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Kurdistan Region Domestic Worker Residence Card

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

This route is for foreigners brought to the Kurdistan Region by foreign-labour companies to work as domestic servants in a household.

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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?

Yes. Companies that bring foreign labour to households obtain residency cards for foreign workers under their own company's sponsorship, and the company bears all legal and financial responsibility for the foreign worker.

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  • https://service.gov.krd/en/service/moi-64-en
    Companies that bring foreign labor to households can obtain residency cards for foreign workers sponsored by their own company. The company bears all legal and financial responsibility for foreign workers.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the decisive professional requirements of this route.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: MOI-64 clearly states the distinctive professional features: work as domestic servants brought by foreign-labour companies, entry-visa approval via the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and a two-year employment contract (company-foreigner-household) approved by MoLSA/Labor Directorate; not_found leaves empty what the source gives for R3 (only forms 15/16 needed dropping).)

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the work allowed, any tie to employer or sector and family accompaniment.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: MOI-64 states the card is for foreigners 'working as domestic servants', sponsored by the company or householder under a household employment contract, and that after two years renewal may be sponsored by the householder with a new contract; that answers what work is allowed and the employer tie, so not_found is not honest (family accompaniment is indeed absent).)

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

The card can be renewed for six months or one year. The sponsor must attend the relevant residency directorate one month before expiry to renew the card or terminate sponsorship. Where the employment contract expires after two years, the worker may apply for renewal under household sponsorship with a new legal employment contract, without a new company contract. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Longer-term residence options and the complete renewal/fee rules are not established; the late-penalty line has inconsistent numeric and written wording.
  • KRG Ministry of Interior service portal -- MOI-64 (domestic worker residency); Description section
    Title: Issuance and renewal of residency cards to foreigners through the company of bringing foreign labour to households | خزمەت URL: https://service.gov.krd/en/service/moi-64-en Description Issuance of residency cards to foreigners brought to the Kurdistan Region through foreign labor companies, working as domestic servants, this residency card is renewed for six months or one year after that period. Conditions Foreigner shall have attained the age of eighteen (18). Testing for communicable diseases (AIDS, hepatitis B and C, malaria, Bilharzia). Foreigner's Health Test The validity period of the foreigner's passport shall not be less than six (6) months. The foreigner shall not be guilty of any shameful act and shall not be subject to any comment. The a
  • KRG Ministry of Interior service portal -- MOI-64 (domestic worker residency)
    ) years old, must be approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs / Labor Directorate. Fill out forms (15 and 16). A foreigner whose employment contract with an employer expires after two (2) years may apply for renewal of the residency card sponsored by the householder with a new legal employment contract, without reapplying for a company contract. The sponsor (householder or company) must present at the relevant residency directorate one (1) month prior to the expiration of the residency card in order to renew the residency card or terminate the sponsorship at the householder's responsibility, Otherwise, the owner will be subject to a late penalty of (20,000) thousand dinars per day. ensuring foreign labors by the sponsor. Foreign labor companies can obtain residency cards for foreigners on the sponsorship of their own company and bear all the legal and financial responsibility of the foreigner. Work will be done on the statement No. (1) of 2021

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

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