The labor activity of foreign citizens and stateless persons arriving in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic for the purpose of carrying out labor activity is regulated by the Law on External Labor Migration dated January 13, 2006, No. 4, which requires the registration of a work permit in accordance with Article 6: A foreign citizen or stateless person temporarily staying for the purpose of carrying out labor activity in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic is issued a work permit by the authorized state body in the field of migration in the manner determined by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, subject to the employer depositing funds (guarantee contribution) into an account specially opened by the authorized state body in the field of migration, necessary to ensure the departure of the foreign worker by the appropriate type of transport from the Kyrgyz Republic. 

Article 3 of the Law on External Labor Migration stipulates that these rules do not apply to: 

a) those who have received refugee status or political asylum in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic; 

b) permanently residing in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, from which it follows that recognized refugees carry out labor activities in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic without obtaining a work permit.