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Permits, pay & moving

Moving to Aruba from the Netherlands for work: what Dutch citizens need to arrange

A Dutch passport is not enough to live and work in Aruba. If you were born outside Aruba you normally need a DIMAS residence permit for your first five years. Who needs one, how your job affects it, and what…

5 min read 6 sources

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How to write a job listing that works in Aruba
Five questions every job listing in Aruba should answer before anyone asks: the job, the pay, the hours, the languages and the…
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Permits, pay & moving
Coming home to Aruba after your studies: the 35% Arubalening rule and a job plan
Studying abroad with an Arubalening? Come back and work in Aruba within three years of graduating and 35% of your study debt…
4 min read 6 sources
Permits, pay & moving
Aruba’s minimum wage is now set by the hour: what Afl. 11.58 means for your pay
Since 1 January 2026, every hour counts the same: employees in Aruba aged 18 and over earn at least Afl. 11.58 an…
4 min read 6 sources
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Working at Divi Resorts in Aruba: properties, jobs and benefits
Divi has run resorts in Aruba since 1969. Its three resorts, the all-inclusives it also hires for, the jobs behind a stay,…
8 min read 10 sources
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Job or career? How to tell if a job in Aruba leads somewhere
Five questions to ask before you accept, what a listing tells you about growth, and how to make the job you have…
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3 years
before a permit holder can normally change employer
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Building a long-term career in Aruba: a five-year plan
Skills that travel between employers, a reputation that follows you, and the permit rules that shape your first years, set against an…
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10 career fields to watch in Aruba, 2026–2030: what the evidence supports
No verified forecast ranks Aruban careers by pay or openings. Ten fields, with what employers advertise on Aruba Jobs now, what official…
4 min read 6 sources
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Aruba’s job market in 2026: what the numbers say
Unemployment of 4.4% in the Labor Force Survey 2025, a Central Bank that projects slower growth and calls the labour market tight,…
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Permits, pay & moving
The health certificate (green card): what food and beverage workers and employers should know
DVG is the authority for the health certificate, still called the green card. What DVG says today, what to check as a…
3 min read 4 sources
Permits, pay & moving
Work permits in Aruba: how it works for foreign nationals
Your employer stands behind the application to DIMAS as your guarantor. What it needs, what it costs, how long it takes and…
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