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Companies intending to hire foreign workers in Azerbaijan are required to submit quota reports to the State Migration Service (SMS) by May 1, 2020.
The quota process includes the following steps:
Employers seeking to send foreign workers to Azerbaijan should submit a foreign worker estimate for 2021 by May 1, 2020. Employers are advised to contact immigration counsel for support.
Azerbaijan introduced this quota system in 2016 to better track and check employment conditions of foreign workers. Since compliance with the quota system is currently strictly enforced, it is prohibitively difficult to obtain work authorization outside the quota in the oil and gas sectors.
Fragomen expects efforts to streamline the application process to continue, though scrutiny and restrictions are also likely to continue as a counterbalance to ensure that migration to the country remains documented and controlled.
This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please contact the global immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen or send an email to [email protected].