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Establishment Registration at LMRA

Public Sector

To ease the procedures of issuing and renewing work permits, all ministries and governmental organisations, should register at LMRA according to the following steps:

  1. A letter of authorisation from the ministry / organisation stating the employee responsible of its transaction and the limits of such authorisation.
  2. Fill the ministries and governmental organisations application form.
  3. A copy of the authorised ministry / organisation official CPR card.
  4. A copy of the official in charge and authorised persons CPR card.
Note:
Every governmental department has a unit code issued by the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) and another unit code issued by the General Directorate for Nationality, Passports and Residence (GDNPR). Please contact, the following officials, in case of non-existence of the code(s):

- The Director General of the Statistics and Population Record - Central Informatics Organisation (CIO)
And/ Or
– The Assistant Under-secretary of the Nationality, Passports, and Residence - Ministry of Interior

Private Sector

For private sector registration, please provide the following documents:

  1. Most recent electricity bill.
  2. A certificate from the specialised authority authorising the nature of the business of employer such as fishermen or farmers (non commercial or governmental institutions).
  3. Bank account number. 
  4. A letter from the owner of the organisation to nominate the authorised persons. 
  5. Copy of the Commercial Registration (CR).

Individual business:

  1. The owner shall attend in person or shall be represented by an authorised agent, with a valid power of attorney.
  2. Fill the application form prepared by LMRA.
  3. Present a copy of the ID / CPR card of the owner.
  4. Present a copy of the Commercial Registration (CR), of main and other branches, if any.
  5. Fill the authorisation form (if the owner wishes to authorise somebody on his / her behalf).
  6. The authorised agent, should come in person.
  7. Present a copy of the ID / CPR card of the authorised agent.

Companies:

  1. The authorised agents should personally attend.
  2. Fill the application form prepared by LMRA. 
  3. Present a copy of the authorised person ID / CPR card
  4. Present a copy of the Commercial Registration (CR), of main and other branches, if any.
  5. Fill the authorisation form prepared by LMRA.
  6. Present a certificate from the Commercial Registration (CR) showing the names of authorised persons.

Authorised agent privileges can be chosen by these pre-defined privileges:

  • Data entry and applying for work visas privileges.
  • Fees payment and visa printing privileges.
  • Data entry, applying for work visas, fees payment, visa printing and visa cancellation.
Note:
Upon registration, please supply the LMRA with the data of the your foreign employees’ dependants in your organisation and proof of relationship of each dependant to the foreign employees.

 

What should I do next?

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Last Update: Tuesday 1 July 2008