DUSHANBE, 26.04.2022 (NIAT Khovar) — This year, 500 Tajik citizens will be sent to the UK for seasonal work, said the Director of the Pre-Departure Counseling and Training Center for Labor Migrants in Dushanbe Diyor Normatov.

According to him, 60 Tajik citizens are preparing their documents to receive visas to the UK.

“In accordance with the announcement of the Migration Service of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan, over 200 citizens have been selected in the first stage of the process. Their documents have been submitted to the British Embassy in Tajikistan. Citizens are only required to speak conversational English,” he said.

According to Normatov, travel expenses will be paid by the citizens themselves. The employers will provide all citizens with a place of residence and permanent work.

“In the UK they work up to eight hours a day and earn up to $12 an hour. The term of the employment contract is six months. In six months, the Tajik migrant must return home,” he said.