New rules and procedures for expatriate work permits and inter-corporate transfers
01 Jan 2017
New rules on the application and extension of work permits for expatriate employees became effective on 1 January 2017. Inter alia, the new regulations (1) reduce the time required to review work permit applications from at least one month to 7 days; (2) introduce application fees between USD 800 to 1,500; and (3) stipulate that the ratio of expatriate personnel in management and specialist categories coming to Kazakhstan under an inter-corporate transfer arrangement should not exceed 50 per cent of the number of local employees engaged in the same categories (previously no such ratio existed). Individuals having higher educational qualifications for employment in priority sectors are subject to separate immigration rules.
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Treatment and operation (Immigration regulations)
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Promotion and facilitation (Investment facilitation )
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