672 foreigners, most of them from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, granted Latvian work permits lately

  • 2020-07-27
  • LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - Since June 10 when the state of emergency over Covid-19 was lifted in Latvia, the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) has issued work permits to 672 foreign nationals, mostly from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, the agency's director Kaspars Rozkalns informed LETA.  He said that as of today, LIAA has granted 117 entrepreneurs' requests to let them import workforce from non-EU countries. Based on these permissions, 672 foreign nationals have been allowed to arrive and work in Latvia.  In most cases, Latvian employers at...
 
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