01What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?
The route is for a labour immigrant registered with Georgia’s labour ministry or an alien carrying out entrepreneurial activity in Georgia.
See recorded sources
- https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits
Work residence permit is issued to a labour immigrant registered with the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from
the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia or to an alien carrying out entrepreneurial
activities in Georgia in a manner prescribed by the legislation of Georgia .
Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?
The application requires proof of employment or entrepreneurial activity and the labour-immigrant registration code in the application.
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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?
Monthly income of at least five times the minimum subsistence level is required, together with employer or enterprise turnover evidence.
See recorded sources
- https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits
5. e) Document confirming that an alien’s monthly income/remuneration earned from entrepreneurial or labour activities in Georgia is not less than the fivefold amount of the minimum subsistence level for the average consumer in Georgia. If the legal income of an alien cannot be proven with the documents of entrepreneurial or labour activities in Georgia (labour contract or any other proof of employment document), money deposited to an alien’s personal bank account may also be considered as an income (including a reference issued by a bank); taking into account the validity term of the work residence permit, the monthly amount of the money in an alien’s personal bank account should not be less than the fivefold amount of the minimum subsistence level for the average consumer in Georgia;
- https://sda.gov.ge/en/products/migration-residence-permits
Document issued by the LEPL Revenue Service proving that annual turnover of an alien’s employer/an enterprise founded by an alien (except for educational institutions or medical facilities) is not less than GEL 50 000 per alien seeking a work residence permit, and annual turnover of an educational institution or a medical facility is at least GEL 35 000 per each alien seeking a work residence permit;
What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?
The work residence permit is issued to an alien who has obtained the right to labour activities. Family members of an alien holding a residence permit can obtain a residence permit for the purpose of family reunification. The period of stay may be terminated if the holder terminates the activity or relations on the basis of which the residence permit was obtained.
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Limits of the record- Whether the holder may change employer or occupation is not stated.
- The scope of work allowed beyond the right to labour activities is not stated.
How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the normal grant duration, renewal procedure and longer-term residence direction.
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Limits of the record- The official capture does not state the missing validity/renewal/progression detail.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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