Document checklist
Portugal → Honduras: Carnet de Trabajo para Extranjero (Foreign Worker's Card)
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Required documents
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Completed general-details application form
RequiredThe application form with your general details, using the model available from the Dirección General de Empleo's forms page on trabajo.gob.hn.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Copy of your current foreigner ID card
RequiredA notarised photocopy of your foreigner identification card (Carné de Identificación) issued by the Instituto Nacional de Migración, which must be currently valid.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Copy of your foreigner registration certificate
RequiredA notarised photocopy of your certificate of registration as a foreigner, issued by the Instituto Nacional de Migración.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Copy of your legal residency resolution or special stay permit
RequiredA notarised photocopy of the resolution certifying your legal residency, issued by the Secretaría de Gobernación, Justicia y Descentralización, or your Permiso Especial de Permanencia issued by the Instituto Nacional de Migración.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Recent ID-size photograph
RequiredOne recent photograph, ID-card size (tamaño carné).
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Financial
Proof of fee payment
RequiredPayment of L.25.00 (25 Honduran lempiras), made on a TGR-1 receipt, downloaded from the Secretaría de Finanzas website (SEFIN) under billing box 15204.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Purpose of travel
Original job confirmation or offer letter from your employer
RequiredAn original letter from the employer who currently employs you, or who will employ you, confirming the job or job offer.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Other
Copy of your previous work card (for a renewal)
If you're renewing your foreign worker's card, a photocopy of your previous card. You can keep using your existing documentation as long as your immigration status hasn't changed; otherwise, you must present all the requirements again as if applying for the first time.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Proof of professional college membership
If your profession is one that Honduran law requires mandatory membership in a professional college (colegio profesional) to practise, proof that you're registered with the relevant college.
Source: Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Requisitos de carnet de trabajo para extranjero
Why applications on this route get refused
Photocopies not notarised
All photocopies submitted must be authenticated by a notary; they can be authenticated together in a single notarial act, but a power of attorney must be authenticated separately from the other photocopies.
How to avoid it: Have all your document photocopies notarised together before submitting, and get any power of attorney notarised as its own separate document.
Foreign-language documents not officially translated
Documents issued abroad or in a foreign language must be properly legalised, and anything not in Spanish needs an official translation, before Honduran authorities will accept it.
How to avoid it: Arrange legalisation and an official translation for any foreign-issued document before you submit your application.
Legal residency not yet established
This work card is only for foreigners who already hold legal residency in Honduras, the checklist requires copies of an existing residency resolution or special stay permit, not proof of applying for one.
How to avoid it: Complete your residency process with the Instituto Nacional de Migración or Secretaría de Gobernación first, before applying for the work card.
Sources
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