ANNOUNCEMENT 21 Jul 2014

In July 2014, the government of the Russian Federation announced a change for the labour market access of foreign workers.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



Article 333.28, point 17, 23 and 24, Tax code of the Russian Federation,
available from
http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_28165/2c9d3e23bb4c55026a2d6869494e63db3d3d339a/

21 2014 . N 221-
http://www.rg.ru/2014/07/23/nkodeks-dok.html

1
http://archive.mid.ru/bdomp/dks.nsf/entry

2
http://www.russianvisa.org/news.html


Inception date: 01 Jan 2015 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Labour market access

On 21 July 2014 the Russian Government approved Federal Law No.221-FZ. It entered into force as of 1 January 2015. It considerably raised the state fees for foreign workers from visa-requiring countries set in Article 333.28, point 17, 23 and 24 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.
For each single foreign worker from visa-requiring countries the state fee for:

  • Invitation for entrance into the Russian Federation was increased from 500 to 800 RUB,
  • Issuance of a permit for recruitment and use was increased from 6 000 to 10 000 RUB,
  • Issuance of a work permit was increased from 2 000 to 3 500 RUB.

The permit for recruitment and use of foreign workers from visa-requiring countries and, in the majority of the cases, their work permit have to be renewed each year.
 

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