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Description
Transfer of a foreigner's residency card cases from one province to another When he changes his place of work or residency, he will be issued a new residency card in the province to which he is transferred.
Responsible Entity Information

Address of citizens to visit provincial residence directorates

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
07515192466
Sulaimani Residence Directorate
Sulaimani / Nargis neighborhood / near Sulaimani Police Directorate / behind Binayi petrol station
Email: info@sulresidence.com
05033190574
Duhok Residence Directorate
Duhok / Shindukha
07503765276
Conditions
The foreigner must have an employment contract in the province to which the case is transferred, If the foreigner is self-employed, he or she must have the documents of the work location.
For foreigners whose cases are transferred for the purpose of family reunification, they must have a marriage contract.
For foreigners whose cases are transferred through foreign labor companies, the same company that issued the residency card must have a branch in the province to which the foreigner's residency card is transferred.
Case transfers are only possible one (1) time per year.
When requesting the transfer of the foreigner's case to another province, he/she must bring a letter of non-objection from the (sponsor) who issued the residency card.
Work will be done on the statement No. (1) of 2021 on the issuance of electronic visas and residency cards, and the Foreigners residency Law No. (76) of 2017 of the Iraqi Parliament.
Documents
residency card.
If company was support and labor contract.
If secured employment contract.
Previous sponsor support.
Passport valid for not less than six (6) months.
Time
three (3) to five (5) days.
Price
According to Directive No. (1) of 2021, the following guidelines for issuing electronic visas and residency permits in the Kurdistan Region:
- (80,000) Eighty thousand dinars for transferring the case.
- (10,000) Ten thousand dinars for the transfer form.
Procedures
The foreign visits the residency department to which he/she wants to transfer his/her residency card file.
Visits the Case Transfer Room, in order to submit his application, audit his case and prepare accounting receipts.
Visits the accounting room, in order to pay the prescribed fees.
He/she visits the case transfer room, to scan the documents and they are emailed to the residency department where the foreigner's case is located in order to obtain no objection.
After (3) working days, the employee will visit the residency department that submitted the application, in order to receive a letter of refusal to transfer his residency card file.
After obtaining approval to transfer his residency card file according to the type of residency card, the foreigner visits the specialized department to obtain a new residency card from the residency department to which the residency card file was transferred.
Application Form
پێویستە فۆرمی داواکاری هاوپێچ بکرێت، ئەگەر هەبێت.
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-66
Topic
Last updated
07-04-2024
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