INITIAL RESIDENCE PERMIT

  • Provide a copy of a valid travel document (all pages with entries or tags). The applicant certifies the conformity of the copy (copy correct, number of pages, surname, date, signature)

  • photography

    3×4 cm

  • citizenship or home country, if the foreigner has stayed there for longer than 12 months, a statement issued by a competent authority about criminal records

  • a certification of registration of a foreign employer

  • a letter of the foreign employer, which confirms that the foreigner is transferred for performance of services in the Republic of Latvia

  • a document certifying the necessary means of subsistence

    subsistence wage is not less than the average monthly gross wage of workers in the Republic of Latvia in the sector according to the latest published information of the Central Statistical Office or the minimum wage established by the general agreement of the sector. SEE HERE

  • payment document, confirming payment of the State fee