Permit for attracting foreign workers costs more than 10 million soums

The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for attracting and using foreign manpower in Uzbekistan.

An employer can attract foreign manpower only with a permit, which is issued for a year strictly on the number and specialties specified in it. The foreign worker himself must receive a confirmation that allows him to work in the country.

Both documents are issued by the Agency for External Labor Migration under the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations. The terms of authorization and confirmation can be extended.

To get permission, an employer should contact the centers of public services or through a special online platform. The application must be attached a passport. For consideration of the application, a fee in the amount of 1 MMW (about 200,000 soums at the time of publication) is charged. It is important to have a digital signature.

The Agency examines the application within 15 days and makes a decision on issuing a permit or refusing it. For obtaining permission, one must pay another fee in the amount of 50 minimum monthly wages (about 10 million soums at the time of publication). The agency, within one day, registers the permit and sends it to the centers of public services. There, it is stamped and issued to the employer.

The permit is issued for one year, but its validity may be terminated earlier. For example, if a company is liquidated, registration of the entrepreneur has expired, and so on.

The foreigner will also need to contact the public service centers personally and fill out an application attaching a package of documents (application form, passport copy, copy of entry visa, photos, draft labor contract, certificate of absence of HIV infection, etc.). It is important to have a digital signature.

A fee of 1 MMW is charged for consideration, and the employer pays for issuing the permit himself. The amount depends on the foreign worker:

highly skilled – 1 MMW;
qualified – 2 MMW;
compatriot – 2 MMW;
all others – 30 MMW.