DUSHANBE, October 22, 2013 Asia-Plus – The Government of the Russian Federation has endorsed extension of the period of stay of Tajik labor migrants in Russia.
Appropriate amendments will be made to the government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Russia on labor activity and protection of rights of Tajik nationals in Russia and protection of rights of Russian nationals in Tajikistan.
A draft protocol providing for appropriate changes has been developed by Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS) in line with implementation of the memorandum of intent on easing some of the registration restrictions for Tajik migrants coming to Russian that was signed in Dushanbe on October 5, 2012.
Tajik nationals will be eligible to obtain three-year work permits in Russia, instead of the current one-year work permits.
Besides, at the suggestion of the Tajik side the draft protocol provides for extension of the period of temporary stay of a worker in the receiving country for the period of work permit duration without exiting the receiving country.
