Faced with the problem of employment in their native country or planning to move to another state, many people ask a difficult question about how to get a work permit. Numerous citizens of the CIS go to work abroad, including to Russia. Let us turn to the letter of Russian law. Here the answer is unequivocal - only those foreign citizens who have received a work permit have a job. An exception was not made for the citizens of Ukraine, so we will try to understand this issue.
For those people who are going to work without concluding an employment agreement (it is also called an agreement or contract), the validity of the document is limited to three months, and if there is an employment agreement, it is limited to 1 year from the moment of crossing the Russian border. A plastic card is issued to individuals, which indicates the specialty by which they can work, as well as a certain region of the Russian Federation that limits the scope of the vacancy search. You can obtain such a work permit for citizens of Ukraine by contacting the appropriate state institution (FMS) with a statement, and this process is simplified for Ukrainians.
Those who intend to work more than 30 days must submit a certificate of health status to state bodies, without which they will not be able to obtain a work permit. For citizens of Ukraine visa-free entry to the territory of our country is provided, which also simplifies the process of drawing up a work card. In addition, the categories of people who do not need a permit are clearly indicated. From the point of view of legislation, these include:
- Persons with a residence permit in the country;
- foreign students studying in universities of the Russian Federation and working here during the holidays;
- teachers and journalists accredited in Russia and invited to work.
Work permits for citizens of Ukraine and other foreigners should be issued only by competent authorities, so dubious mediation by private firms offering paperwork should be avoided. There is a great danger to give your money to scammers and eventually get an invalid card.
After obtaining a permit, a foreigner must be employed within 90 days, otherwise he may be deported from the country. After he is hired, all responsibility for the hired person lies with the employer. Legal entities accepting foreign employees to their staff pay a fee to the state and are obliged to report hiring to the migration service, tax and employment services, otherwise fines will almost never be avoided . It is not necessary for employers to obtain permission to attract foreign labor from neighboring countries (exceptions are only citizens of Turkmenistan and Georgia, for whose work a quota has been introduced).
Almost all CIS citizens need a work permit in advance, only Belarus is not included in this list. Its residents (in accordance with the agreement concluded between the states) can work in a free regime.