All those people, who under a contract of employment must enter the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, must obtain a work visa and work permit by the ministry with jurisdiction over the work area. The procedure for obtaining the corresponding authorization must be carried out abroad or foreign, through its contractor in Venezuela.

Some foreigners as scientists, professionals, technicians, experts, specialized staff whose purpose is advising Venezuelans, providing training or perform temporary work, also entering into agreements to develop cooperation covered and journalists activities do not require authorization work for 90 days.
Breach of the immigration rules will be sanctioned by the authority with fines, deportation, expulsion or revocation of a work visa, but will not any criminal responsibility for the worker, since the penalties for offenses relating to illegal immigration may be imposed only on the employer and the authorities to control migration.

Venezuela guarantees that foreign workers deported or expelled, receive their wages and all benefits applicable to the employment relationship, according to Venezuelan law.
Some crimes law Migration Venezuela are the facilitation of illegal entry and Labour Exploitation of Migrant punished each with imprisonment for 4-8 years, if such crimes are committed by legal entities, the managers responsible will be sanctioned either for his work on behalf of crime or for not taking measures to prevent it.

The Illegal Immigration offenses and Illegal Trafficking in Persons with the same term of imprisonment of 4-8 years were also established, which allows to conclude that all the crimes listed above are mild.