Barbados requires non-nationals to register with Immigration and hold a work permit sponsored by an employer before starting work, under Section 17 of the Immigration Act. It is also the CARICOM country best known for a standalone remote-work option, the Barbados Welcome Stamp, alongside the region's standard CSME free-movement and skills-certificate mechanism.
The Immigration Department (under the Attorney General's chambers) handles work permits and residence; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade administers the Welcome Stamp and CSME.
Covers the three routes a non-national uses to be in Barbados legally: the standard employer-sponsored work permit, permanent residence under the Immigration Act, and the Barbados Welcome Stamp for people who work remotely for an employer or business outside Barbados.
No public register of approved or sponsoring employers is published by Immigration — sponsorship is verified per application, not via a published list. A distinct, verified official page on citizenship/naturalization routes (separate from permanent residence) was not found in this pass. And the Welcome Stamp's original standalone application domain no longer hosts an application flow (see top-level correction) — current applicants are directed via the Ministry's page to Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.'s visitbarbados.org.
The Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) issues the CARICOM Skills Certificate, letting eligible CARICOM nationals work in Barbados without a standard work permit; applications require notarized forms, qualifications, and a fee, submitted in person or by an authorised agent.
Covers foreign-qualification verification through the Barbados Accreditation Council, registration with sector-specific statutory bodies such as the Medical Council, and where the government itself lists job vacancies.
Private job boards with Barbados listings; not government sources.
New residents register with the Barbados Revenue Authority (via TAMIS) for a Tax Identification Number and with the National Insurance Scheme for social security; the Barbados Licensing Authority handles driving licences.
The government driver-licence page does not describe a foreign-licence conversion/exchange process — coverage on that point is limited to what the Barbados Licensing Authority publishes, and no separate government healthcare-enrolment portal was found; both omitted rather than guessed.
Directory of official and semi-official sources, compiled 2026-08-26. Links are to the issuing body wherever one exists. This page states no eligibility, processing time or fee, and is not immigration advice — rules change, and the issuing authority is always the current source.
Your own government runs the register of licensed recruiters, the emigration clearance and the welfare fund that apply before you leave. Those pages are written from that side.
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