Work permits for highly qualified specialists
HQS or highly qualified specialists are foreign specialists who can be fast-tracked for a three year Russian work permit. One condition to get an HQS status is a yearly salary of 3 million Rubles and higher.
By contacting us, you will receive comprehensive answers to such questions as:
- Registration HQS’s for work;
- Getting work permits of HQS’s;
- How to get a work visa for HQS’s.
We will also advise you on the necessary documents, the specifics of drafting work contracts with a highly qualified employee, and help you arrange multiple entry visas to the Russian Federation for relatives of a hired specialist.
The cost of a work permit for HQS’s:
| Basic services | Time | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work permit | for citizens from the countries with low immigration risk | 14 business days | |
| for citizens from the countries with high immigration risk | 14 business days | ||
* State duty for a work permit of
* The price includes the notification of employment and support for HQS in obtaining a work permit in person.
| Accreditation of the company in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a work invitation | 15 business days | |
| visa extension without leaving | 21 business days |
* State duty for a work visa extension of
| Additional services | Time | Cost |
| Invitations for accompanying family members | 15 business days | |
| Salary notice | 2-3 business days | |
| Notice of early termination of an employment contract | 2-3 business days | |
| Notarized translation of the passport front page | 2-3 business days | |
| VHI policy | 2-3 business days | 1 year 2 years 3 years |
Visa-Russian.ru company provides services only to legal entities registered in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Leningrad regions.
The due date is calculated from the moment of submission of the documents to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The basic package includes:
- Getting a work permit and an invitation for a work visa (or its extension without leaving the country);
- Filing a notice of employment;
- paying stamp duty;
- escort to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to obtain the hard copy of a work permit for a highly qualified foreign employee.
To be legally employed in the Russian Federation foreign HQS’s have to have a work visa and a work permit. Visa-Russian.ru company only provides help in hiring HQS’s to legal entities registered in Moscow or the Moscow Region.
Perks of getting a work visa for HQS’s:
- The possibility of getting a work permit for 3 years;
- You don’t have to get quotas and permits for hiring foreign labour;
- Fast track to getting a work permit and invitation;
- Unlike with regular work visas, an HQS wouldn’t have to pass Russian language, law and history exams;
- The possibility of adding additional regions to the work permit if the employer has branches or separate subdivisions in these regions;
- The possibility of getting visas for a foreign employee’s family members;
- It’s allowed to register at the place of arrival during the first 90 days;
- You can extend work permits for HQS’s without travelling outside the Russian Federation an unlimited number of times.
The procedure for hiring HQSs is simplified and takes much less time compared to the procedure of hiring foreign specialists of quota/out-of-quota professions.
