In May 2017, the Government of Guatemala established the National Strategy for Labor Reintegration for Returned Guatemalan Migrants (Estrategia Nacional para la Reinsercion de los Migrantes Guatemaltecos Retornados) to collect returnees' sociodemographic and skill profiles, and to establis institutions and processes for facilitating skill certification. 

The strategy aims to enable an environment which facilitates the labour reintegration of returned Guatemalan migrants. The straegy seeks to provide economic support and employment services for at least 10% of migrants repatriated to Guatemala each year.