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Occasional and Technical Worker Visa (V-TET)

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

The pathway is designed for a foreigner who temporarily enters the territory to perform unskilled manual labour or occasional work, or technical work in the cultural, artistic, musical, sports, professional, educational or scientific field, specifically for a determined work or project.

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  • Artículo 39
    la empresa podrá contratar a un extranjero, que de manera temporal ingrese al territorio, para realizar un trabajo de mano de no obra calificada o trabajo eventual, o técnico del campo cultural, artístico, musical, deportivo, profesional, educativo o científico, específicamente para una obra o un proyecto determinado

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

Yes. A company contracts the foreigner to enter temporarily for a specific work or project; the company must provide a letter of responsibility, its national income-tax and Social Security (CSS) clearances and a receipt of income tax paid on the employment-contract value, and a work-permit certification is required.

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

The distinctive professional characteristics are that the work is temporary, for a determined work or project, and falls into one of two categories: unskilled manual labour or occasional work, or technical work in the cultural, artistic, musical, sports, professional, educational or scientific field.

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  • Artículo 39
    que de manera temporal ingrese al territorio, para realizar un trabajo de mano de no obra calificada o trabajo eventual, o técnico del campo cultural, artístico, musical, deportivo, profesional, educativo o científico, específicamente para una obra o un proyecto determinado

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

The permission allows the holder to perform the specific work for which the visa was granted: unskilled manual labour or occasional work, or technical work in the listed fields, for a determined work or project. The document does not state whether the holder is tied to a specific employer or occupation beyond the initial hiring company. The document does not mention family accompaniment.

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  • The document does not state whether the holder is tied to a specific employer or occupation beyond the initial hiring company.
  • The document does not mention family accompaniment.
  • Artículo 39
    la empresa podrá contratar a un extranjero, que de manera temporal ingrese al territorio, para realizar un trabajo de mano de no obra calificada o trabajo eventual, o técnico del campo cultural, artístico, musical, deportivo, profesional, educativo o científico, específicamente para una obra o un proyecto determinado

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

The visa is granted for a term of one year, renewable annually up to five times. The document does not state any longer-term residence direction.

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  • Artículo 39
    por un término de un (1) año, prorrogables anualmente hasta por cinco (5) veces

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

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