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IT Residence Permit — Employee

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Labour immigrants employed in information technology (IT occupations as defined by ISCO-08 code 25 and sub-codes), registered with the Labour Ministry.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must be an immigrant worker employed in the IT field and must hold the right to work granted by the LEPL – State Employment Support Agency. The document does not mention a job offer or employer sponsorship beyond this right to work.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state whether a job offer or employer sponsorship is required beyond the right to work granted by the LEPL – State Employment Support Agency.
  • IT Residence Permit
    For an alien immigrant worker employed in the field of the Information Technology (IT) who holds the right to work granted by the LEPL – State Employment Support Agency

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristics are: at least 2 years' experience in work or economic activities in information technology, as defined by ISCO-08 code 25 and its subcodes; and annual remuneration from IT labour or economic activities of not less than USD 25,000 equivalent in GEL.

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  • https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits
    A document confirming a total of not less than 2 years’ experience in conducting work or economic activities in the field of the Information Technology (IT), as defined by the International Labour Organization’s International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) code 25 and its corresponding subcodes;
  • https://www.matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/2278806?fullscreen=1&impose=parallelEn
    shall submit to the Agency a document confirming at least 2 years of experience in labour or economic activities in the field of information technologies, alongside a certificate confirming that the annual remuneration received by him/her as a result of conducting labour or economic activities in the field of information technologies amounts to not less than the equivalent of USD 25,000 in GEL.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Family members of an IT immigrant worker holding the IT residence permit can obtain a temporary residence permit on that basis. The official source does not state what work the permit allows or whether the holder is tied to an employer, occupation or sector.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured sources do not state what work the IT residence permit allows.
  • The captured sources do not state whether the holder is tied to an employer, occupation or sector.
  • https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits
    For a family member of an immigrant worker, an entrepreneurial natural person having the status of small business and a person authorized for the administration and representation of an organisation with the status of an international company operating in the field of the Information Technology (IT) to obtain a temporary residence permit, an alien must submit to the Agency:

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

First issued for 3 years; can be prolonged by 3 years at a time up to 12 years in total. A permanent residence permit exists after the last 10 years of residence on a temporary residence permit.

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Limits of the record
  • The 10-year permanent-residence rule is general, not stated specifically for IT permits.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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