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Permits / Licences

Employment Agency Activity Licence

Service introduction:

To provide enquiry service on the application for the employment agency activity licence, e.g. issue, renewal, reissue, suspension and cancellation of the licence and the branch licence; to receive application and analyze it and express opinion on it.


Service target:

Private entities planning to conduct employment agency activities


Application eligibility:

  • ​Being a Macao resident with legal capacity, or the company, association or foundation being established according to law and having domicile of legal person located in the Macao Special Administrative Region;
  • The business premise to be used shall meet the legal requirements;
  • Having fulfilled the tax obligations if any;
  • Having proper moral integrity to conduct business;
  • Having technical and organizational capabilities;
  • In the case of conducting the fee-charging employment agency activity, an effective guaranty has been provided;
  • Not within the period of additional penalties in which the employment agency activity is prohibited.

Enquiry Methods:

Department and unit in-charge: Labour Affairs Bureau – Labour Inspection Department

Address: Avenida do Dr. Francisco Vieira Machado, nos. 221 a 279, Edifício Advance Plaza, 1st floor of the Labour Affairs Bureau, Macau

Tel: (+853)2872 1928

Fax: (+853)2852 6345

Email: dsaldit@dsal.gov.mo

Appointment booking service for enquiries about employment agency activity licence


Content provider: Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL)

Last modified: 2026-05-18 12:00

Entrepreneurship and business Permits / Licences

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