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Foreign Worker Visa and Work Permit

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the type of worker or employment this route is for.

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  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (CAIXA_ERRADA: Faithful to the LANA quote, but the substance is that the employer must obtain a work licence (employer involvement, R2) plus a housing ban; 'foreigners employed in Libya' only restates the via, no job type.)

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

Libyan Law No. 6/1987 (Article 12) requires anyone who employs a foreigner to notify the competent passport office of that employment within seven days of the foreigner starting work, and to notify the same office when the employment ends, within the same period.

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  • Whether a job offer or employer sponsorship commitment is required before the visa itself is granted is not established in the accessible capture.
  • Official capture; exact quotation
    علي كل من يستخدم أجنبيا أن يقدم إقرارا بذلك إلى مكتب الجوازات المختص مباشرة أو بطريق البريد المسجل وذلك خلال سبعة أيام من تاريخ التحاق الأجنبى بالعمل وأن يخطر المكتب المذكور بانتهاء خدمته خلال ذات المدة

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

The requirements for foreign workers include an official work permit from the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, a legal and documented employment contract between employer and worker, completing residence procedures with the Passports, Nationality and Foreigners Affairs Authority, and not occupying professions prohibited to non-Libyans as set by Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation Decision No. 110 of 2025.

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  • Statement of the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation of the government designated by the House of Representatives, as reported by the Libyan News Agency (LANA); applicability across all of Libya is not stated.
  • The list of occupations closed to non-Libyans (Decision No. 110 of 2025) is not captured.
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    كما تشمل الضوابط استخراج تصريح عمل رسمي صادر عن وزارة العمل والتأهيل، وإبرام عقد عمل قانوني وموثق بين المشغل والعامل الوافد، واستكمال إجراءات الإقامة عبر مصلحة الجوازات والجنسية وشؤون الأجانب ، والالتزام بعدم شغل المهن المحظورة على غير الليبيين، والمحددة بموجب قرار وزير العمل والتأهيل رقم (110) لسنة 2025 ميلادية بشأن ضوابط استجلاب واستخدام العناصر غير الوطنية وتحديد المهن المحظور شغلها على غير الليبيين.

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

The holder may not depart from the purpose for which entry or residence was authorised without written permission from the Director General of Passports and Nationality or his delegate. The foreigner's wife, his minor sons, his unmarried daughters, and the parents and minor siblings he supports have the right to the same residence granted to him.

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  • Whether the holder may change employer or sector 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 Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation rejects opening any direct or indirect path to settle foreigners in Libya, under Law No. 24 of 2023 on combating the settlement of foreigners. That law also prohibits keeping a foreigner after his work ends and requires notifying the competent authorities as soon as it ends. The official source does not state a permit duration or renewal rule.

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  • Statement of the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation of the government designated by the House of Representatives, as reported by the Libyan News Agency (LANA); applicability across all of Libya is not stated.
  • The normal grant length and renewal procedure are not stated in the captured sources.
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    وشددت الوزارة في بيان لها أمس الخميس على رفض فتح أي مسارات مباشرة أو غير مباشرة لتوطين الأجانب والمهاجرين غير الشرعيين داخل الأراضي الليبية، وذلك استناداً إلى أحكام القانون رقم (24) لسنة 2023 ميلادية بشأن مكافحة توطين الأجانب في ليبيا ، مجددة تمسكها بتطبيق القانون وحماية الأمن القومي الليبي.
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    وتمنع المادة كذلك إبقاء الأجنبي بعد انتهاء عمله، وتلزم بإبلاغ السلطات المختصة فور انتهاء عمله.

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