community nationals and the work permit

reaches you through CARICOM skills certificate

The general rule it sits on

Work in Jamaica runs on a permit issued by the Minister of Labour under the Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens (Employment) Act, and the permit is issued to the worker in the worker's own name while naming the employer and the place of work - so it does not travel with you to a new job. Both the worker and anyone who employs a worker without one commit an offence. Two groups fall outside the requirement. Caribbean Community nationals exercising rights of establishment, providing services or moving capital are exempted by a Schedule that an Act of 2011 wrote into the Act. Holders of a Caribbean Community skills certificate are outside it under a different Act altogether. Everyone else needs the permit, and the Ministry publishes no fee for it - only the statement that one is payable by the employer on approval.

Trinidad and TobagoVerified with official sourceActively changing right nowlast checked 2026-10-06

CARICOM nationals: no work permit with a skills certificate, and half the fees without one

reaches you through CARICOM skills certificate

The general rule it sits on

Everyone who is not a citizen, not a resident, and not inside the thirty-day window needs a work permit. Regulation 10 of the Immigration Regulations puts the prohibition on the worker and on the employer at once, and makes both of them guilty of an offence if it is broken. The thirty-day window is narrow and exact: one period not exceeding thirty days in every twelve consecutive months, so it cannot be split into two fortnights. The employer applies, not the worker, and for fewer than ten people the application is made online through TTBizLink. The fees doubled on 1 January 2026: TT$1,200 to apply and TT$900 a month for the duration of the permit, subject to a minimum of TT$2,700. A CARICOM national exercising rights under the Skilled Nationals Act is exempt from regulation 10 altogether. So, on the face of the Regulations, is a CARICOM national exercising the right of establishment or the right to provide a service under the Caribbean Community (Movement of Factors) Act - an Act that does not exist in the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago.

Where the general rule applies to you unchanged

Nothing is recorded in these that treats a citizen of Suriname differently on this question, so what follows is what everyone gets.

Antigua and Barbuda

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
Argentina

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
Barbados

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
Belize

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
Bolivia

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
Brazil

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
Chile

Temporary Residency for Paid Activities

Minimum contract length:
3 months
Initial grant:
Up to 2 years
Extension:
Up to 2 further years, successively
Colombia

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
Costa Rica

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
Cuba

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
Dominica

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
Dominican Republic

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
Ecuador

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
El Salvador

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
Grenada

Working in Grenada

Work permit validity:
12 months
Application fee:
EC$100
Permit fee, named CARICOM states and Cuba:
EC$1,000
Guatemala

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
Guyana

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
Haiti

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
Honduras

Working in Honduras

What you get:
A special permanence permit, not residence
Maximum length:
5 years
Minimum contract length:
Longer than 3 months
Mexico

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
Nicaragua

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
Panama

Working in Panama

Maximum on a labour residence permit:
6 years
Ordinary foreign-worker quota:
10% of the payroll
Specialist quota:
15% of specialist staff
Paraguay

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
Peru

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
Saint Kitts and Nevis

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
Saint Lucia

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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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
The Bahamas

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
Uruguay

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
Venezuela

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