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Question about permission for work!!

Last activity 11 April 2019 by Dev Alboz

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Dev Alboz

I am married. How long should I wait to take permission for work in Ukraine?

Sanja7

You can register as a Private entrepreneur and then you can start working on contract. I think this way is pretty cheap and easy.

Dev Alboz

Sanja7 thank you. But I have in plan to open an LLC and I don't know if I need a working permission. And I just read somewhere that I should have a director in company, because I am.foreigner.

Sanja7

I think you can open a LLC and be the director yourself. That way you will get the work permit.

simon-in-nikolaev

If you currently do not hold any type of residency permit, then you are not able to be a director of a company in Ukraine. Foreigners are not allowed.

My wife is the director of our LLC. I obtained my work permit, visa and temporary residency permit based on my employment at the company. I can provide more information or read some of my other posts where I have talked about the process and my experience.

Dev Alboz

thank you Simon-in-nikolaev....i am married with Ukrainian, and i will have my Temporary Residence Permit in a week !
By your words,if i have Temporary residence Permit  i can be the director?

Devis

GreyKyiv

Dev Alboz wrote:

thank you Simon-in-nikolaev....i am married with Ukrainian, and i will have my Temporary Residence Permit in a week !
By your words,if i have Temporary residence Permit  i can be the director?
Devis


Hi. No you cant holding a TRP. You will have to get a work permit for that. But in 2 years you get eligible for permanent residency and holding that status you will not need to have any work permit since then.

Dev Alboz

so i have to apply for work permit? i have TRP and Tax number ! where should i apply for work permit?

thank you !

GreyKyiv

It is not your (employee's) obligation to apply for a work permit. Your employer is obliged to get a work permit for you to be able to hire you. So first you need to find an employer willing to hire you.

Dev Alboz

i understand, but the idea is that i will open a LLC in Lviv (and be a shareholder), so i think i don't need work permit !

Sanja7

Best is to check with a lawyer for details. This info you can easily fish out with some mails =)

GreyKyiv

Unfortunately even being a single owner of a Ukrainian company you still need a work permit to be the company's director. You can check this either by reading the relevant law on the official website of the Ukrainian Parliament: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/5067-17?lang=en
Use Google Translate tool and find item 2 clause 2 article 42-1 of the Law.

Dev Alboz

thank you for your helpful answers !

regards,

Dev

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