Solutions/Global mobility/Plant-director assignment
Manufacturing
Plant-director assignment
The plant director’s work permit was done before travel. Housing and allowances were set for this assignment — not a long visitor visa.
Project background
The plant needed an expatriate director on site through the ramp. Headquarters first planned a visitor visa, permit later. Local rules do not let a visitor run a factory.
Mobility obtained the work permit before travel. Housing and allowances were written for this assignment, not copied from the last country.
Profile
- The director accepts a dated assignment and local registration — not open-ended travel.
- If family travels, permits and housing are arranged together.
- Pay or local-plus after arrival matches what the permit described.
- A visitor visa does not carry command of a plant.
Search timeline
First gate
Permit in 4 weeks
Second gate
On site in 6 weeks
The permit came through in about week four. Travel, housing, and arrival registration closed in week six. The director did not take command on site before the permit.
CVs presented
Presented
1
Landed
1
One assignee, already named inside the company. These figures are the assignment landing, not a search list.
What we took from it
The director sat on site under a permit. Inspection can be shown the permit and the arrival registration. The visitor-visa plan was dropped.
Allowances were written for this assignment, so the last country’s housing figure was not imported and then found unworkable.
For the next brief: permit before start date. Command of a plant does not sit on a visitor visa.