So far in 2024, 1,800 companies have been inspected and 40,000 workers have been checked since migration control measures were tightened due to national security, notes Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė. She says that residence permits of some foreign workers were annulled both due to a potent...
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On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Government approved the proposal to tighten employment regulations for foreigners and to revise quotas for third country nationals. Parliament is yet to vote on the bill in question.
The number of foreign workers is rapidly growing in Lithuania. In a year, their number increased by 56,000 and is now nearing 142,000, show data of the Employment Service.
The Ministry of the Interior has presented amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. Action is taken to introduce safeguards, ensure national security and eliminate abuse of migration and employment procedures.
Lithuania plans to continue this year allowing foreign drivers, construction workers and other workers of the industrial and construction sectors to come to Lithuania under a facilitated procedure after the country's Employment Service updated its list of key professions lacking workers.
In an effort to facilitate the entry of skilled foreign labour into Lithuania, the government on Wednesday recognized professional experience as an alternative to higher education qualifications.