Frequently Asked Questions > Immigration > Non-Resident Workers and Their Reuniting Kindred   Non-Resident Workers and Their Reuniting Kindred Questions： 1 In the examination of an application for Special Authorization to Stay or Residence Authorization, from which other supervising or document issuing entities can the Public Security Police Force ask for opinions besides the Labour Affairs Bureau and the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute? 2 Our company intends to employ a non-resident to work in Macao, but how can we know if the non-resident is under the restriction by Term 2 & 3 Article 4 of Law No. 21/2009? Moreover, how to know the position and the code in the non-resident’s latest “Employment Authorization” dispatch? 3 What are the circumstances for a non-resident worker not to be granted a new “Worker’s Authorization to Stay” for a period of six months? Any exceptions? 4 What means “the professional category and the code must be the same as in the latest employment authorization dispatch”? How to verify the professional categories and the codes are the same between this employment authorization and the latest? 5 I lost the password slip for my Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card. Can I apply for a reissue of it? 6 I want to lay off my domestic helper. What formalities do I have to go through? 7 My domestic helper has run away with her passport. Can I cancel her “Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card”? 8 What is the method of Residence and Stay Affairs Department to measure the expiry situation of “Employment Authorization” under the regulation by Item 1 Term 1 Article 12 of Law No. 21/2009? 9 I am holding a Non-resident worker’s identification card. What kind of situation do I need to register for utilizing the E-channel for entry to and departure from Macao? 10 Am I eligible to get a Macao Resident Identity Card after working in Macao for 7 years with a Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card? 11 I heard that some people do not have to fill in an Arrival Card upon entry to Macao. I wonder which type of passengers can benefit from such facilitating policy? 12 I am a holder of Special Authorization to Stay and have several addresses in Macao. Which one should I declare? 13 Persons granted Special Authorization to Stay for over 90 days should specify to the Public Security Police Force their contact address and habitual residence address in Macao. What should be done if the address is changed in the future? 14 Under what circumstances will the Public Security Police Force reject my application for Special Authorization to Stay outright? 15 Who can apply for Special Authorization to Stay for the reason of family reunion? 16 What is the fine per day for overstaying in Macao? Will it incur imprisonment? 17 ‘Automatic renewal’ is indicated in my employment authorization. Now I want to make an application for my domestic helper. What should I write in the field of employment period on the application form provided by your office? 18 I have been granted employment authorization that can be automatically renewed by the Labour Affairs Bureau, and I have already applied ‘Authorization to Stay for Non-resident Workers’ for my domestic helper. Do I need to go to the Residence and Stay Affairs Department to make a renewal application for my helper in the future? 19 Now that the Labour Affairs Bureau has introduced automatic renewal of the employment authorization to hire domestic helpers, how are you going to grant ‘Authorization to Stay for Non-resident Workers’ to those helpers? 20 What service items are available in the ‘Online Application System for Non-resident Workers’? 21 Who should open an account for the ‘Online Application System for Non-resident Workers’? 22 What should I do if I want to discontinue the authorized representative from using the ‘Online Application System for Non-resident Workers’ and making applications for ‘Non-resident Worker’s Authorization to Stay’ on behalf of the employment entity or the employment agency? 23 My domestic helper’s Authorization to Stay for Non-resident Workers will be expiring on 17 December 2016 (Saturday). We decide to terminate our employment relationship on that expiry date. However, since that day is a public holiday, can we cancel the Authorization in advance? 24 After cancelling her ‘Non-resident Worker’s Authorization to Stay’ on 25 February 2018, my Vietnamese domestic helper returned to Vietnam. Afterwards, I decide to employ her again. Does she need to submit a Certificate of Criminal Record issued by the competent authorities of Vietnam again? 25 I plan to employ a non-resident worker. Does the worker need to submit a Certificate of Criminal Record when making the application? 26 My Vietnamese wife and I are both non-resident workers. She decides to cancel her ‘Non-resident Worker’s Authorization to Stay’. Instead, she will apply for ‘Special Authorization to Stay’ for non-resident worker’s reuniting family and continue to stay in Macao with me. Do we need to submit a Certificate of Criminal Record issued by the competent authorities of Vietnam when we apply for the ‘Special Authorization to Stay’? 27 How can I know if the Vietnamese domestic helper I am going to employ needs to submit a Certificate of Criminal Record issued by the competent authorities of Vietnam? 28 Are non-skilled workers from the Mainland required to possess an “Entry Permit” and enter from a region outside the Macao SAR before they can be granted Temporary Authorization to Stay as Non-resident Worker? 29 Is there any change in the entry procedures for Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam nationals, who are required to possess a pre-arrival entry visa? 30 Are Vietnamese who are in Macao (including non-resident workers who are quitting their job) required to return to their home country and apply for an “Entry Permit” and a pre-arrival visa in order to work in Macao? 31 If a non-resident who possesses an “Entry Permit” wishes to enter Macao as a visitor (probably the employer has no employment arrangement for the worker yet), will he or she be granted the corresponding limit of stay (e.g. one years’ limit of stay for Hong Kong residents)? 32 Will non-residents in possession of an “Entry Permit” definitely be allowed to enter Macao for work? 33 After being granted Temporary Authorization to Stay as Non-resident Worker, can a non-resident get in and out of Macao for multiple times? Can a foreign worker use the e-channels? 34 If the travel document used for entry to Macao is inconsistent with the one specified on the “Entry Permit”, will the holder of the “Entry Permit” be refused entry? 35 If the Temporary Authorization to Stay as Non-resident Worker is revoked or invalidated after the holder enters Macao with an “Entry Permit”, does the non-resident worker need to be put on a “6-month employment ban” or “same occupation limitation”? 36 What requirements should a non-resident worker meet in order to create an account with Macao One Account? What documents are required? 37 When can a non-resident worker, who has already come to Macao and started providing service to the employer, create an account with Macao One Account? 38 I had a Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card before. The Card is cancelled and I am now in my country of origin. Can I create an account with Macao One Account? 39 Can a non-resident worker continue to access information in his or her account at Macao One Account after the Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card is cancelled? 40 Can a China mobile number be used to create an account with Macao One Account? 41 How can a non-resident worker access his or her status of limitation (the so-called ‘6-month employment ban’ and ‘same occupation limitation’) via Macao One Account? 42 I have had my travel document replaced, which is different from the one in Macao One Account. Will this affect the use of Macao One Account? How can I update the document information in Macao One Account? 43 When I create an account with Macao One Account, the system indicates that facial recognition fails. What can I do? 44 Is it necessary to register another account with Macao One Account if I get a new Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card for working in Macao again? 45 Is it necessary to register another account with Macao One Account if a non-resident worker becomes a Macao resident? 46 Can I access the terms of the contract and personal information such as the names of my parents in the ‘Non-resident Worker Services’? 47 How can a non-resident worker complete the Authorization to Stay as Worker renewal confirmation procedure via Macao One Account? 48 How can a non-resident worker know whether his or her Authorization to Stay as Worker is updated after he or she completes the renewal confirmation procedure via Macao One Account? 49 After the non-resident worker has completed the ‘Authorization to Stay as Worker’ renewal confirmation procedure, what are the methods for him or her to check the information and show it to others when necessary? 50 After the non-resident worker has completed the Authorization to Stay as Worker renewal confirmation procedure via Macao One Account, where can he or she print or reprint the Slip of Authorization to Stay as Worker with the latest validity? 51 What are the documents the non-resident worker is normally required to produce when a police officer inspects his or her identity? 52 Can the validity of Authorization to Stay as Worker which is shown on the inquiry page at Macao One Account act as the appropriate proof for the said Authorization? 53 Certain institutions or departments need to check the validity of Non-resident Worker’s Identification Card before allowing me to enter the venue to process the formalities, and upon completion of my renewal formalities, if I do not hold the Slip of Authorization to Stay, how can they check its validity? 54 Under normal circumstances, when the public or private organizations establish a legal relationship, how should they check the validity of a non-resident worker’s Authorization to Stay as Worker to protect their own rights? 55 In case of unfamiliarity with mobile phone operation, network outages or doubts regarding the status of stay displayed on the inquiry page, how should the validity be checked? 56 I am a non-resident worker from Mainland China, why can I not complete the renewal procedure via Macao One Account? 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