Work visa to Latvia

Work visa to Latvia

Citizens of any country can apply for a visa to Submission of documents for a visa takes place at the consulate of the Republic of Latvia in the country of residence. The specialists of "VISA-SVIT" will prepare in advance all the necessary documents from the inviting party-employer from Latvia and send them to the Applicant, as well as arrange confirmation for the consulate from the receiving party about the validity of the intentions to employ and provide housing for the called employee.

Work visa securing 

Latvian work visa can be secured by all foreign nationals.

• Citizens of the following states have the right to apply for a Latvian work visa:
  CIS: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan;
• Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka;
• Middle East: Türkiye, Jordan, Yemen;
• Africa: Algeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia,
• others.

Apart from that, those foreign nationals who have received a permitting document for work in Latvia, get the following advantages:

• Possibility to stay in the countries of the Schengen Area up to six months in a year;
• Living and working on legal grounds in the Republic of Latvia.

Who has the right to invite foreign nationals to work in Latvia:

1. Foreign nationals, who have been living in the territory of the inviting country for more than 5 years and have a residence permit in the country.
2. Any state owned enterprise or a legal entity in need of foreign specialists.
3. People who live in the Republic of Latvia and are the citizens of the other EU member state.

The inviting party provides official evidence of supplying a potential worker with relevant wages, proper accommodation and full covering of expenses connected with his/her stay in the country. Monitoring institutions check all aforementioned conditions and render a relevant decision.

Getting a work visa by invitation means getting an opportunity to live, work and go ahead with all your plans in the territory of a European country.

Latvia, the country of new horizons

Owing to the participation in the Schengen agreement Latvian Republic has become a country able to provide foreigners with European opportunities and life worth living.

To visit Latvia it is enough to have a Schengen visa of a different country, while further employment in the country requires a work visa and valid international passport with a period of validity defined pursuant to current legislation. It is mandatory to have a health insurance card to be subject to a guaranteed medical care and – in case of a disease – treatment in the territory of the country during the whole period of stay. A work permit will give you the possibility to live and work in the country on legal grounds and save from numerous problems in respect to official employment.

Getting a work visa is possible within rather short period of time, and in some cases it can be done even in a fast-track procedure. Our company guarantees proficient preparation of complete set of documents, their submission to the Consulate and receipt of the permitting document.

We have been working since 2002. The experts of our centre always provide complete and comprehensive information support, advise on all current issues at all securing phases. Many years’ experience of our agency makes it possible for us to handle current issues of our clients in the most professional and thorough way as well as to keep constant communication even after a positive decision and getting an endorsement stamp in a passport.

In order to get a work visa to Latvian with a guarantee, it is necessary to provide your valid international passport and residence registration certificate. The rest of documents will be prepared by our visa experts.