Dispatch no. 49/GM/88,
May 16
Importation of Skilled
Workers
1. In the case of skilled workers, or of workers
who, taking into account the conditions of the local labour market, are not
normally available in Macau, the Governor may authorize, in accordance with
Dispatch no. 12/GM/88, the rendering of services by non-resident workers; the
custody of such workers shall be the responsibility of the employing entity.
2. The hiring of such workers shall follow the
procedure mentioned in Dispatch no. 12/GM/88, with the following special rules:
a) The application of the interested entity,
mentioned in paragraph 9 of Dispatch no. 12/GM/88, must:
a.1. provide a list of the individuals whose hiring
is intended, together with a justification for that need, in accordance with
paragraph 1;
a.2. enclose a draft of the intended rendering of
services contract;
b) The application shall be processed with an
opinion of the Labour Affairs Bureau, which, in this case, shall mainly
address:
b.1. the possible availability of skilled resident
labour for the work needs to be satisfied;
b.2. an analysis of the description of the
functions of the professional categories of the workers to be hired, in order
to enable a conclusion on their
correspondence to skilled professions;
b.3. the usefulness of hiring workers with the
aforementioned skills for the purpose of possibly providing vocational training
to resident workers;
b.4. an analysis of the stated hiring conditions,
namely regarding the minimum necessary requirements, in accordance with
sub-paragraph d) of paragraph 9 of Dispatch no. 12/GM/88;
c) the opinion of the Economic Services Bureau is
not compulsory; however, opinions may be requested from other entities, namely
the Macau Government Tourist Office in the case of hiring non-resident labour
to work in the hotel industry or in similar industries;
d) Once the dispatch of authorization has been
issued, the file shall be sent to the Commander of the Public Security Police
Force, who shall decide on the authorization of entry and stay in the Territory
of the listed workers.