Should you include your date of birth in Sudan?

In practice: Common; date of birth expected

Should you state your marital status in Sudan?

In practice: Common; marital status often expected

Should you state your nationality in Sudan?

In practice: Common; nationality expected on CV

Resume rules in Sudan

Q: Should you put a photo on your CV in Sudan?

In practice: Common; professional headshot often included What the law says: No legal requirement found

Q: Should you state your sex or gender in Sudan?

In practice: Uncommon; avoid unless relevant What the law says: Not specified in Labour Code 1997

What employers in Sudan expect on a السيرة الذاتية (al-sirah al-dhatiyyah), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.

Call it a CV for Sudan or a resume for Sudan: it's the same document. Employers there usually want it written in Arabic, English.

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; professional headshot often included

What the law says: No legal requirement found

Date of birth: Common

Common; date of birth expected

Marital status: Common

Common; marital status often expected

Sex or gender: Uncommon

Uncommon; avoid unless relevant

What the law says: Not specified in Labour Code 1997

Nationality: Common

Common; nationality expected on CV

National ID number: Optional

Optional

The rest of the entry

Local name of the document: السيرة الذاتية (al-sirah al-dhatiyyah)
Language to submit in: Arabic, English
Typical length: 1-2 pages
Address detail expected: Full address typically included
Signature and date: Possible for formal documents
Other customary attachments: For work permits: valid passport, certified qualifications (Arabic-translated), detailed CV (in Arabic), police clearance certificate from home country, medical certificate, signed employment contract
Employer may not ask for: Not specified in Labour Code 1997
Named statutes: Labour Code 1997 (in English; Arabic version exists as قانون العمل 1997)
Anti-discrimination statutes: Labour Code 1997 (limited anti-discrimination provisions)
Local language source: English only

Where this came from

Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. Medium confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.

Notes: Labour Code is from 1997 and predates modern data protection frameworks. Limited accessible information on Sudan-specific CV requirements. Arabic CV must use right-to-left (RTL) formatting, not simply mirrored English version. Conflicting sources on photo requirements (some say common, others say not typical). Research limited to English sources.

Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this