Kyrgyzstan’s initial unified work permit lasts up to 60 days

Plan for the document after the initial permit

Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry explained on 1 May 2026 that the unified permit is the initial document for foreign workers under the revised procedure and is issued for up to sixty calendar days. Where further stay is needed, the next document is a resident card. A long employment contract should therefore not be mistaken for an initial permit covering its entire term.

The ministry linked this procedure to Cabinet Resolution No312 of 30 April 2026. This is a current guide; employers should check the post-arrival document before using older renewal instructions.

Check nationality and the employer’s basis for recruitment

The National Investment Agency’s government guide, current to June 2026, says foreign labour is ordinarily recruited within annual quotas and that the unified permit combines work-visa and work-permit information. A vacancy or an employment offer alone does not demonstrate that the employer has completed the migration requirements.

The agency expressly distinguishes citizens of Eurasian Economic Union member states, who may work on the basis of contracts with employers without obtaining a unified permit. Establish whether this exception applies to the worker’s actual nationality before choosing an application. It concerns work-permit treatment; applicants should separately establish any applicable stay or registration obligations rather than assume all immigration formalities disappear.

Use the statement letter for the correct applicant

The official eVisa portal provides different statement-letter templates. The organisation’s form asks for the employer’s name, address, telephone, activity and the purpose for engaging the foreign citizen. It requests the worker’s identity, citizenship, passport details and proposed permit period, together with the reasons for the invitation. The head signs and stamps the organisation’s undertaking regarding lawful stay.

The separate individual template asks for the person’s identity, citizenship and passport information, the requested duration and a detailed explanation of the activity, workplace and position. It includes an undertaking to comply with external labour-migration law, with a date and signature. These are purpose-specific statements, not interchangeable general invitation letters. They also do not constitute a complete published checklist: confirm which supporting records the live application requires for the employer and worker concerned.

Review the portal data before paying

The eVisa information page defines the unified permit as an electronic document bearing a readable QR code and containing work-visa, foreign-labour recruitment and work-permit information. Match the identity and employment particulars in the application to the evidence before submission. A payment or saved draft is not the resulting permit.

The portal’s general document instructions require passport information, a digital photograph and documents in Kyrgyz or Russian, or translated into those languages. It also distinguishes visa validity from the permitted duration of stay. These general instructions should be read alongside the specific unified-permit process, rather than imported as a substitute for its supporting-document requirements.

The portal says visa charges depend on category, type and period and warns that payments are not refunded after rejection. The ministry’s May statement also identifies paid urgent consideration for unified permits. The reviewed resources do not establish one verified total covering every permit and resident-card case. Confirm the live charge and selected service before payment instead of applying an old work-visa price to the combined procedure.

Keep the employment and immigration obligations aligned

The ministry’s explanation places an obligation on employers to ensure a foreign worker leaves Kyrgyzstan when the employment relationship ends. A worker and employer should therefore resolve the next immigration basis when a contract ends, rather than assume the remaining dates on an old document settle the position.

The National Investment Agency separately explains that employment relations are based on a contract and that ordinary working time is no more than forty hours weekly, with statutory annual main paid leave of twenty-eight calendar days. Obtaining migration permission does not replace those employment conditions. Use the agency guide to check the employment framework, the official statement templates to prepare the request and the Foreign Ministry’s explanation to plan the initial-permit and resident-card sequence. Confirm the actual document dates before travel or continued stay.