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ARTICLE · 22 OCTOBER 2019

Obtaining And Renewing Work Permits For Foreigners

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Many foreigners and companies are facing many issues in obtaining work permit due to the complicated process of receiving work permit in Egypt and involvement of numerous authorities.

EgyptCorporate/Commercial Law
Dahlia Hakim
Dahlia Hakim

Many foreigners and companies are facing many issues in obtaining work permit due to the complicated process of receiving work permit in Egypt and involvement of numerous authorities.

However, the Investment service center at the General Authority for Investment and Free zones ("GAFI") provides a service for obtaining the work permit for the foreign investors by which it considers the commencement date of the work permit is the date on which the security check application was submitted.

We will shed the light on the main requirements, documents required for extracting a work permit for shareholders foreigners (Companies governed by the New Investment Law No. 72 of 2017 and the Companies Law No.159 of 1981), representative offices and foreign branches, as follows:

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