ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT FACILITATES PROCEDURE OF PROVIDING FOREIGNERS WITH JOB PERMISSION

ARKA
November 18, 2009
Yerevan

YEREVAN, November 18, /ARKA/. Armenian parliament has passed today
in the first reading a set of changes to the Law on Foreigners
facilitating the procedure of providing foreigners with job
permissions.

A deputy economy minister Vahe Danielian said the changes are aimed
at improving the business environment of the country, regulation and
simplification of its labor market.

He said one of the changes allows Armenian companies without foreign
investments to hire foreigners without additional permissions for
the entire term of the labor contract.

Under the current law, job permission to foreigners is given for 12
months and it may be extended only once for another 12 months. After
the expiration of that term a foreign worker must leave Armenia and
may be accepted to an Armenian company only after 12 months. Vahe
Danielian described this rule as ‘unjust and discriminative.’

He said lifting this ban would allow to make Armenian labor market
more competitive and stimulate its business environment.