Advise on Labour clearance & work visa

Hi Roman rk,

Labour Clearance is given (granted rather) by the Ministry of Manpower for job categories and classes - not on individual's names, or even on designations.

Getting employees on business visa and to put them on the job before the employment visa can be issued is technically illegal. If caught, the company as well as the offending employee would get penalised. But this is done quite rampantly by the employers here since getting the employment visa can be quite a long drawn out affair.

But if the labour clearance has been taken, then getting the employment visa issued is only a matter of days or at the most say about a week or two. Not more.

There is something more to look out for. The labour clearance would be given for a specific job. Make sure your offered job and the clearance received are similar.

To quote an example, if the labour clearance is issued for a 'cook', it would be illegal to appoint an 'electrician' on a cook's clearance.