Description
Issuance and renewal of residency cards for foreigners working in oil and gas companies in the Kurdistan Region. This card is valid for six months or one year and can be renewed after that period.
Responsible Entity
Responsible Entity Information
Address of citizens to visit provincial residence directorates
Website
Office Hours
(8:30) a.m. to (2:30) p.m.
Erbil Residence Directorate
Erbil / (32) Park / Next to Passport Building
Email: erbil.residence@moi.gov.krd
Email: erbil.residence@moi.gov.krd
07515192466
Sulaimani Residence Directorate
Sulaimani / Nargis neighborhood / near Sulaimani Police Directorate / behind Binayi petrol station
Email: info@sulresidence.com
Email: info@sulresidence.com
05033190574
Duhok Residence Directorate
Duhok / Shindukha
07503765276
Conditions
Foreigner must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Testing for communicable diseases (AIDS, B and C hepatitis, malaria, Bilharzia).
The validity period of the foreign person’s passport shall not be less than six (6) months.
For foreigners from countries that require an advance visa to enter the Kurdistan Region, their residency card must be requested by the same oil and gas company that issued the visa.
The foreigner must have an employment contract with the company applying for the residency card.
The foreigner must be registered with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Social Security Directorate. Only the executive director or shareholder with a share of not less than 20% does not need an employment contract and a social security letter.
Foreigners must have a written approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Foreigners who are issued residency cards through oil and gas companies will also be issued residency cards to their families, provided they have the support of the Ministry of Labor and the Social Security Administration and registered.
If the transaction is to renew the residency card, he must apply for the renewal of the residency card before the expiration of the expiration date, otherwise he will be subject to a late penalty of (20,000) twenty thousand dinars per day.
Documents
Letter of support of the foreigner from the institution where he/she works.
Employment contract.
Passport.
Letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
One (1) photograph of the foreigner.
For renewal transactions, previous residency card and one (1) photograph are Required.
Time
Seven (7) to ten (10) working days.
Price
According to Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency permits in the Kurdistan Region:
For foreigners who do not need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region:
- (300,000) three hundred thousand dinars in exchange for conversion of visit visa to residency card.
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars in exchange for issuing residency cards.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administration fee for applying for residency permit.
For foreigners who need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region:
- (1,000,000) One million conversion of visit visa to residency card.
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars in exchange for issuing residency cards.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administration fee for applying for residency permit.
For residency card renewal:
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars for renewing all types of residency.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administrative fee for renewal of residency.
The penalty for late renewal of residency card for each day of delay is (20,000) twenty thousand dinars.
For foreigners who do not need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region:
- (300,000) three hundred thousand dinars in exchange for conversion of visit visa to residency card.
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars in exchange for issuing residency cards.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administration fee for applying for residency permit.
For foreigners who need to obtain a visa in advance to enter the Kurdistan Region:
- (1,000,000) One million conversion of visit visa to residency card.
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars in exchange for issuing residency cards.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administration fee for applying for residency permit.
For residency card renewal:
- (150,000) one hundred and fifty thousand dinars for renewing all types of residency.
- (25,000) Twenty-five thousand dinars residency administrative fee for renewal of residency.
The penalty for late renewal of residency card for each day of delay is (20,000) twenty thousand dinars.
Procedures
First, the oil and gas company submit the application through the online residency card application system and scans all the documents.
After 72 working hours, the approval of the residency card will be sent online through the same system to the oil and gas company. The foreigner can visit the central laboratory for a health Test.
After (48) working hours, the Test results will be returned to the relevant residency directorate. The employee will visit the relevant room for issuing residency cards to the oil and gas company, in order to verify the Test results and prepare receipts.
Visits the accounting room, in order to pay the prescribed fees.
He will visit the room for issuing residency cards to the oil and gas company again, in order to return the accounting receipts and scanning.
Visits the printing department to print the residency card and complete the transaction.
Application Form
پێویستە فۆرمی داواکاری هاوپێچ بکرێت، ئەگەر هەبێت.
Legal Documantation
External Services
پێویستە خزمەتە پەیوەندیدارەکان دەستنیشان بکرێن، ئەگەر هەبن.
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پێویستە ئەم خزمەتە لەلایەن بەڕێزان وەزیر/سەرۆکی دەستە و بەڕێوبەری گشتی دیوان و لیژنەی خزمەت واژوو بکرێت.
Service ID
MOI-62
Topic
Last updated
17-03-2024
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