More than 130 private employment agencies are registered in Kyrgyzstan, which send Kyrgyzstanis to work in 21 countries. Director of the Center for Employment of Citizens Abroad under the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration, Kubandyk Akmatbekov, told 24.kg news agency.
According to him, the agencies are required to submit quarterly reports on employment of citizens with labor contracts attached.
«If since the beginning of 2022 we have employed about 1,500 people abroad, then private agencies have employed more than 4,000,» Kubandyk Akmatbekov said.
He noted that firms that intend to employ citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic abroad undergo a special verification procedure at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Committee for National Security, then their documents are considered by an interdepartmental commission, after which a decision is made to issue a permit for one year, then it is extended for three years.
