Resume rules in Guinea-Bissau
What employers in Guinea-Bissau expect on a Curriculum Vitae (CV), Portuguese: Curriculum Vitae or Currículo, what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Guinea-Bissau or a resume for Guinea-Bissau: it's the same document.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
Photo: Common
Common; variable by sector
What the law says: Labour Code does not mandate or prohibit photos
Date of birth: Common
Commonly included
What the law says: Discrimination prohibited by law; date of birth not mandated
Marital status: Uncommon
Uncommon
What the law says: No specific requirement; discrimination prohibited
Sex or gender: Optional
Optional; typically omitted
What the law says: Gender discrimination prohibited; no requirement to state gender
Nationality: Optional
Optional; often included by citizens
What the law says: Not required; work authorization separate matter
National ID number: Uncommon
Uncommon
What the law says: Not required on CV
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae (CV), Portuguese: Curriculum Vitae or Currículo
- Language to submit in
- Portuguese (official); English limited
- Typical length
- 1-2 pages
- Address detail expected
- City typically; full address varies
- Signature and date
- Not required; typed CVs standard
- Officially prescribed form
- None; Europass uncommon
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- PROTECTED. Discrimination forbidden; must not be included on CV.
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- PROTECTED. Discrimination prohibited; medical data not required.
- Other customary attachments
- Not found; practices poorly documented
- Employer may not ask for
- Age, religion, ethnicity, race, family status, disability, health conditions, sexual orientation, political affiliation
- Named statutes
- Lei Geral do Trabalho (Lei nº 2/86 de 5 de Abril de 1986); Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1996)
- Data protection regime
- Not found; Guinea-Bissau lacks comprehensive data protection law. No national DPA.
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1996); Lei Geral do Trabalho (Lei nº 2/86 de 5 de Abril de 1986)
- Local language source
- Portuguese
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Corrected.
Notes: Guinea-Bissau is one of Africa's least-resourced countries with minimal published employment law or recruitment guidance. CV practices poorly documented. Most information inferred from general Commonwealth/Lusophone employment principles. No government or public-sector guidance on CV standards found.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this