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H2 - Employer-Sponsored Skilled Worker

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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

H2 is for a foreign worker sponsored by their employer.

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

Employer sponsorship is required; the application requires an employment contract and an employer recommendation letter.

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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?

For Rwanda H2, the controlling 2019 Ministerial Order requires the worker sponsored by the employer to possess the required qualifications or relevant experience. The DGIE detailed description also uses “or”; the DGIE short class heading uses “and”, but that inconsistent heading does not override the operative legal wording.

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  • The DGIE H2 short class heading says “required qualifications and relevant work experience”, while the operative Ministerial Order and detailed DGIE description say “or”; this answer follows the operative legal wording.

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

The page identifies an employer-sponsored work permit, but does not state whether work outside the sponsoring employer, an employer change, or family accompaniment is allowed.

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  • The captured employment page does not set out a broader work-permission scope, employer-change rule or family-accompaniment rule for this route.

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

The permit is valid for up to two years. Renewal requires a copy of the employment contract and an employer recommendation letter. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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  • The page does not state a longer-term residence pathway.

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

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