Necessity of Work Permit for Foreigners has been Cancelled
The Government decided to cancel the necessity of work permit for foreigners until 2018. Artem Asatryan, minister of labor and social affairs, said the number of foreign workers in Armenia isn’t so high to create difficulties for the national labor market.
He said the work permit necessity will be cancelled until January 1, 2018. Currently 5179 foreigners are employed in Armenia, who are mainly specially qualified professionals.
The majority of them are ethnic Armenians.
