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RUSSIA - Russian Companies Planning to Employ Foreign
Nationals in 2009 Must Submit a Declaration of Need
by Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
04/02/2008
Pursuant to recent decrees by the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian
companies that employ foreign nationals are required to submit a form declaring
their projected needs for foreign national workers in 2009 by May 1, 2008.
Declaration forms must be signed and stamped by a company official, and
submitted to the Interregional Information Business Center in-person by a
company representative. The declaration form requests information about the
number of foreign national employees needed, the positions to be filled, and the
salary and citizenship of the potential employees.
Please note that, in certain instances, the Russian immigration authorities have
refused to process 2008 employment permits for employers who did not submit the
requisite declaration in 2007.
It is not yet clear whether a company will be able to amend its declaration
after May 1, 2008 and employ more foreign nationals in 2009 than indicated on
the declaration form. The government did accept some amended declarations for
2008 at the end of 2007 and the start of 2008.
It is also not clear how or whether recently established companies, that were
unable to submit declarations in 2007, will be able to hire foreign nationals in
2008. If such companies are permitted to employ foreign nationals, at a minimum,
they will be required to submit a declaration before applying for employment
permits.
Declaration forms are subject to extensive scrutiny by the Russian labor
authorities. Therefore, employers are advised to provide as much detail as
possible in their declaration forms.
In preparing this article, Fragomen has worked closely with VISTA Foreign
Business Support (Moscow). The content herein is provided for informational
purposes only.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the global
immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen Global Immigration
Services or send an email to
emea@fragomen.com.
Source:
http://pubweb.fdbl.com/news1.nsf/c8abb103352ef95a86256e3100809438/2bcc9c3bd7ff93118525741f005864dd?OpenDocument
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