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LATAM Acceptable Documentation

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**Please Read** Special note on employment certificates:

Employment certificates are acceptable forms of documentation in ALL Latin American countries. Please follow the guidelines below when determining whether an employment certificate may be used:

The certificate should be acceptable if the following points are contained in the document:

  • Official company letterhead

  • Dates of employment

  • Contains full, correct legal name

  • Name with the signature of the issuer

  • Official company stamp (this is critical)

The document should not be accepted if:

  • Not on official company letterhead

  • Doesn’t contain the specific elements to be verified

  • Doesn’t have the signature of the issuer

  • Missing the stamp(even if all the above items are included, if the stamp is missing, the document should be rejected)

Caribbean

Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Saint Barthelme, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and UK Virgin Islands:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

Dominican Republic:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RNC, Registro Nacional del Contribuyente

  • Dirección Generalde Impuestos Internos

Puerto Rico:

  • Pay Stubs

  • W2, 1099, 408.6b Tax Forms

  • Applicant identifier: SSN, Social Security Number

US Virgin Islands:

  • Pay Stubs

  • W2, 1099 Tax Forms

  • Applicant identifier: SSN, Social Security Number

Central & North America

Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Costa Rica:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: NITE, Número de Identificación Tributaria Especial

  • CCSS- Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

El Salvador:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: NITE, Número de Identificación Tributaria

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Guatemala:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: NITE, Número de Identificación Tributaria

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Mexico:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RFC, Registro Federal de Contribuyentes

  • IMSS Report

  • Constancia de Pagos y Retencione (Similar to a W2)

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

  • INFONAVIT report (Instituto del Fondo Nacional/Mexican federal institute for workers housing)

Panama:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: NIT, Número de Identificación Tributaria

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

South America

Argentina:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: CUIT, Código Único de Identificación Tributaria

  • Applicant identifier: CUIL, Código Único de Identificación Laboral

  • AFIP Report

  • ANSES Report (Administracion nacional de la Seguridad Social/National

Bolivia:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: NIT, Número de Identificación Tributaria

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Brazil:

  • Recibo de Vencimentos – Payslips

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: CPF, Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas

  • Contrato de trabalho – Employment Contract, contract Terminationor - TerminationDecision, Contract Annex, Appendix, Addendum

  • Extrato de conta - BankStatement

  • Reference letter

  • Workbook

  • Reference relieving letter

  • Employment/experience/service letter

  • Resignation/release letter

  • Salary certificate/statement

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Chile:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUT, Rol Único Tributario

  • Applicant identifier: RUN, Rol Único Nacional

  • Liquidación de Sueldos

  • Chilean AFP’s (Administradoras de fondos de pensiones)

Colombia:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUT, Registro Único Tributario

  • DIAN Employment Report

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Ecuador:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUC, Registro Único de Contribuyentes

  • IESS Instituto de Servicio por Empleado/Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Paraguay:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUC, Registro Único de Contribuyentes

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Peru:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUC, Registro Único de Contribuyentes

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Uruguay:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RUT, Registro Único Tributario

  • BPS - Asesoría Tributaria y Recaudación

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)

Venezuela:

  • Pay Stubs

  • Tax Documents

  • Applicant identifier: RIF, Registro Único de Información Fiscal

  • Certificadode Ingresos y Retenciones

  • ServicioIntegrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria

  • Employment relieving statement (finiquito)