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Application Procedure and Required Documents

Forms: “Application for Employment of Non-Specialized Non-Resident Worker(s)” (DSAL-TNR-NE-CE)‚ “Terms Offered to Non-Specialized Non-Resident Worker(s)” (DSAL-TNR-NE-A-CE)‚ “List of Job Title & Salary of Present Worker(s)” (DSAL-TNR-B-CE), and “Number of Worker(s) Employed in the Last 12 Months” (DSAL-TNR-C-CE);
Photocopy of identification document of the applicant entity’s lawful representative;
Photocopy of the association constitution published in the Official Gazette and of the registration document issued by the Identification Services Bureau, if the applicant entity is an association;
Photocopy of the applicant entity’s business licence or industrial registration or other similar documents;
List of branches, if the applicant entity is a chain of stores with the same name (the applicant can use the List of Operating Premises provided by the Bureau).

Address: 3/F, Golden Dragon Centre, No. 105, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, Macao

Office Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9:00 – 13:00; 14:30 – 17:45

Friday: 9:00 – 13:00; 14:30 – 17:30

Free of charge

Forms can be obtained at the Bureau or downloaded at www.dsal.gov.mo.
After the applicant submits all documents, the Bureau, based on that information, will assess the request.
According to Article 3 of Administrative Regulation No. 8/2010 “Regulation of the Law for the employment of non-resident workers”, the Bureau may request the applicant to submit additional information necessary to proceed with the request.
Any change in the submitted information must be reported and updated immediately, showing the relevant proof.
If the applicant fails to submit all documents within 15 days from the application submission date, the request will not be dealt with.
The employment of non-residents without authorization in the Macao SAR is illegal.
The English version is for reference only. In event of any discrepancy between the English and the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall apply and prevail.

Last modified: 2024-10-27 12:09

Employment Non-resident workers affairs

These laws are only available in Chinese and Portuguese, please refer to the corresponding language version of this service.

According to Article 73 of Law No. 16/2021 “Legal Regime of Immigration Control, Stay and Residence Authorization of the Macao Special Administrative Region”, those who conclude a labour relation with any individual not holding any of the documents required by law to be admitted as a worker, regardless of the nature and form of contract, or the type of remuneration or consideration, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years, and in case of recidivism shall be punished by two to eight years imprisonment.
According to paragraph 1 of Article 32 of Law No. 21/2009 “Law for the employment of non-resident workers”, the employer who does not hold valid employment permits and accepts services rendered by non-resident workers shall be punished with a fine of $10,000 (ten thousand patacas) to $20,000 (twenty thousand patacas) for each worker involved in the infraction. In addition to the fines imposed, the employer who violates the above provision may also have the revocation of all or part of the employment permits as well as the deprivation of the right to apply for new employment permits for six months to two years.