Recruitment and foreign workers: teams working lawfully on the right site
Hiring in Algeria, and putting your expatriates to work lawfully on the right site. UpGrowth handles recruitment, the authorisation of the foreign headcount, work permits, visas and residence permits, employer compliance, health, safety and discipline, and the end of contract.
- One file built per foreign employee
- Renewals started before the permit expires
- A named contact from start to finish
What UpGrowth does
Eight service families, from recruitment to the end of contract.
Recruitment
- Definition of the role, the profile and the pay level
- Sourcing of technical, administrative and management profiles
- Shortlisting, interviews and reference checks
- Hiring formalities and prior declaration
Authorisation of the foreign headcount
- Prior agreement on the company foreign headcount
- Filed ahead of the individual permits
- Scoping of the number of posts, the qualifications and the duration
- Follow up with the competent services
Work permits
- One file built per foreign employee
- Filed at the Employment Directorate of the wilaya holding the site
- Temporary work authorisation for short assignments
- Renewals started before the permit expires
Visa and entry
- Coordination with the consular post in the country of departure
- Repatriation undertaking borne by the employer
- Correct sequencing between work authorisation and visa
- Declaration within the window that follows entry into Algeria
Residence permits
- Resident card, which follows the work title and never the reverse
- Building the file and booking the appointment
- Renewal, change of employer and change of situation
- Tracking the deadlines of your whole expatriate team
Employer compliance
- Staff register and foreign worker register
- Consistency between the declared post and the post actually held
- Declaration of vacant posts to the employment service
- Preparation for a labour inspection visit
Health, safety and discipline
- Occupational medicine and mandatory examinations
- Disciplinary procedures compliant with the internal rules
- Workplace accidents, declaration and follow up
- Safety documents required on industrial sites
End of contract
- Termination, notice and final settlement
- End of contract documents and certificates
- Departure of an expatriate and closure of the administrative file
- Assistance in an employment tribunal dispute
What you receive
- A complete administrative file, current and ready to file
- The receipts and certificates for every filing made
- The calendar of your coming deadlines
How we work
This is how we work.
- 1
You describe the need, we scope the perimeter
- 2
We tell you what is feasible and what is not
- 3
The perimeter is written down before work starts
- 4
A named contact follows your file end to end
- 5
You are warned before each deadline, not after
Who this service is for
- Groups that must mobilise expatriates on site
- Foreign groups awarded a contract in Algeria
- Established SMEs outsourcing the whole administrative load
- Contractors and subcontractors on industrial projects
Where to start, depending on your situation
You have just won a contract
- If you must mobilise teams, foreign staff included: this is the service described on this page.
You are a foreign group
- Forming the entity comes first: it conditions everything else.
- The permits and residence cards of your expatriates: this is the service described on this page.
Related pages
- Work permits for foreign employeesQualification, assembly, filing and follow up of the files with the competent administrations, which decide.
- Hiring guideEmployment contract, declaring the employee and the employer's obligations.
- CNAS, social security for employeesAffiliation, contributions and benefits of the employees' fund.
- Accounting, tax and payrollBookkeeping, tax and social filings, payroll, assistance during a tax audit and tracking of your deadlines, with a named contact.
- Local project supportA local partner for the foreign company executing a project in Algeria.
- Contract awarded in Algeria: what a foreign company must set upThe order of operations from award to crews on site.
International partners under a signed MoU
Frequently asked questions
What does the recruitment and foreign workers service cover?
Eight service families: recruitment, authorisation of the foreign headcount, work permits, visa and entry, residence permits, employer compliance, health, safety and discipline, and the end of contract. The detail is set out above on this page.
Can you recruit for me?
Recruitment covers the definition of the role, the profile and the pay level, the sourcing of technical, administrative and management profiles, shortlisting, interviews and reference checks, then the hiring formalities and the prior declaration.
What is the authorisation of the foreign headcount?
It is the prior agreement on the company foreign headcount, filed ahead of the individual permits. The service covers the scoping of the number of posts, the qualifications and the duration, and the follow up with the competent services.
Who handles the work permit of my foreign employee?
One file is built per foreign employee and filed at the Employment Directorate of the wilaya holding the site. The service also covers the temporary work authorisation for short assignments, and renewals are started before the permit expires. The procedure is set out on the dedicated work permit page.
What do you do for the visa and the residence permit?
For the visa: coordination with the consular post in the country of departure, a repatriation undertaking borne by the employer, correct sequencing between work authorisation and visa, and the declaration within the window that follows entry into Algeria. For residence: the resident card, which follows the work title and never the reverse, building the file and booking the appointment, renewal, change of employer and change of situation, and tracking the deadlines of your whole expatriate team.
How does the company stay compliant as an employer?
Employer compliance: staff register and foreign worker register, consistency between the declared post and the post actually held, declaration of vacant posts to the employment service, and preparation for a labour inspection visit. It is completed by occupational medicine and mandatory examinations, disciplinary procedures compliant with the internal rules, workplace accidents, and the safety documents required on industrial sites.
Do you handle the end of contract of an employee or an expatriate?
Yes: termination, notice and final settlement, end of contract documents and certificates, the departure of an expatriate and the closure of the administrative file, and assistance in an employment tribunal dispute.
What does the service cost, and how does it start?
No price is published here. You describe the need, we scope the perimeter and write it down before work starts: the quote is tailored after a short exchange. You can write to us on WhatsApp, by e-mail or through the form.
Tell us what you want to launch
Describe your situation in a few lines. We answer by telling you which services apply to your case, in what order to engage them, and what we need from your side to start. No price is published here: the quote is tailored after a short exchange.
Offices in Birkhadem, Algiers. Sunday to Thursday.
