What to check, what to prepare and what to expect on this route. Every official name and link below comes from a government or ILO page we read; we say plainly where there is none.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
The DMW licenses and regulates private recruitment agencies that deploy Filipino workers overseas.
How to check: Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
Open the official list ↗ Official site ↗ Our guide for Philippines →
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist. Your source country adds its own clearances on top. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
State Migration Service
A foreigner can work only after the employer has obtained a work permit for them. Concluding a labour contract with a foreigner without a work permit is prohibited.
Work-permit hotline (refusals and complaints) (012) 919
Before you fly to Azerbaijan →
Last checked 29 September 2026. Links go to official sites we do not control; treat each site as the authority, not this page.
What the government and the ILO publish, in plain words. Laws change: your contract and the official page always win over this summary.
A foreigner can work in Azerbaijan only after the employer (a company, a sole trader or the branch of a foreign company) has obtained a work permit for them. The Service says the main conditions are a vacancy that no Azerbaijani with the needed skills has taken, and that the employment services cannot fill it from local labour.
Azerbaijan State Migration Service: Work permit, read 8 October 2026A work permit is issued for one year, or for the length of the labour contract if that is shorter, and can be extended each time by up to one year. The employer must apply for an extension at least 30 days before it expires. If the employer does not pay the extension fee within 30 days, the Service revokes the permit.
Azerbaijan State Migration Service: Work permit, read 8 October 2026If your work permit becomes invalid and you have no other legal basis to stay, you must leave Azerbaijan within 10 working days. Check with the employer who is responsible for the permit and its renewal before you travel.
Azerbaijan State Migration Service: Work permit, read 8 October 2026The Service runs a work-permit hotline for refusals and complaints: call (012) 919, or write to ishicazesi@migration.gov.az.
Azerbaijan State Migration Service: Work Permit - Hotline - Quota, read 8 October 2026Checked against the linked pages on 2026-10-08. This is general information, not legal advice.
One initiation fee, paid after your profile is complete. See the exact amount for your country, with the total in your home currency.
$50.00 USD + 12% VAT (Philippines) = $56.00 USD (about ₱3,139 PHP + ₱377 PHP = ₱3,516 PHP)
Convert a salary offer into your home currency with live exchange rates.
Open the salary converter →Tick what your offer says and see what is missing, and whether any red flag applies.
Open the offer checker →One named specialist owns your file from registration to your first day. Fee refunded in full if you are not matched and accepted within 90 days.
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). Look the agency up in the DMW list of licensed recruitment agencies, and check that its licence is not cancelled or suspended.
State Migration Service. A foreigner can work only after the employer has obtained a work permit for them. Concluding a labour contract with a foreigner without a work permit is prohibited.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Philippines adds: Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC), OWWA membership, NBI police clearance. The destination side (visa type, medical, attestation) depends on the employer and your role, and your specialist confirms what currently applies.
It depends on the employer and your contract, and it should be written in your offer before you pay or travel. Use the offer checker to see what is missing.
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