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Kyrgyzstan: Quota for residence permits

Monday, February 11th, 2008 @ 05:45 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Kyrgyzstan
Topics:: Economics

Ayan Dane discusses the quota that has been set up by state authorities for foreigners’ residence permits, saying that it will include ethnic Kyrgyz, their relatives, children and spouses. The quota will also include scientific and cultural workers along with qualified economic experts.

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