Business · Nigeria
Hire a foreign worker (Expatriate Quota & CERPAC)
Employ an expatriate legally: obtain an Expatriate Quota (Ministry of Interior) → STR visa → enter Nigeria → CERPAC residence/work permit (Nigeria Immigration Service).
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Obtain an Expatriate Quota
- Federal Ministry of Interior
- The incorporated company applies for an Expatriate Quota authorising a number of foreign-national positions; must justify the need and often commit to knowledge transfer.
- Certificate of Incorporation; TIN; sector licence; justification
- Quota approval
- Issue offer and obtain STR visa
- Nigeria Immigration Service (embassy/consulate)
- With a quota position available, the employer issues a job offer; the expatriate applies for a Subject-to-Regularisation (STR) visa at a Nigerian embassy/consulate and enters Nigeria on it.
- Job offer; quota approval; valid passport; qualifications
- Weeks
- Apply for CERPAC and regularise
- Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
- Within the required timeframe after arrival, the employer applies for the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit & Aliens Card (CERPAC). CERPAC fee USD 2,000 for employed foreigners. Total STR+CERPAC typically 1-3 months.
- STR visa; employment letter; passport; quota approval
- ~1-3 months total
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The numbers behind the decision
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