WORK PERMITS ABROAD

Work permit is a document rather a license, that enables you to enter a Foreign Country and work there for a particular period. The duration of a work visa depends on the amount of work you have and labor market conditions.
Countries like New Zealand offers you the facility to apply for a work to residence visa. To turn your work visa into a residence visa, you need to fulfill the age, health and character requirements. Likewise, in the USA, a foreign citizen can get work visa permit for a maximum period of 6 months. All work visas to USA need to be approved by USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services).
Normally, it is the employer who applies for a work permit visa on your behalf. Work visas require an employer to contact the immigration authority of a particular country and get approval.

PROCEDURE & AUTHORITIES INVOLVED

• A Work Permit form must be filled out and approved at the beginning of each workday before work commences. The working papers may be a daily permit and can get to be signed off at the top of every workday with comments associated with the day’s progress.
• The Permit Application and Issuing Authority initiates the Permit process by completing the first two sections of the work permit.
• If the work activities will include Energy Isolation (LOTO), Hot Work, Confined Space, or Ground Disturbance, the Permit Application will unit issuing Authority these permits as well.

• The Permit Application must complete a Job Safety Environment Analysis (JSEA) identifying the key steps of the task, the hazards involved with each step, and the methods for controlling each identified hazard.
• The Permit Application will submit the completed Permit(s) and JSEA to the Issuing Authority for approval. It is the Permit Requester’s responsibility to ensure that the Issuing Authority has all of the necessary information to determine the proper safety procedures to be followed.
• Following the completion of the Permit, the PA shall give the Permit to the Issuing Authority for review and approval. If the Issuing Authority approves the Permit, he/she shall take the Permit to the AA for his/her review and approval.
• At a minimum, all Hot Work, Confined Space Entry, Ground Disturbance, “live” trade, and important Lifts require permit signature by the AA.
• The Permit(s) and JSEA application is submitted to the Area Authority (AA) for approval. The Permit Application is reviewed for impact on all SIMOPS and/or proposed activities and to confirm that all patent issuing Authority hazards have been identified and precautions specified. Additional information shall be added when necessary.
• When the Issuing Authority says the information is insufficient, the application shall be rejected. The application is often resubmitted when the required information is filled in on the Permit. The Permit is then approved, subject to specified detailed precautions being implemented under the responsibility of the Issuing Authority.
• The Issuing Authority shall confirm that all necessary precautions are defined, implemented, and maintained in place during the Permit validity period.
• The Issuing Authority shall confirm that all potential hazards from ongoing and potentially conflicting activities (SIMOPS) are identified. If necessary, additional precautions shall be put in place, including liaison with all affected Issuing Authorities.
• A Permit shall only be issued in any case required safety equipment is in situ and everyone defined isolations are fully implemented.