Official source
DIMAS
Aruba's admission authority: it decides on residence and work permits and runs the application portal.
DIMAS (Departamento di Integracion, Maneho y Admision di Stranhero)
Appears mostly in: Permits, pay & moving
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Aruba Jobs is not affiliated with this organisation. Their rules and fees can change; what they publish is what counts.
Why you will meet it
If you need a permit to live or work in Aruba, or you employ someone who does, DIMAS is where the application goes and where its outcome is decided.
Good to know before you go
- Most DIMAS pages are undated; the portal notice of a temporary policy change says it took effect on 24 April 2025 and gives no end date.
- DIMAS's own pages and other official sources disagree on whether the DPL labour-market step comes first. The Career Hub shows that conflict instead of choosing a side.
Career Hub pages that rely on DIMAS
- 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 economy that will grow more slowly.
- Hiring an employee in Aruba: employer compliance checklist The steps an employer in Aruba has to take care of when hiring, each linked to the official source: the right to work in Aruba, the contract, minimum wage, SVb, payroll tax, insurance, company documents and the DVG health certificate.
- 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 papers. With the minimum hourly wage, the DVG health certificate and work permits.
- 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 to send.
- Work and residence permits in Aruba: where to check the current process DIMAS decides on residence and work permission, and its portal and checklist are the authority for a live application. Official sources currently disagree on the DPL labour-market step. How to check the live process before you apply.
- 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 what happens after approval. Whether a DPL step comes first depends on DIMAS's current procedure, which official sources describe differently.
- From classroom to workplace. An internship joins a study programme to real work. The right route depends on where you study, where you want to work and who has to agree.
- An Aruba internship starts with a plan. Studying abroad? Get school approval, a host and an agreement first. Then the DIMAS residence route, and the practical arrangements, before you book anything.