How to Apply:

1. You (employer) should visit the Ministry of Labour and public service office near you for more information with all the required documents (listed below)
2. Write request letter addressed to the Direction Generale du Travail (DGT) outlining reason for the request and attach the supporting documents and submit them for verification and processing.
3. if the DGT or the authorized officer is satisfied that all the document submitted are authentic, your application will then be approved within a month.
4. You will be notified of the responses by the office and given further instruction.

• Three (03 copies of the employment contract).
• Identification document
• Any other document that the authority may request.

Direction Generale du Travail (DGT):
Ministry of Labour and public service
Postal: BP 907, Cotonou Benin
Phone: (229) 31-31-12
Fax: (229) 31-06-29
Email: sg@travail.gouv.bj
website : Link

• All employers

• No fees associate with the service

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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• Within a month

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sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Name of the both parties
• Contact details
• Name of the company/business
• Details of the contract

• In relation to the labour code of Benin, upon signing the employment contract by both parties (employer and employee) the contract must be approved by the ministry of labour, by applying for worker’s contact visa.

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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