u/Worried_Catch307

Hi, I’m currently applying for a Passeport Talent through ANEF, and the application asks for an “Attestation employeur” and provides a specific template.

If you are employed on a CDI, do I need to ask my HR department to complete this specific template provided by them (link attached), or would a letter confirming that I am still employed by the company be sufficient if I submit it together with my employment contract, which already states my salary and meets the required salary threshold?

And if I need to fill up the template, what did you fill in for the section referring to the “Futur salarié”? Is that supposed to be my information?

I’m assuming that the “Déclarant” is the HR person who is completing the attestation. Is that correct?

Thank you for any help!

I was surprised by our Prime Minister’s opinion on unemployment.

According to him, and I am summarising here, we should look at how the National Bureau of Statistics defines “unemployment”, as this could change the unemployment statistics.

That is true, but shouldn’t he have done the math before making the statement? The employment rate is calculated using a basic formula based on a predefined definition. If he genuinely cared and wanted to see whether there was a real difference, he should have requested the data in advance. Right now, it feels like he is saying this just to say something, to sound smart, and to make it seem like he has done a deeper reflection when he has not.

He also mentioned that we need to distinguish between people who are looking for a job but did not take the job offered, and people who are looking for a job but did not get one.

Yes, but if someone is trained, qualified, or experienced in a particular field but cannot find work in that area, and the only available option is a job far below their qualification or experience, then we still have a problem. If someone with significant experience wants to grow professionally but is unable to do so, that is also a problem. We cannot expect people with specialised qualifications, master’s degrees, PhDs, or years of experience to simply start from the bottom or take whatever low-paying job the country has to offer and conclude that we have solved unemployment.

But of course, we are not ready to have that nuanced conversation.

While that is all good and fair, what he said next had my jaw on the floor.

Right after questioning the National Bureau of Statistics, his next phrase was, in his opinion (and of course without evidence to back it up), that the (only and/main) reason people leave Bhutan is because Bhutan is unable to offer attractive pay compared to developed countries, and that Bhutan will not be able to do so.

If he can question the National Bureau of Statistics, which provides statistics based on data, even if the quality of that data can be questioned, then he should not be making such statements based on a baseless assertion.

There are many reasons why Bhutanese youth leave Bhutan: nepotism, corruption, pay discrepancies, foreign junior employees being paid more than senior Bhutanese employees for similar responsibilities, the aftermath of Bhutan’s “manage out” approach, or simply because we have pursued niche education pathways where we cannot yet make a living in Bhutan.

There are many reasons, and I find it embarrassing that the Prime Minister of Bhutan would be caught saying this.

I am so done with Bhutanese people living in Bhutan blaming and looking down on Bhutanese abroad for the difficult decisions they have made until we need them for donations to build some stupas.