Cambodia Opens Foreign Employee Quota Application for 2023

Cambodia has opened the foreign employee quota application for businesses for 2023. Businesses that want to hire a foreign employee must apply for this quota before obtaining a work permit for the employee. Under the quota system, only 10 percent of a Cambodian company’s total workforce can be foreign nationals. The deadline for the foreign employee quota application ends at the end of November 2022.

Cambodia’s government has opened the window for businesses to apply for the foreign employee quota. Businesses in Cambodia who are intending to hire a foreign employee must apply for a foreign employee quota through the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training (MLVT). The deadline for the foreign employee quota application ends at the end of November 2022.

Under the quota system, only 10 percent of a Cambodian company’s total workforce can be foreign nationals. This is to be done as below:
 Office employees – Three percent;
 Skilled labor – six percent; and
 Unskilled labor – one percent.
After receiving the quota, the company can then apply for work permits through the Foreign Workforce Centralized Management System (FWCMS).

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