VisaGrenada work-permit renewals need three months’ lead time and compliance certificates
A current guide to the employer’s renewal file, tax-clearance request, National Insurance records and payment confirmation before the existing permit expires.
Official source date: 2026-11-01
Edited and checked by the VisaWand editorial team
Start the renewal file three months before the current permit ends
Grenada’s Department of Labour requires work-permit renewal applications three months before the existing permit expires. Its checklist calls for the stamped application in duplicate, original previous permit or exemption certificate, employer’s letter, photographs, passport identity and latest-arrival or extension details, plus tax and National Insurance compliance certificates. This guide explains existing procedures, not a newly announced November restriction.
The lead time makes the employer’s compliance records part of immigration planning. For illustration, a permit expiring in mid-February needs attention in mid-November under the published three-month rule, not merely on the worker’s last authorized day. Confirm the actual date with Labour when assembling the file. A submission receipt should not be assumed to extend the existing permission or cure a missing certificate.
Request the tax-clearance record through the correct taxpayer account
Grenada’s Inland Revenue Division identifies requesting a tax-clearance certificate as one of the functions available through G-TAX. Its introductory guide also describes filing returns, viewing obligations, making tax payments and registering a representative. Use that official resource to establish how the employer’s tax record can support the requested clearance, rather than treat a work-permit payment as evidence that tax obligations have been satisfied.
For someone not yet enrolled, the guide describes requesting a Tax Identification Number, submitting the required records and completing the account activation sent by Inland Revenue. Where another person or company handles filing, it specifies a proxy form. An employer using an accountant should therefore establish the authorized representative arrangement before discovering that nobody can access the relevant tax record near the renewal deadline. The guide includes historical references to particular tax years; it should not be used to assume every tax period follows an identical filing route. For uncertainty about account access or the relevant period, its enquiry number is +14734403556. No immediate clearance or decision guarantee is stated.
National Insurance registration and payments need a separate check
The National Insurance legislation and subsidiary rules hosted by Grenada’s Parliament provide background for the separate insurance record required in the renewal file. The compilation describes records of employment start and finish dates and the date and amount of remuneration payments. Its registration rules require action where an employer takes on a person not previously registered. These are different records from Labour’s permission to employ the person; supplying an immigration application number does not itself establish insurance registration or correct contribution reporting.
The parliamentary compilation is historical legislation, so it should not be used as a verified schedule of current contribution rates, ceilings or every later amendment. Use it to understand the recordkeeping framework, then obtain the current compliance or registration evidence requested by Labour. Before renewal, an employer and payroll provider should reconcile the worker’s identity, dates of employment and payment history so that any discrepancy can be raised with NIS. The NIS employer website could not be reached during verification, so no online processing time or currently functioning certificate-request portal is confirmed here.
Confirm the correct charge and retain the official payment evidence
Labour’s service page separately lists a $100 application charge and $100 late-renewal penalty. Its work-permit charges are grouped by nationality, so the application amount should not be presented as the entire permit cost. Ask the department which group and payment apply to the actual case before transferring funds. A late penalty is not described as permission to work beyond expiry.
The Government of Grenada’s payment portal describes official receipt generation and links tax filing and payment to a separate tax-services site. During verification, the payment page also displayed a notice that online payments were unavailable. This does not establish that all work-permit applications have stopped or that an applicant qualifies for extra time. If the notice affects payment, ask Labour for the currently accepted method and retain the receipt associated with the correct service. The practical sequence is to identify the expiry, obtain the employer’s tax and NIS evidence, submit the complete renewal and verify the resulting authorization. A payroll record, payment confirmation and renewed work permit serve different purposes.
