Official source
DPL
Aruba's labour department: it runs the labour-market test and advice for permit applications, and free job matching for people who do not need a permit.
Departamento di Progreso Laboral (DPL)
Appears mostly in: Permits, pay & moving
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Why you will meet it
Employers who want to hire someone from abroad may meet DPL's labour-market test, and jobseekers who do not need a permit can use its job matching.
Good to know before you go
- DPL's pages are undated and in Papiamento.
- Whether the DPL step currently comes before applying to DIMAS is disputed between official sources; see Permits, pay & moving.
Career Hub pages that rely on DPL
- Aruba labour market: the official numbers and where to find them CBS is the statistical authority, the Central Bank gives macro context and forecasts, and job boards show observed demand. The latest LFS 2025 figures, and why a statistic, a vacancy count and a forecast are three different things.
- 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.
- 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.