Official source
Government of Aruba
The government's own website: general guidance and official statements, for example on permits and the health certificate.
Government of Aruba
Appears mostly in: Permits, pay & moving
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Why you will meet it
Official notices there confirm or update what the departments publish.
Good to know before you go
- Some pages are older posts; the work-permit page was published on 28 November 2023.
Career Hub pages that rely on Government of Aruba
- 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 hour, however many hours they work. How to check your pay or a job offer.
- 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, and what that can and cannot tell you if you are looking for work.
- Health Certificate for food and beverage work in Aruba DVG is the authority for the health certificate, still called the green card or carchi berde. The steps, the tests, what DVG says it costs and how the Aruba Health App delivers it.
- 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.
- 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 jobseeker or employer, and where sources disagree. The full process is in our guide.
- 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.