Remote Onboarding API

Drive employee onboarding flows

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/reference/welcome-to-remote-api
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/creating-a-company
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/create-new-employment
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-lifecycle-stages
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-statuses
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/quick-start-guide-2
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-expenses
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-incentives
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-time-off
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/leave-policies-summary
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-timesheets
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/benefits-renewal
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-files
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/custom-fields
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/working-with-countries
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/employment-cost-estimation
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/authentication
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/authorization-for-customers
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/client-credentials-flow-for-partners
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/authorization-method-oauth-assertion
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Documentation
https://developer.remote.com/docs/refresh-token-flow

Specifications

Schemas & Data

Other Resources

OpenAPI Specification

remote-com-onboarding-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Remote Benefits Benefit Offers Onboarding API
  description: 'List, select, and renew localized employee benefits across the countries

    Remote supports. Benefit offers and renewal requests use JSON Schema

    forms that vary per country and employment.

    '
  version: '2026-05-22'
  contact:
    name: Remote API Support
    url: https://support.remote.com/
  x-logo:
    url: https://remote.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: https://gateway.remote.com/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://gateway.remote-sandbox.com/v1
  description: Sandbox
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Onboarding
  description: Drive employee onboarding flows
paths:
  /employments/{employment_id}/invite:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmploymentIdPath'
    post:
      summary: Invite An Employment To Self-Serve Onboarding
      operationId: inviteEmployment
      tags:
      - Onboarding
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Invitation sent.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmploymentEnvelope'
  /employments/{employment_id}/eligibility:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmploymentIdPath'
    post:
      summary: Create An Eligibility Questionnaire
      operationId: createEligibilityQuestionnaire
      tags:
      - Onboarding
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Eligibility questionnaire created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /employments/{employment_id}/eligibility/{questionnaire_id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EmploymentIdPath'
    - name: questionnaire_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    get:
      summary: Show An Eligibility Questionnaire
      operationId: showEligibilityQuestionnaire
      tags:
      - Onboarding
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Questionnaire.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /eor_hiring/risk_reserve/proof_of_payment:
    post:
      summary: Submit Risk Reserve Proof Of Payment
      operationId: submitRiskReserveProofOfPayment
      tags:
      - Onboarding
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted.
components:
  schemas:
    EmploymentStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - created
      - invited
      - initiated
      - pending
      - active
      - probation
      - offboarding_initiated
      - offboarded
      - archived
    EmploymentLifecycleStage:
      type: string
      enum:
      - employment_creation
      - onboarding
      - reserve_invoice
      - probation
      - active
      - offboarding
      - archived
    EmploymentEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            employment:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employment'
    Employment:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - status
      - employment_type
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        company_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        external_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        full_name:
          type: string
        personal_email:
          type: string
          format: email
        work_email:
          type: string
          format: email
          nullable: true
        country:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            name:
              type: string
        employment_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - employee
          - contractor
          - director
        employment_model:
          type: string
          enum:
          - global_payroll
          - peo
          - eor
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmploymentStatus'
        lifecycle_stage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EmploymentLifecycleStage'
        job_title:
          type: string
        manager_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        department_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          nullable: true
        start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        provisional_start_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    EmploymentIdPath:
      name: employment_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT