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24 Member States of the European Union who are registered with the State Employment Agency as unemployed persons or persons searching employment. If employment of a third-country national in Latvia is planned according to a company agreement, a work invitation letter shall be approved without registration of the vacancy, by coordinating the company agreement and by submitting documents that certify the employee’s education and qualification. Such an application shall provide reasons for the employment of the third-country national in compliance with a company agreement and specify number, positions, professions of the thirdcountry nationals to be employed as well as place and terms of fulfilment of work. Regardless of whether it is planned to employ a third-country national on the basis of an employment contract or company agreement, in order to approve a work invitation letter, the employer (merchant) or his authorised representative shall submit the following documents to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, by enclosing the work invitation letter: • if the profession of a third-country national is regulated – a copy of a qualification acknowledgment certificate or a similar document certifying the compliance of the professional qualification with the requirements set in the Republic of Latvia; • if the profession of a third-country national is not regulated – a legalised copy of an education document or a document certifying three-year experience in the profession in which the employer plans to employ the third-country national, by enclosing translation into the official language certified in accordance with stipulated procedure. 50 Since there is a high unemployment level in Latvia as a result of economic crisis and, until now at least, Latvia has not been a country of destination of highly qualified labour force, the demand to vacancies of low qualified labour at the moment is satisfied by local labour force. In order to adopt the provisions of Council Directive of No.2009/50/EC 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs has prepared Draft law "Amendment to the Law On Status of Permanent Resident of the European Community in the Republic of Latvia" 51 . The purpose of the Draft law is the transposition of the provisions of the above-mentioned Directive, aligning of terminology with the Lisbon Agreement, an 50 Cabinet Regulation No.552 of 21 June 2010 "Procedures for Approval of Invitations and Drawing up of Written Requests". 51 Draft Law “Amendments to the Law On Status of Permanent Resident of the European Community in the Republic of Latvia””.//http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/news/normativie_projects.htmlnews_id=583-[see: 05.10.2010]
25 opportunity for non-citizens of Latvia to obtain a status, as well as other technical amendments 52 . 4.2. Family Reunification 4.2.1. Changes in the National Perspective The legal provisions of the "Amendment to the Immigration Law" that came into force on July 1, 2010 reduce the period for reviewing of documents submitted by a citizen of Latvia, non-citizen of Latvia or a child of a third-country national who has received a permanent residence permit, for requesting a permanent residence permit, from 90 days to 30 days, thus ensuring the opportunity for the child and parents of the child to exercise the rights stipulated in the regulatory enactments. 53 The Immigration Law provides an opportunity for a citizen of Latvia to invite to live with him his adult children with families. Temporary residence permits are issue to them, thus providing time to integrate themselves in the Latvian society. After five years of continuous residence with a temporary residence permit, they have the rights to request a permanent residence permit. In case, if a citizen of Latvia, who was the inviting person, has died, the invited persons’ permit is annulled. Since it does not correspond with the essence of the Section, because the purpose of relocation is permanent residence in Latvia, Law "Amendment to the Immigration Law" provides that a third-country national whose one of the parents is a citizen of the Republic of Latvia is entitled to continue his residence in the Republic of Latvia also if the said parent has deceased. 4.2.2. Changes in the European Union Persperctive By continuing the acquisition of the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals under the Programme of Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows 2007-2013, the implementation of the said fund projects 2008 was completed in 2010. Totally 17 projects were implemented within the framework of the the European Fund for the Integration of thirdcountry nationals under the Programme of Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows 2008. In compliance with the scope of the multiannual programme of the fund, as well as Programme 2008, when planning integration activities, specific target groups are taken into 52 Executive summary to Draft Law “Amendments to the Law “On Status of Permanent Resident of the European Community in the Republic of Latvia".// http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/news/normativie_projects.htmlnews_id=583-[see: 05.10.2010] 53 Executive summary to Draft law "Amendments to the Immigration Law".
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Page 3 and 4: 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMA
Page 5 and 6: 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Cl
Page 7 and 8: 7 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Methodology
Page 9 and 10: 9 2. POLITICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Page 11 and 12: 11 3. POLITICAL, LEGAL AND INSTITUT
Page 13 and 14: 13 illegal immigrants, as well as b
Page 15 and 16: 15 Confederation of Latvia, Elīna
Page 17 and 18: 17 Having analysed the amount of fu
Page 19 and 20: 19 4. LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRA
Page 21 and 22: 21 consular mission of a member sta
Page 23: 23 request of a residence permit if
Page 27 and 28: 27 Affairs and the Latvian Language
Page 29 and 30: 29 country nationals to whom the st
Page 31 and 32: 31 6) the regulatory enactment expa
Page 33 and 34: 33 of the Latvian and Belarus borde
Page 35 and 36: 35 A minor third-country national o
Page 37 and 38: 37 In 2010, the Ministry of Justice
Page 39 and 40: 39 6) Latvian Language Agency imple
Page 41 and 42: 41 On 10 March 2010, Cabinet Regula
Page 43 and 44: 43 cancel a visa of third-country n
Page 45 and 46: 45 Changes in other laws are also p
Page 47 and 48: 47 enforcement institutions of the
Page 49 and 50: 49 In 2010, the Office of Citizensh
Page 51 and 52: 51 In 2007-2009, a network of human
Page 53 and 54: 53 Tasks at Sea by the Use of Techn
Page 55 and 56: 55 Besides, by using the External B
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Page 61 and 62: 61 Immigration Law for submission t
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Page 65 and 66: 65 voluntary participation, Latvia
Page 67 and 68: 67 of asylum seekers and improve th
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Page 71 and 72: 71 10. IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN U
Page 73 and 74: 73 The concept developed by the Min
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75 Cabinet of Ministers Regulation
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77 Fight against Terrorism, Organiz
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79 ‣ Cabinet of Ministers Regulat
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81 ‣ Executive summary to Cabinet
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83 Literature: ‣ Apstiprina jaunu
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85 ‣ Interesējas par darbaspēka
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87 http://www.iem.gov.lv/lat/aktual
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89 ANNEX OF THE EUROPEAN PACT ON IM
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91 indicating profession, preferabl
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93 Programme 2008, and it supported
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95 organizing next informative even
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97 related to integration of immigr
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99 medical, psychological, material
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101 The State Border Guard as the r
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103 4(j) more effective action agai
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105 readmission agreements in which
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107 7.1 European Pact on Immigratio
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109 BORDER CONTROL 8 Control and su
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111 Please describe (planned) devel
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113 Guard expressed its readiness t
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115 The State Border Guard on regul
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117 Also in 2010, Latvia was not in
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119 aimed to strengthen the institu
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121 11(h) how diaspora groups may b
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