Djibouti → Latvia: Residence permit for employment

One photo sized 3 × 4 cm.

Source: PMLP, Viss par migrāciju: initial residence permit for employment under an employment contract (B 3.2), documents to be submitted (visa-required countries)

The PMLP questionnaire for requesting a residence permit, filled in completely. Citizens of Russia and Belarus fill in an additional questionnaire.

Source: PMLP, Viss par migrāciju: initial residence permit for employment under an employment contract (B 3.2), documents to be submitted (visa-required countries)

A valid travel document, plus a copy of every page that has entries or stamps on it. You confirm yourself that the copy matches the original (correct copy, number of pages, your surname, date and signature).

Source: PMLP, Viss par migrāciju: initial residence permit for employment under an employment contract (B 3.2), documents to be submitted (visa-required countries)

A document showing your subsistence wage is not less than the average monthly gross wage of workers in Latvia in your sector, based on the Central Statistical Office's latest published figures, or the minimum wage set by that sector's general collective agreement. Check the current figure on PMLP's necessary subsistence page right before you apply.

Source: PMLP, The necessary subsistence

A payment document that shows you paid the state fee for reviewing your application.

Source: PMLP, Viss par migrāciju: initial residence permit for employment under an employment contract (B 3.2), documents to be submitted (visa-required countries)

Your employment contract, or a draft of it, with your Latvian employer. Before you can be hired, your employer registers the vacancy with the State Employment Agency for at least 10 working days and submits a request to OCMA on your behalf.

Source: Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP), Employment of foreigners

A statement about your criminal record from a competent authority, issued by your country of citizenship, or by your home country if you've stayed there for longer than 12 months.

Source: PMLP, Viss par migrāciju: initial residence permit for employment under an employment contract (B 3.2), documents to be submitted (visa-required countries)