Updated: August 7, 2026
Extension
Extending the permit and the residence card
Filed in advance while the previous document is still valid. The cheapest step on the route, and the most expensive one to miss.
A missed deadline is not extended, it is started again: departure from the country, a new permit, a new arrival. That is why we keep the calendar ourselves.
In short
What gets extended and when
Two documents are extended together: the permit to employ a foreign national and the temporary residence card. The filing must happen before the current term expires, not after. We set reminders months ahead and come to the enterprise with the question before it remembers to ask.
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Practical term
We start the filing well before expiry. The review itself takes roughly as long as the original application.
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Who files
The enterprise for the permit, the worker for the residence card. We assemble both files.
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For whom
The same documents for the same person in the same position. A change of position is not an extension but a new application.
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Validity
A new term within the limits set by law. Permit and card should expire in step, not in different months.
Procedure
How it happens, step by step
This step starts with a calendar, not with documents.
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The calendar of deadlines
We track expiry dates for every worker in the group. The reminder fires early so there is time to collect papers rather than to panic.
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The enterprise decides
We confirm who is being extended and who is leaving. That decision is needed earlier than it seems: it determines when we file.
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Extending the permit
We file the application with an updated contract and proof of payment. Employment terms must meet current requirements, not those of a year ago.
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Extending the residence card
Immediately after the permit. Extending only the permit and forgetting the card is the mistake we see most often.
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Updating the personnel file
New copies go into the file and the old ones stay. Inspections ask for the history, not only the current document.
The file
What the enterprise prepares and what the worker provides
The file resembles the original one, but it has to come together faster: the clock is already running.
Prepared by the enterprise
- The application to extend the permit
- An updated or extended employment contract
- Proof of the state payment
- Proof of accommodation if the address has changed
Provided by the worker
- A passport with sufficient remaining validity
- The current residence card
- A photograph to the prescribed format
- Renewed medical insurance
The cost of the extension falls on the enterprise, as with the original application. It cannot be deducted from the worker's wages, and we do not do it.
Risks
What turns an extension into a fresh application
Four situations after which the route has to start over.
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A missed deadline
The most expensive mistake on the whole route. There is nothing left to extend: the person leaves, the enterprise obtains a new permit and waits months for their return.
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A change of position or salary
An extension covers the same terms. Change the position and a new decision is required, filed as a fresh application.
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The passport expires sooner
Documents cannot be extended beyond the passport's validity. If the passport is running out, the worker replaces it first and we extend everything else afterwards.
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Extending only the permit
The permit is valid, the card has expired: the stay is already unlawful even though the right to work formally exists. We extend both together.
Documents
What the enterprise signs as the employer
Migration support runs under a contract with WORKIN, and we prepare the employer's HR documents. The enterprise only needs to sign them.
State fees for the permit and residence permit are paid by the enterprise directly to the state, with no markup.
Questions
What enterprises ask
The questions of a second year with foreign staff.
Early, with margin for collecting papers and for a file being returned. We come to the enterprise before the deadline starts to press.
Yes, if the filing was on time and the previous documents are still valid. That is exactly why the filing date matters more than the review speed.
No. A different position means a new permit decision. Such a promotion is best planned together with the extension rather than mid-term.
Within the limits the law sets for stay and work. We calculate the specific horizon for your group at the planning stage, not in the final month.
Request
We will keep the deadline calendar for you
- 01A manager reviews the request and clarifies details
- 02You receive a route, a timeline and a cost structure for your project
- 03Any contract decision comes only after the estimate
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