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Domestic Worker Permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The permit is applied for by the employer for a domestic employee. LMRA publishes the exact occupation categories the service covers: Nurse (General), Cook, Cook (Assistant), Cook (Private Houses), Waiter (Private Service), Private Chauffeur, Servant or Housemaid, Yachtsman or Nursemaid, Concierge in Private Residence and Gardener (House).

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  • Issuing New Work Permit for Domestic Employees - service description
    Through this service, the employer can apply for a new work permit for domestic employees either by submitting an electronic application via the
  • Domestic Employees Categories
    This Service Applies For the Following Categories:
  • Domestic Employees Categories table
    Domestic Employees Categories No. Male Female 1 Nurse (General) Nurse (General) 2 Cook Cook 3 Cook (Assistant) Cook (Assistant) 4 Cook (Private Houses) Cook (Private Houses) 5 Waiter (Private Service) Waiter (Private Service) 6 Private Chauffeur Private Chauffeur 7 Servant Housemaid 8 Yachtsman Nursemaid 9 Concierge in Private Residence - 10 Gardener (House)

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The permit is applied for by the employer for a domestic employee, and the employer undertaking is listed among the required documents.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state whether a job offer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement is required beyond the employer undertaking.
  • The document does not describe what is important about the employer relationship.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive factor is the occupation: the permit covers only LMRA's listed domestic-employee categories. Nationality-specific rules apply to the Philippines, Ethiopia and Seychelles. The official source does not state any qualification, experience, skill-level, salary or labour-market condition.

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Limits of the record
  • No qualification, experience, skill-level or salary requirement is stated for the domestic employee.
  • No labour-market, shortage or quota condition is stated for this route.
  • Service Conditions
    Domestic employee passport must be valid for a period of no less than six months.
  • Service Conditions
    Regarding domestic employees from the Republic of the Philippines, the original medical examination from the
  • Service Conditions
    You can only apply for domestic employees from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Republic of Seychelles via employment offices.
  • Service Conditions
    First-degree relatives are accepted (In case of authorization only).

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The work is confined to LMRA's listed domestic-employee categories, and the permit runs through the employer: the employer applies for it, may renew it for a similar period, and may change the domestic employee's occupation through LMRA's change-of-occupation service, which applies to the same list of domestic categories. LMRA publishes a tripartite domestic contract between the employer, the employee and the employment office. The official source does not state whether family may accompany a domestic employee.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured pages do not state whether a domestic employee may transfer to another employer. LMRA's transfer service sits under the expatriate-employee regime, which Decision No. (76) of 2008 defines as covering employees other than the category of domestic employees, so it cannot be assumed to apply here.
  • The captured pages do not state whether family may accompany a domestic employee.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

A domestic-worker permit may be issued for one or two years. On renewal, the employer may choose six months, one year or two years.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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