Timor-Leste → Bermuda: Standard Work Permit

For each sponsored dependant: an original certified copy of their passport, and, if they're a visa-controlled national, an original certified copy of a valid multi-entry visa or permanent resident card issued by the USA, Canada or the UK (only), not expiring within 45 days of the work permit's expiry.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

The Standard Work Permit Application Form, completed in full (write "N/A" or "None" for sections that don't apply) and signed by both the applicant and the employer or agent.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

An original certified copy of your passport's front and data pages. Personal details on your passport must match every other document you submit. If you're a visa-controlled national, your passport can't expire within 45 days of the work permit's expiry date.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Three colour passport-size photos (about 1½" x 1¾"), on a white background where possible, matching your passport likeness, with your name printed on the back of each.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Full payment of the work permit fee (and any late fee, waiver-of-advertising fee, or advertisement extension fee that applies), payable to the Accountant General. The form doesn't publish the fee amounts, check the current fees with the Department of Immigration.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

The employer must be able to show clear, satisfactory reasons for not hiring an available, suitably qualified Bermudian, spouse of a Bermudian, or PRC holder, and must notify unsuccessful local applicants before the work permit application is submitted.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, How to get a work permit

Employers must show a genuine search for a Bermudian, spouse of a Bermudian, or PRC holder before hiring from abroad: advertise the role on the Bermuda Government Job Board and in a newspaper, then complete the Recruitment Disclosure Form detailing every local applicant, whether they were interviewed, and why they weren't selected, with copies of the advertisements, applicants' cover letters, résumés and Job Board reports attached. This isn't needed if the position automatically qualifies for a waiver from advertising.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

A completed Statement of Employment covering job title, remuneration, hours, place of work, paid vacation and sick leave, benefits, probation, and termination notice, following Section 6 of the Bermuda Employment Act 2000, either the form itself or an equivalent company document, signed by employer and employee.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Your résumé, showing your name (as on your passport), current address, phone and email, plus your employment history with month/year dates, job titles and employer names.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

An original certified copy of qualification certificates relevant to the position, needed only if the application refers to a Statutory Council for the profession.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

If you're from, or have ever lived for 3 months or more in, a jurisdiction the World Health Organisation lists as high-risk for tuberculosis, you need a chest X-ray (plate or CD, full anterior and posterior view for anyone over 12) with your name, date of birth and date of issue written on it, plus a letter from a certified physician confirming you're free from TB. It's valid for 6 months from the date of issue.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Required for first-time residents, people changing employers, and people being promoted on the strength of experience. A letter titled "Employment Reference" on company letterhead, naming the applicant, the position(s) held with start and end dates, and signed by a senior referee (HR manager, supervisor, etc.), the years of experience it confirms must match what the job advertisement required.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

For a spouse: an original certified copy of your marriage certificate (recognised under Bermuda law) and any divorce decrees, even if the ex-spouse isn't relocating. For an unmarried partner: an affidavit explaining the genuine and subsisting relationship. For each dependant child relocating with you: an original certified long-form birth certificate.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Required for first-time residents: an original general certificate of good health showing your name, date of birth, and date of issue.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

First-time residents need an original police certificate, with an original seal or stamp, from the police authority of your last place of residence, obtained specifically for overseas employment. It's valid for 6 months from the date of issue. UK residents in professions caring for children or the elderly need an International Child Protection Certificate instead; other UK residents need a police certificate with photo (a "Subject Access" certificate isn't accepted). Applicants residing in Hong Kong aren't eligible for a police certificate and must follow separate guidance.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form

Required for first-time residents, people changing employers, and people being promoted on the strength of experience. Two letters titled "Character Reference", each naming the applicant and the referee's relationship to them, from people of good standing (clergy, teacher, executive, etc.), speaking to the applicant's honesty, integrity and trustworthiness.

Source: Government of Bermuda, Department of Immigration, Standard Work Permit Application Form