- Overview: Bahamas
- 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?
Immigration support for hiring expats in the Bahamas via a PEO
If your business objectives are related to hiring expatriate personnel in the Bahamas, there are some things you need to consider. Among them are:
- the peculiarities of immigration procedure in the country
- documents required to get a work permit
- in-country employment and payroll for foreign citizens after visa has been issued.
Given the fact that expats are often sent abroad for short-term projects, many companies often opt for no entity hiring. This means companies look for simpler, more cost-effective options versus onboarding and paying expats through their own local subsidiaries
For companies hiring and paying expats overseas and particularly in the Bahamas, a global PEO with work permit support as part of the service might be a viable alternative to incorporation in the country. A PEO service company will walk you and your expats through every step of immigration procedure in the Bahamas. After the work permit or visa have been received, a PEO provider would officially onboard and payroll your expats in a foreign country on your behalf.
Acumen International has been hiring and payrolling our clients’ expatriates in the Bahamas both short- and long-term. If you need to legally hire and pay the expatriates in the Bahamas, we can help you. Regardless of business objectives and timelines, Acumen International can arrange end-to-end work permit support for hiring your expats in full legal compliance with local labor legislation after the permit documents have 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 the selected expats to Bahamas
- individuals that have an employer that is ready to finance their immigration and foreign employment in the country
- the service is mainly used by companies hiring highly skilled personnel that they send abroad to fill some top positions in the Bahamas.
Note: Having a single provider that would sponsor a work permit or visa on your behalf and then employs expats in the Bahamas, 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 received for further employment of expats in the Bahamas. 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.
Estimated time for work permit issuance
Typically, the procedure of work permit issuance in the Bahamas takes about 1 months period.
Major steps to get a work permit in the Bahamas
- Complete the application form.
- Notarize completed form, affixing a BS$10.00 stamp.
- Attach the completed and notarized form to the supporting documents and submit to the Department of Immigration.
Documents for work permit in the Bahamas, main applicant
| Type of documents |
| A letter of request from the prospective employer stating reasons for the application, the position and the period of time required |
| A copy of the bio-data page of the applicant’s passport |
| 2 passport-sized identical colour photographs of the applicant, with the applicant’s name printed on the reverse side |
| A police certificate of character covering 5 years residence in the Bahamas (issued not more than six months prior to the submission of the application) |
| A medical certificate dated not more than 30 days prior to the submission of the application |
| Written reference(s) from previous employer(s) (no more than 2 in total) |
| Copies of certificates of examinations referred to in the application form |
| Copies of applicable job vacancy advertisements in the local newspaper, with replies and results from interviews, if any |
If you need to have your expat personnel legally work for you in the Bahamas 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 in the Bahamas.
