Handle Work Authorization and Relocation Questions
When to use it
Ask what you're allowed to ask about someone's right to work, and answer their questions without guessing.
The prompt
Help me handle work authorization and relocation for a {{Job Title}} role based in {{location}}, hiring under {{country}} rules. THE SITUATION: {{candidate is overseas / on a visa tied to their employer / needs sponsorship / asking about relocation}} WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO: {{we sponsor / we don't / we've done it once / I don't know}} THE TIMELINE: {{when the role needs to be filled}} WHAT THEY'VE ASKED: {{their question, in their words}} Give me: 1. The questions I may lawfully ask about right to work at this stage in {{country}}, worded exactly as I should say them. 2. The questions I must not ask, each paired with the lawful question that gets at the same thing. 3. A plain answer to their question, with anything I need to verify internally marked clearly rather than filled in with a plausible guess. 4. What to establish with our own people before the next conversation, and who owns it. 5. The realistic timeline implications, given as a range with the assumptions shown. 6. How to say I don't know yet in a way that doesn't read as a soft no. Treat this as general guidance rather than immigration or legal advice, and say which parts genuinely need a specialist.
Tip
Never improvise an answer about sponsorship. A wrong yes costs a candidate a resignation and a wrong no loses you someone who was eligible all along, and both are worth the day it takes to check.
How to use it
Paste the prompt into ChatGPT, Claude or whichever assistant you use, then replace every {{bracketed}} part with your own detail. The more specific and messier your input, the better the output — a model given raw notes has more to work with than one given a tidy summary you wrote first.
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