- Overview: Cape Verde
- Global HR Compliance
- Global PEO and payroll
- Work permit for hiring expats via PEO
- Expand without a company set up
- Contractor vs. employee: which is better?
Visa, Work Permit & Immigration Support in Cape Verde
If your business objectives are related to hiring expatriate personnel in Cape Verde, there are some things you need to consider, from the peculiarities of immigration procedure to documents required to get a work permit, and local payroll for foreign citizens.
Immigration Support for Hiring Expats in Cape Verde via a Global PEO
If your company is hiring or planning to hire expats in Cape Verde, an in-country PEO employment post immigration might be a viable alternative to incorporation. A global PEO company will guide you through every step of immigration procedure in Cape Verde and render a ‘no entity hiring’ after visa or permit receipt.
For many years Acumen International has been hiring and payrolling our clients’ expatriates for both short- and long-term projects. If you need to legally hire and pay the expatriates in Cape Verde, we can help you. Regardless of your business objectives and timelines, Acumen International can arrange immigration and work permit support for hiring your expats in full legal compliance with local labor legislation after the permit has been issued.
Acumen’s ‘work permit and hiring expats through a Global PEO’ solution is designed for:
- employer companies like yourself that want to relocate their selected expats to Cape Verde
- individuals that have an employer that is ready to finance their immigration and foreign employment in the Cape Verde
- the service is mainly used by companies hiring highly skilled personnel to fill some top positions in Cape Verde
Note: Having a single provider that would sponsor a work permit or visa on your behalf and then employs expats in Cape Verde, minimizes risks of visa rejection. In addition, it takes the hassle associated with immigration procedure off your head.
Unlike other global Professional Employer Organizations, Acumen International can provide extra benefits in addition to work permit support in Cape Verde. This includes medical insurance, housing, office rent, mobile phone and car provision to meet-and-greet, dependents relocation, etc.
Attention: we are not an immigration service! We do not provide a work permit and immigration support as a standalone solution to individuals willing to find jobs overseas.
Work Permit in Cape Verde: Estimated Time for Securing
Typically, the procedure of work permit issuance in Cape Verde varies and depends on Immigration Service in Cape Verde.
Work Permit Requirements in Cape Verde
Type of documents |
A valid passport to which the visa stamp will be included; |
Passport photos that meet the requirements as applicable to a passport; |
Money to pay the visa (approximately 5,000 escudos); |
A proof of the company or foundation by which you can prove that you have been appointed for the job in question. This is required before you apply for a visa. Jobs can best be found on the internet. |
Optional: it is a bonus to have a place of residence, as you have to report it |
Acumen Global Employer of Record Solution with Immigration Support in Cape Verde
If you need to have your expat personnel legally work for you in Cape Verde without having to set up your own business entity for that, trust us to assist you with work permit and immigration support, and then employ your expats locally on your behalf.
Contact our team to let us take up your foreign employees’ immigration matters and relieve you of the responsibility of getting work permit by working with our local partners to organize and obtain all the necessary permits, as well as provide you with a detailed update on the progress of the process.
Contact us for more details about how you can get a work permit for your expatriate staff and employ them through Acumen International Employer of Record with Immigration Support in Cape Verde.