Starting from May, 2011 in accordance with the internal Order of the Department of the Federal Migration Service the new processing requirements for foreign employees, substituting the dismissed ones came into force.
In order to get work permit for a new employee of the same citizenship, who substitutes the dismissed employee within the same position, an organization can no longer cancel old work permit and apply for a new one. The procedure for obtaining work permit shall be started from the very beginning - from applying to the local Center for Employment on foreign labor hire intensions.
Moreover the unused position in the organizations’ Quota for foreign labor hire is needed.
Please consider the old and new procedures for foreign employees’ substitution:
| Old procedure | New procedure |
| Dismissal of an employee | Dismissal of an employee |
| Notification of State organizations on dismissal of foreign employee | Notification of tax inspection on dismissal of foreign employee |
| Cancellation of work permit | Cancellation of work permit |
| Hiring of a new employee | Application to the Center for Employment on foreign labor hire intensions |
| Obtaining work permit | Obtaining company’s foreign labor hire permit |
| Notification of State organizations on foreign labor hire | Obtaining work permit |
| Notification of Tax inspection on foreign labor hire |
Federal Migration Service admits that there are exceptional cases for key positions of the organizations, for whom the procedure of obtaining work permits for an employees, substituting the dismissed ones cannot be changed.
For additional information, please contact consultants of Confidence Group.
