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Kurdistan Region Government-Agency Employee Residence Card

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

Foreigners employed by Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agencies.

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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: the documents include a letter of support for the foreigner from the KRG agency where he or she works.

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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?

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
  • MOI-59 states no occupation, qualification, experience, salary or labour-market condition; its only route-defining element is employment in a KRG agency (certified r1).

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
  • MOI-59 does not state what work is allowed, any employer tie or family accompaniment.

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

The card is valid for six months or one year and can be renewed. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Complete renewal conditions, charges, penalties and longer-term residence options remain unestablished.
  • KRG Ministry of Interior service portal -- MOI-59 (government-agency residency); Description section
    Title: Issuance and renewal of residency cards to foreigners through government agencies | خزمەت URL: https://service.gov.krd/en/service/moi-59-en Description Issuance and renewal of residency cards for foreigners working in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agencies. This card is valid for six months or one year and can be renewed after that period. Conditions Foreigner shall have attained the age of eighteen (18). Testing for communicable diseases (AIDS, B and C hepatitis, malaria, Bilharzia). Foreigner's Health Test The validity period of the foreigner's passport shall not be less than six (6) months. Foreigners from countries that require a pre-visa to enter the Kurdistan Region, their residency car
  • KRG Ministry of Interior service portal -- MOI-59 (government-agency residency)
    ansactions, bring your previous residency card and one (1) photograph of the foreigner. Time five (5) to seven (7) days. Price According to Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency permits in the Kurdistan Region: For foreigners who do not need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region: - (300,000) three hundred thousand dinars in exchange for conversion of visit visa to residency card. - (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars for issuing a residency card. - (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administration fee for applying for residency permit. For foreigners who need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region: - (1,000,000) One million conversion of visit visa to residency card. - (150,000) one hundred

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