Macao

Non-resident worker authorization and card. A Macao employer with Labour Affairs employment authorization can arrange a foreign worker’s stay authorization and identification card.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Non-resident worker authorization and card

Work and stay for the authorized employer and occupation, evidenced by the non-resident worker card.

Who qualifies

The employer first needs Labour Affairs employment authorization; the worker’s stay filing then needs that authorization, application form, photograph and valid passport.
Macao SAR Government: Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card application
Skilled workers complete a first examination, receive a return slip when approved, then complete the remaining steps after arrival; the card expiry follows the authorized employment period.
Macao SAR Government: Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card application

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: The issuing authority decides the application after the complete sponsored file and prerequisite approvals are lodged.
Cost: Government charges are assessed under the issuing authority’s schedule; sponsor, translation and document costs are separate.
The hard part: Employer Labour Affairs approval before stay and card processing.

This visa doesn’t lead to a passport.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.

Time away: A foreign national becomes eligible to apply only after obtaining Macao permanent-resident status, ordinarily after seven continuous years. Approval is discretionary and proof of every foreign nationality’s renunciation is due within six months after approval.
Two passports: Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.

Time on this program does not count toward permanent residence or citizenship; the family would need to switch to one that does.
Card validity follows the authorized employment rather than a universal term; time as a non-resident worker is expressly excluded from Macao ordinary residence.

The law behind these dates

Macao SAR — Non-resident Worker Identification Card

Living there.

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 today.

Have the Macao employer obtain employment authorization, then file the worker’s stay application.Open gov.mo ↗
Gather these documents.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Health cover for the move

Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for one adult US citizen with already issued non-skilled non-domestic DSAL employment authorisation and an employer using Macao One Account: initial immigration examination, temporary stay, personal formal examination, issued worker card and same-employer stay renewals after renewed labour permission.

12 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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