I was watching a movie lately, don't remember the name, ah yeah some old shit with 'negger, I think it was raw deal or something. Nope, the fucken eraser, that's what it was Anyway, they arrive at the harbor with the local mob boss who's friend with a friend of negger he got along the way, because they need to get in at night to intercept bad guys so the mob boss comes in and bullshit the guard and says only union workers are allowed to work on th site blah blah blah The point being that, it should be the same deal in any given country, only citizen are allowed to work in, the rest "can't", that's the general rule Now the exception is that, as an employer you can hire a foreigner, and it's taxed to "render it even" so there's no point in hiring a foreigner because it's cheaper because it's not, it's more expensive eventually, and you have to justify/prove there's an actual local/national shortage of applicants for the job you're hiring for This is to avoid social dumping in a nutshell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_dumping >>Social dumping is a practice of employers to use cheaper labour than is usually available at their site of production or sale. In the latter case, migrant workers are employed; in the former, production is moved to a low-wage country or area. The company will thus save money and potentially increase its profit. Systemic criticism suggests that as a result, governments are tempted to enter a so-called social policy regime competition by reducing their labour and social standards to ease labour costs on enterprises and to retain business activity within their jurisdiction. Bottom line is to make sure hiring a foreigner becomes the exception, not the general rule, and hiring a foreigner has no competitive advantage for the employer, so if he still go for a foreigner(s), it's really because there's an actual lack of skills locally, not because it's just cheaper And of course for illegal work you get crucified, so you don't do it, it's not worth it