According to TRNC Labour Ministry, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security's own guidance states that all costs and fees connected with obtaining a foreign worker's work permit are borne by the employer, who may not deduct them from the worker's wages or demand payment from the worker.
Claim record · last verified 22 September 2026
How to read this claim
- Jurisdiction
- Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
- Verification
- Secondary source onlyWhy this is published: Published as official administrative guidance (a Ministry FAQ page), not yet traced to a specific article of the Foreigners' Work Permits Regulation, which was not read to its end this session.
- Legal review
- Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer.
Version history
- — Published from primary-source research. (version 1, First published)
Sources for this claim
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- [1]"Foreign Work Permit Procedures — What You Need to Know" (Ministry of Labour and Social Security official FAQ page)
Ministry of Labour and Social Security, TRNC · Government institutions · original in Turkish · accessed 19 September 2026 · source record
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https://northcyprusreference.com/en/claims/work-permit-costs-borne-by-employer
Identifier work-permit-costs-borne-by-employer · Open data · challenge