Guyana

Employment visa. Guyana publishes an online employment-visa application for a foreign worker with a local contract or employment letter.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Employment visa

An employment visa if approved; the source does not establish a universal right to work before issuance or a fixed validity period.

Upload a contract or employment letter, police clearance, medical report, passport pages with stamps and a passport photo; the government form marks these mandatory.
Guyana Immigration Support Services: Employment Visa
Submit the application online; the service issues a reference number to track the case. Documents not in English need English translations.
Guyana Immigration Support Services: Employment Visa

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

Time: Processing starts after the authority accepts a complete application; travel and work begin only after the required permission issues.
Cost: The authority assesses its filing charge under the fee schedule in force on submission, plus document costs.
The hard part: Securing the local contract and completing the police and medical documents before online filing.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

Time away: For an alien, the final 12 months must be spent residing in Guyana without interruption, plus at least 5 years in total during the 7 years before that final year. The Minister may relax the periods in special circumstances. The Act also requires good character and an intention to continue living in Guyana.
Two passports: It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.

The Ministry publishes a 3-year extension term but no separate initial term, so the road uses that published renewable term; years actually residing in Guyana build the naturalisation period, which has no permanent-residence prerequisite.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
Whether you can keep your current citizenship depends on the rules at the time and your home country.

The law behind these dates

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start the Immigration Support Services employment-visa form.Open eservices.iss.gov.gy ↗
Gather these documents.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

Tell us the number of applicants in your household before this application can be offered.

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