Turkmenistan

Foreign-worker permit and entry. A Turkmenistan employer can request migration authorization for a foreign worker under a contract and local-labour priority rules.

Free, with the law behind every answer

Foreign-worker permit and entry

Permission for the approved job when the work permit and applicable entry and stay documents are issued; duration is authority-specific.

Who qualifies

Foreign employment requires a work permit from the State Migration Service; recruiting foreign workers is subject to domestic labour-market priority and employer workforce ratios.
Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Law on Migration
The work-permit authorization is required for a foreign national arriving for employment; the visa, work permit and registration must be handled under their separate rules.
Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Law on Migration

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: The issuing authority decides the application after the complete sponsored file and prerequisite approvals are lodged.
Cost: Government charges are assessed under the issuing authority’s schedule; sponsor, translation and document costs are separate.
The hard part: State Migration Service approval and local-labour priority.

Citizens by 2035.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
1 year, renewable for 1 year at a time.
2034
Apply for citizenship
With a language test and a civics test.
2035
Citizenship

Language: Communicative Turkmen.
Civics: Know and observe the Constitution and laws.
Time away: Seven years of permanent and lawful residence before applying, with lawful means of support.
Two passports: Usually not: new citizens are asked to give up their other citizenship.

Continuous lawful residence can build Turkmenistan’s seven-year naturalisation period while work and stay permissions remain valid.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
This country asks new citizens to give up their other citizenship.

The law behind these dates

Turkmenistan State Migration Service — Law on Citizenship

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Have the Turkmenistan employer request the foreign-worker permit from the State Migration Service before arranging entry.Open mfa.gov.tm ↗
Gather these documents.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Health cover for the move

Postern can’t run this for you yet.

The official application forms, submission and recovery specification are not complete. Postern cannot run this application yet.

Options open to you today →

ISSUED TO

YOUR FAMILY

Cover