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.
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE)
SLBFE licenses foreign employment agencies, registers migrant workers and takes their complaints.
How to check: Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
SLBFE hotline 1989 or +94 11 2 880 500
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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.
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones
A foreigner needs a worker migration status, resident or temporary, from Migraciones. The agency tells foreigners they can change status without using intermediaries.
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 foreign worker's contract in Peru must be in writing and for a fixed term of at most three years, renewable in periods of the same length, and it must include a commitment to train Peruvian staff in the same occupation. The visa is granted with the contract term in mind. Foreign workers fall under the private-sector labour regime.
Peru Legislative Decree 689 (law on hiring foreign workers), Articles 2 and 5 as replaced by Law 26196, as published on the Migraciones website (a 1991 text with its amendments noted; later regulations may apply), read 8 October 2026The employment contract and any changes to it must be approved by the labour authority. The employer files the application with a sworn statement on the staffing limits, the written contract, legalised professional titles or certificates, and a legalised copy of the ticket that guarantees the return of the worker and their family to their country of origin. The contract is treated as approved from the day the application is filed.
Peru Legislative Decree 689, Articles 2, 7 and 8 (Migraciones copy, see note on the first claim), read 8 October 2026A company may employ foreigners up to 20 percent of its staff, with their pay not above 30 percent of the payroll. Limits do not apply to, among others, a foreigner with Peruvian spouse, parents, children or siblings, a foreigner with an immigrant visa, and some specialised professional or technical staff who can be exempted.
Peru Legislative Decree 689, Articles 3, 4 and 6 (Migraciones copy), read 8 October 2026Employers are fined, besides other penalties, for skipping the contract approval, for fraud in the sworn statement or documents, for failing to carry out the contract, for using the approved contract for other purposes, and for not honouring the commitment to train Peruvian staff.
Peru Legislative Decree 689, Article 9 (Migraciones copy), read 8 October 2026Checked against the linked pages on 2026-10-08. This is general information, not legal advice.
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Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Look the agency up in the SLBFE licensed-agency directory. If something is wrong, SLBFE takes complaints online and by phone.
Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones. A foreigner needs a worker migration status, resident or temporary, from Migraciones. The agency tells foreigners they can change status without using intermediaries.
Every candidate completes the same intake checklist: Passport (First Page), Passport (Last Page), Photograph, CV, Education Certificate, Health Declaration, Consent. Sri Lanka adds: SLBFE registration, SLBFE pre-departure orientation certificate. 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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