--- title: "First international hire timeline, offer to first payslip" description: "What happens between your offer and your first international hire’s first payslip: onboarding from 24 hours once Teamed has three things, a local contract, a call with your hire, then pay on the normal pay date." canonical: https://www.teamed.global/insights/first-international-hire-timeline datePublished: 2026-10-15T21:45:00.000Z --- In short Onboarding starts from 24 hours once Teamed has your offer to the hire, your hire’s details and documents, and your signed service terms. Then a local contract, a call with your hire, and the first payslip on the normal pay date for their country. This page is the sequence, not a calendar. Pay dates and lead times differ by country, and the dates for yours come from Teamed in writing before you sign the service terms. Want who runs it and what it costs? Read [who should handle your first international hire](/first-hire). Teamed First Hire is Teamed’s programme for a company’s first international hire: your designated person runs it from signed terms to first payslip, real HR and legal experts are assigned within 24 hours, and onboarding starts from 24 hours once Teamed has what it needs. This page walks that sequence one stage at a time, so the person planning a start date knows what happens when, and which stages wait on them. ## What happens between the offer and the first payslip? Seven stages, in this order. Each starts when the one before it is done, and two of them wait on you. 1. **You sign the service terms.** This is where your designated person starts. They run your first hire from here to the first payslip, with cover from the Teamed team when they are away. 2. **Kickoff with your designated person.** They confirm the model for this hire, which for a first hire is nearly always an employee through Teamed. They check the offer against the law of your hire’s country and put the full cost in writing: the salary, the employer contributions, and the Teamed fee from $599 per employee per month. Real HR and legal experts are assigned within 24 hours. 3. **You send three things.** Your offer to the hire, with the role, the salary and the start date. Your hire’s details and the documents their country requires. And the signed service terms from stage one. The clock for onboarding starts when all three are in. 4. **The local contract.** Teamed drafts an employment contract under the law of your hire’s country, and a member of the team talks your hire through it before they sign. 5. **Onboarding, from 24 hours.** Twenty-four hours is the fastest case, counted from the three things being in. A visa, a work permit, a registration or a mandatory insurance adds time. 6. **First payroll.** Your hire is paid in their local currency on the normal pay date for their country. Your invoice follows on Net-7 terms, with zero FX markup. 7. **First payslip.** This is where the programme’s commitment ends. The ordinary service, with the same designated person, carries on from here. The [pricing page](/pricing) sets out what the fee covers, and [what a first international hire really costs](/insights/what-a-first-international-hire-really-costs) works through a full year for three countries. ## What do we need to send Teamed to start the clock? Three things, and nothing else gates the 24 hours. - Your offer to the hire: the role, the salary and the start date. - Your hire’s details and the documents their country requires. - Your signed service terms with Teamed. The deposit, one month’s gross salary, is refundable. It is not a fee, and it does not start the clock. ## What adds time? Country steps. The sequence is the same everywhere; the lead time is not. A right-to-work step comes first where your hire is not a citizen or resident of the country: a work permit or a visa, before the contract. Some countries need an employer or employee registration before the first pay run. Some need cover, such as health insurance, in place for the start. The country hiring guides for the [United Kingdom](/country-hiring-guides/united-kingdom), [Spain](/country-hiring-guides/spain), [Germany](/country-hiring-guides/germany), [France](/country-hiring-guides/france) and the [United States](/country-hiring-guides/united-states) name the steps for each. ## When does the first payslip land? On the normal pay date for your hire’s country, in the first payroll run that includes them. Pay dates and payroll cut-offs differ by country, which is why this page prints no calendar. You get the payroll dates for your country in writing before you sign, and the start date is set with those dates in view. ## Frequently asked questions ### What if the start date moves? Tell your designated person, who resets the contract date and the payroll start with you. The three things you sent still stand. If the new date falls after the country’s payroll cut-off, the first payslip lands on the following pay date, and your designated person tells you which. ### Which bank account pays our hire? Teamed’s. Teamed is the legal employer in your hire’s country and pays them through local payroll, in their local currency. You pay one invoice to Teamed, on Net-7 terms. ### Can we pay in our own currency? Yes. Invoices are payable in dollars, pounds or euros. Your hire is paid in their local currency, and Teamed charges zero FX markup on the conversion, so the rate on the invoice is the rate that was applied. ### What if the hire does not work out? Notice and leaver costs follow the law of your hire’s country, and you see them before you hire. The [programme page](/first-hire) sets out the cash at risk, and [how to get finance to approve your first overseas hire](/insights/first-overseas-hire-finance-approval) puts that line beside the others.