Resume rules in Haiti
What employers in Haiti expect on a Curriculum Vitae (French: CV or dossier), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Haiti or a resume for Haiti: 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: Expected
Expected; required in private and public sectors; recent, neutral background, formal clothing, top right placement typical. International NGOs may not require.
What the law says: No specific law requiring or restricting photos on applicant CVs
Date of birth: Expected
Expected; date of birth commonly included
What the law says: No specific law requiring or restricting date of birth on applicant CVs
Marital status: Common
Common; marital status often included
What the law says: No specific law
Sex or gender: Common
Common; gender commonly stated
What the law says: No specific law on CV
Nationality: Common
Commonly included on CV
What the law says: Haiti Labor Code governs employment; signed employment contract with registered Haitian entity required
National ID number: Uncommon
Uncommon on CV; required for work permit/legal employment verification
What the law says: No specific law on CV
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae (French: CV or dossier)
- Language to submit in
- French (official); Haitian Creole unofficial but widespread
- Address detail expected
- Address (district/commune in Port-au-Prince typical) expected
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Law No. 172-13 restricts processing of sensitive personal data; employer interviews must avoid discriminatory questions
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Labor Code prohibits discriminatory employment practices; Law No. 172-13 restricts health data processing
- Other customary attachments
- For employment: valid passport, educational/professional certificates, police clearance, sometimes medical and civil status documents; signed employment contract required
- Employer may not ask for
- Employer cannot ask discriminatory interview questions; must focus on job-related qualifications; cannot process sensitive data without lawful purpose
- Named statutes
- Law No. 172-13 on Comprehensive Protection of Personal Data (Loi sur la Protection de Données Personnelles); Labor Code; Arrêté on personal data protection (Le Moniteur #87, May 15, 2018)
- Data protection regime
- Law No. 172-13 with Data Protection Commissioner office oversight
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labor Code prohibits discriminatory employment practices
- Local language source
- French
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.
Notes: Haiti requires CVs in French. Photo is expected in private/public sectors (top right, recent, formal). Personal details (marital status, DOB, number of children) are common. Data Protection Law 172-13 requires lawful processing basis.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this