How to get a residence permit in Latvia under a labour contract?
In order to obtain a temporary residence permit for employment purposes, the company needs to carry out economic activities, to have a share capital not less than 2800 euro, to pay all required taxes and to be without any tax debts.
The acceptance of a foreign employee into Latvian company is based on a labor contract. One of the most important conditions is the minimum wage for foreign workers; it should be 926 euro or more before taxes. Every year it is recalculated on the basis of statistical data. The employer also needs to register the employee in the State Revenue Service. A foreign worker has the same labor rights as an employee from Latvia or the EU countries.
How to get a job for a foreigner in Latvia?
For employment on the basis of a labor contract, the Latvian employer must call the foreigner by applying an application to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs
To register a call, the employer must publish the vacancy in the portal of the State employment agency. The employer has the right to call for a foreign employee when in prepared position, Latvian citizen, non-citizen or a resident of the EU with the necessary skills was not employed.
For the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs to accept the call, the employee must have an appropriate education and submit documents that confirm work experience for this job for 3 or more years.
An employer, who wants to hire an employee on the basis of a labor contract should not submit an application for a vacancy to the State Employment Agency in cases, when a foreign specialist wants to as:
- A specialist of high
qualification;
- Coach;
- Artist;
- Administrator,
technical assistant and the company that organizes concerts;
- Head of cultural
activities which are funded from the budget;
- A professional athlete;
- The teacher in the
accredited institution;
- The specialist
providing services to governmental organization or participating in a project
of a global scale, where Latvia is participating;
- The employee has a
contract for Work-performance.
Contact information
In order to get a consultation and additional information you can contact us by phone, email or coming to our INLAT PLUS international office:
Mobile phone number: (+371) 296 216 15
E-mail: info@inlatplusinter.lv
Address: Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 38-612, Riga, Latvia
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