WORK PERMITS AND EXPATRIATE MIGRATION IN UZBEKISTAN — INBOUND MATTER — CHINESE-OWNED INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Client. A Chinese-owned international group with operational entities across multiple jurisdictions, seeking to deploy a team of Chinese nationals into its newly established Uzbekistan subsidiary engaged in industrial production and supply-chain management.
Background. The group required a full advisory mandate covering the Uzbekistan work permit quota regime, individual work authorisation procedures for expatriate staff, and the associated visa and temporary residency pathway. The matter involved cross-border coordination with the group's Russian operating entity, which had existing employment arrangements that needed to be reconciled with Uzbekistan's separate regulatory framework for foreign labour. The applicable Uzbekistan rules impose annual quota allocations for foreign employees, with distinct procedural tracks depending on the investor's registration status and the nature of the employment relationship — distinctions that are non-obvious for groups accustomed to other CIS jurisdictions.
Our role. Counsel advised on the structure of the group's workforce deployment, including the selection of the most appropriate permit category, preparation of quota application materials, and compliance with the documentary requirements imposed by the Uzbekistan Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. Counsel further advised on the temporary residency registration obligations for each expatriate employee and coordinated with local Uzbekistan counterparts to manage the submission and tracking timeline.
Outcome. [PLACEHOLDER — operator to replace with real outcome] The engagement resulted in the negotiated recovery of a substantial part of the claim — in this context, the regularisation of the permit and residency position for the full cohort of expatriate employees, enabling the subsidiary's operations to commence on the planned schedule.
For matters involving employment and migration advisory for foreign-owned groups in Uzbekistan, visit our Employment & Migration — Uzbekistan (/jurisdictions/uzbekistan/employment-migration/) practice page.
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