Immigration

Deel’s Immigration API helps you navigate the complexities of hiring international workers by managing visa requirements, work permits, and immigration cases. Whether you’re hiring EOR employees who need work authorization or verifying contractor right-to-work status, the Immigration API streamlines document collection, case management, and compliance tracking across 190+ countries.

Use Cases

Global Employee Onboarding with Work Permits

Scenario: You’re hiring a software engineer in Germany who is an Indian citizen and needs a work visa.

Solution: Check visa requirements based on nationality and destination country. If required, retrieve supported visa types (EU Blue Card, skilled worker visa). Create an immigration case, get the required documents list, and track uploads until work authorization is approved.

APIs used:

• Check visa requirements based on worker nationality and destination country
• Get supported visa types for the destination country
• Create an immigration case to track the visa application
• Retrieve required documents for the case
• Upload documents as the worker provides them
• Monitor case status until approval

Right-to-Work Verification for EOR Employees

Scenario: Your compliance team needs to verify all EOR employees have valid work authorization before their start date.

Solution: Retrieve the right-to-work case during onboarding. Get required documents (work permit, visa, residency card) and send to the worker. Track review status, retrieve rejection details if needed, and maintain records for audit compliance.

APIs used:

• Retrieve onboarding right-to-work case for each new employee
• Get required documents for the right-to-work case
• Upload worker documents for verification
• Retrieve document requirement details including rejection reasons
• Track case completion and store authorization records

Automated Visa Requirement Assessment

Scenario: Your recruitment team wants to quickly determine if candidates need visa sponsorship during initial screening.

Solution: Build a screening tool that checks visa requirements based on candidate nationality and work location. Display whether work authorization is needed and show supported visa types to assess feasibility and timelines.

APIs used:

• Check visa requirements for candidate nationality and work location
• Get visa types available for the destination country
• Display visa processing information to recruitment team

Multi-Country Expansion Planning

Scenario: Your HR team is expanding hiring into new countries and needs to understand immigration requirements for each location.

Solution: Create a country readiness report analyzing visa requirements and supported visa types. Check which nationalities need work authorization and evaluate available pathways. Use this to prioritize markets with simpler immigration processes.

APIs used:

• Check visa requirements for multiple country combinations
• Get supported visa types for each target country
• Analyze immigration complexity across expansion markets