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Foreigners who enter Latvia with or without visa are
not allowed to operate economic activities as employees. Foreigners can
be employed only in cases that are stated in regulations of Latvia and
if they have received a visa for employment and work permit.
If employment is related
with short term or irregular residence in the Latvia and which does not
exceed 90 days within half a year, the foreigner is obliged to
receive a visa or temporary residence permit and work permit. This
condition refers also to foreigners who do not need visa for entering
the Republic of Latvia.
If employment is related
with regular residence in the Latvia and which exceeds 90 days within
half a year, the foreigner is obliged to receive temporary residence
permit and work permit.
Regulations regarding work permission to foreigners.
Issued by Cabinet of Ministers in 20.01.2004., Section 29:
Work permit is issued by The
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (it is not necessary to get
approved employer’s invitation in the State Employment Agency)
accordingly to visa’s validity term. In this case it is necessary to get
invitation approved by The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
Work permissions issued to:
1. foreigner, who is:
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a
student of accredited educational institution or student who has
arrived in Latvia for probation or to do praxis in the accredited
educational institution or in the enterprise which is register in the
Commercial register, if praxis or probation is related with employment
relations;
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a
consultant (expert), who gives assistance to governmental or local
authority or helps to realize international agreement or project in
which Latvia is a member;
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one who
is registered in Commercial register as member of partnership and who
have rights to represent partnership, board member or council of a
company, managing clerk, administrator, liquidator or person who is
powered to represent company (foreign merchant) in activities which
are related to branch;
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sole
founder of company and who will duties of such officer which
representative rights (authority to sign) is registered in a
Commercial register;
2. to foreigner, who is
expected to be employed as:
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scientist in the state’s scientific institution;
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director
in the centre
of
culture financed by state and local authority, composer,
musician, singer, choreograph, dancer, film director, stage director
or other director or actor, technical worker involved in ensuring the
performance;
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pedagogue in the accredited educational institution;
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evaluator, who evaluates, accredits, and monitors laboratories,
certification and inspection institutions;
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IT
specialist, who has appropriate higher professional or higher academic
education in the IT field and experience in leading position in the IT
sector for at least 3 years and it is planned to employ him in such
positions:
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Project Director (PD);
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Quality Manager (QM);
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Lead
Project Manager (PM2);
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Lead
System Architect (SAR3);
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Lead
System Analyst (SA3);
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Lead
Software Developer (P3);
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Lead
IT Solutions Consultant (ITC3);
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Lead
Business Consultant (BC3).
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composer, musician, singer, choreograph, dancer, actor or director of
a cinema or theater, artist of circus or one who technical worker
involved ensuring the performance;
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driver
involved in international freight traffic.
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