Who is affected
All employers engaging foreign employees, including branches and representative offices of foreign legal entities. Companies utilizing intra-corporate transfer. Employers whose permits are valid in multiple regions. Kandases, resettlers, and employers participating in resettlement programs. Labor immigrants.
What changes
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population has introduced amendments and additions to thirteen orders on migration and employment issues. The main takeaway for business is that the preliminary decision and hearing of the applicant have been excluded from the permit refusal procedure: previously, the employer had two working days to submit objections, whereas now the local executive body makes a final decision without prior notice and discussion. A one-year ban on obtaining permits for illegal employment has been introduced. When a permit is valid in several regions, the fee is paid to the budget of each of them. The timeframe for reviewing complaints by the akim's office has been reduced to five working days. Grounds for suspending public services have been introduced. The block on the cancellation of the inclusion of kandases and resettlers in the regional quota is introduced starting from January 1, 2027.
List of changes
- The preliminary decision and hearing of the applicant have been excluded from the procedure for refusing to issue a permit to attract foreign labor; previously, two working days were allocated for objections
- Employers who have allowed illegal employment of foreign employees are deprived of the right to obtain permits to attract foreign labor for one year
- If a permit is valid in several regions, the fee for attracting foreign labor is transferred to the budget of each of these regions
- The timeframe for the akim's office to review complaints against decisions of local bodies in the field of migration and employment has been reduced to five working days
- The possibility of suspending a public service upon the application of the employer or upon the initiative of the local executive body has been introduced
- Ground for suspension: introduction of a state of emergency, threat or occurrence of a natural or man-made emergency
- Ground for suspension: business trip of the employer, if it lasts longer than the service provision period and a legal representative is absent
- Ground for suspension: inpatient treatment of the employer under the same conditions
- Similar grounds for suspension have been introduced into the rules for assigning and extending the status of a kandas and inclusion in the regional quota for receiving resettlers
- For labor immigrants, the service may be suspended under force majeure circumstances or if the applicant is undergoing inpatient treatment
- The regulations for the provision of public services by local executive bodies in the field of migration and employment have been changed
- Starting from January 1, 2027, the cancellation of the decision on the inclusion of a kandas or resettler in the regional quota is introduced on the following grounds: voluntary refusal of resettlement by application, failure to arrive in the chosen region within three months from the date of the decision, loss of compliance with legislative requirements after inclusion, two or more violations of the rules of permanent residence and registration within five years
- Upon cancellation, the right to state support measures for the person themselves and members of their family is terminated, the social contract is terminated, the decision is made by the local executive body that included them in the quota with notification of the applicant
Effective date
Effective October 17, 2026. Provisions regarding the cancellation of the inclusion of kandases and resettlers in the regional quota shall take effect on January 1, 2027.
Details and status
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