{"id":102,"date":"2021-06-08T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2021-06-06T06:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T05:45:30","slug":"common-documents-required-for-work-visa-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/common-documents-required-for-work-visa-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Common documents required for work Visa applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dream of many is to work abroad and for many skilled professionals, it remains just a dream as they lack either the time or the knowledge to make it real.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Shortage Jobs has a mission of simplifying skilled migration for qualified professionals globally and we do this by providing a platform and resources to make this easier.<\/p>\n<p>A work visa\/permit is required by most countries as a condition to work there and to get a work visa, you would need to present documents then go through an application and approval process.<\/p>\n<p>The documents required for work visa applications are generally similar but might differ in some cases depending on the country of the kind of job needed.<\/p>\n<p>Some common documents requested for Work Visa applications are:<\/p>\n<p>Passport<\/p>\n<p>Job Offer<\/p>\n<p>Language test<\/p>\n<p>Evidence of funds<\/p>\n<p>Academic Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>Professional Qualifications<\/p>\n<p>Work experience<\/p>\n<p>Reference Letter from Previous employer:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some jobs might need you to get a police clearance or equivalent from your home country and some countries might need you to have negative tests for Tuberculosis and the like but these vary.<\/p>\n<p>If you have these documents ready then you are set for the first step in your migration journey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dream of many is to work abroad and for many skilled professionals, it remains just a dream as they lack either the time or the knowledge to make it real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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