Ferdinand Marcos Jr. – President

Enrique A. Manalo –
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

 

Egon Audhoe – Consul ad Honorem

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

June 2025
The Philippine consulate in Suriname here with advises the following to all Filipino nationals:

If you plan to leave Suriname permanently, it is advisable to request your Police certificate in advance. It is no longer possible to request a Police certificate with a copy of the passport; this can only be done with the original passport.

Hope to informed you well.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:

VIEW IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS BELOW:

• Adjusted general fee for application and renewal of work permit for
  foreign nationals.
• Work permit application form
• Instructions preparing digital application
• Fee notice
• Employment department and Q&A

ANNOUNCEMENT

INTRODUCTION TEST BASIC LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY
In order to protect migrant workers in the Surinamese labor market also in the context of being able to actively participate in the labor market, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Youth Affairs has deemed it necessary to further implement article 4 paragraph 4 of the Foreign Nationals Work Permit Act (S.B. 1981 no.162 as last amended by S.B. 2001 no. 23), to introduce the Test Basic Language Knowledge and Society in order to give the foreigner the opportunity to meet the minimum communication.

When applying for a work permit, for aliens who are going to be working
will have to be submitted:
– The deposit slip of SRD 1500 to obtain the certificate Test Basic Language Knowledge and Society to be deposited at the VCB bank on account number:
STG SPWE 122510715, description ‘Language Test AWJ’;
– The certificate for the Test Basic Language Knowledge and Society, issued by or
on behalf of the Minister of Labor, Employment and Youth Affairs or by an
institute designated by the minister.
Exempt from taking this test are:
• Foreigners who have had formal instruction in the Dutch language
during the basic level;
• Foreigners who have had their main and actual residence for more than 5 years
in Suriname.

For further clarification regarding the above, please contact the
Department Work Permit Aliens via telephone number: 472920 and via the
email address: werkvergarbeid@gmail.com.
Please contact by phone first, before physically applying to the department.
Paramaribo, January 24, 2022
Communications Unit
Ministry of Labor, Employment and Youth Affairs.

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