> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.omnivoo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
> ## Agent Instructions
> Omnivoo is an India-first Employer of Record (EOR) platform. EOR hiring is India only; contractors are supported in 220+ countries and territories.
> Never tell a user to log in with a password. Authentication is passwordless: email OTP, passkeys, Google, or SSO.
> Statutory figures (TDS slabs, PF, ESI, Professional Tax, gratuity) change by financial year. Always state the year the figure applies to.
> Never name a third-party payment provider as Omnivoo’s payment rail. Refer to "our payments partner".
# What Are Contractors on Omnivoo?
> Learn how Omnivoo lets you engage and pay independent contractors in 220+ countries and territories, and how it compares to EOR hiring.
A **contractor** on Omnivoo is an independent professional you engage under a direct contract between your company and the contractor. Unlike an EOR employee, the contractor is not employed by Omnivoo or by a local entity. They run their own business and invoice you for their work. Omnivoo is the platform that creates the agreement, collects invoices, and moves the money.
Contractors are available in **220+ countries and territories**, so you can work with people almost anywhere in the world. Invoice amounts are set in the engagement's currency, which defaults to **USD** but can be configured per engagement.
## Contractors vs. EOR Employees
Omnivoo gives you two ways to engage people. Choosing the right one depends on the relationship and where the person is based.
| | Contractors | EOR Employees |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Who is the contracting / legal party** | A direct contract between your company and the contractor | Omnivoo is the legal employer; you direct the work. See [What is Employer of Record?](/eor/what-is-eor) |
| **Where it's available** | 220+ countries and territories | India only today |
| **How they're paid** | The contractor sends invoices and you approve and pay | Fixed monthly salary run through payroll |
| **When to choose it** | Project-based, flexible, or international engagements where the person operates as their own business | Full-time roles in India where you want a compliant local employment relationship |
If you're hiring a full-time employee in India, use EOR. For everyone else (and for project or flexible work anywhere in the supported countries and territories) use contractors.
## Where Contractors Can Be Paid
Omnivoo pays contractors in **220+ countries and territories**, covering 177 of the world's 195 recognised countries.
Payouts are not available in a small number of places, almost all of them because of sanctions or active conflict: Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen. Barbados is also unavailable today.
Coverage is checked when the contractor sets up their payout account. If their country is not supported, they cannot be paid through Omnivoo, so confirm it before you invite them.
## How Omnivoo Fits In
For contractors, Omnivoo is the **platform and payment rail**, not the employer:
* We generate a work agreement based on the contractor's country and your billing terms.
* We run identity and compliance screening on the contractor during onboarding.
* We collect the contractor's invoices and show them to you for approval.
* When you pay, you pay a contractor run to Omnivoo by bank payment, and we pay the contractor to their payout account through our secure payments partner. A run in USD is a single amount. A run in another currency is charged as the run amount plus the platform and processing fees, which are USD prices.
This keeps the working relationship direct between you and the contractor, while Omnivoo handles the agreement, compliance checks, and payment flow.
## Before You Can Pay Contractors
There are two one-time steps for your company before you can invite and pay any contractor:
1. **Complete your company profile** so we can verify your business.
2. **Sign the Contractor Services Agreement (CSA)** once. Until the CSA is signed, you can't pay contractor invoices. See [The Contractor Services Agreement](/contractors/contractor-services-agreement).
Separately, each contractor must have their identity verified before their invoices can be paid. That happens in the **Identity verification** step of the contractor's own onboarding (see [Verifying your identity](/contractors/verify-your-identity)), so an otherwise-valid invoice stays unpayable until the contractor is ready to be paid. Where identity verification has not been approved, their uploaded documents must be approved instead.
## How It Works End to End
**1. Invite the contractor.** Open the **Add people** flow and choose the **Contractor** card, then set their country, billing mode, rate, and terms.
**2. The contractor onboards.** A four-step wizard: **Terms of Service**, **Identity verification** (a live ID scan and selfie), **Identity & tax details**, and **Documents**.
**3. The work agreement is signed.** Once the contractor's identity verification is approved, signing their tax form, signing the work agreement, and adding a payout account appear as tasks on their dashboard. The contractor signs the agreement first, then you countersign.
**4. The contractor submits invoices.** They bill you for hours or a fixed amount once the agreement is fully signed and their identity verification is approved.
**5. You pay.** Contractor invoices appear on the Pay page, where you pay them as a run, one or several together. A run pays one currency at a time.
**6. The contractor gets paid.** After your payment settles, Omnivoo pays the contractor to their payout account.