A residence permit is a document, which provides a foreigner with the right to reside - live, work, study or do business - for a definite or indefinite period depending upon the type of permit issued.
If you want to spend longer than 90 days in Latvia as well as making your travel to other Schengen countries easier, a residence permit makes your life much easier, since any person holding a residence permit in one Schengen country does not require any further visas or documentation to visit another Schengen state for business or tourism.
Types of residence permit in Latvia
Currently, there are two kinds of a residence permit issued by the Republic of Latvia which are Permanent and Temporary.
Advantages
The biggest advantage of the residence permit in Latvia, is that you are entitled to enter other Schengen countries without any visas or other formal registration, which makes it trouble free for you to oversee your business in Europe as well as to travel without ever needing to think about preparing documents and visiting an embassy.
Other advantages include:
The opportunity to invite relatives for visa purposes, up to and including second-degree relatives.
A simplified procedure for receiving visas for many countries outside the Schengen zone.
Automatic issue of a residence permit to your spouse and minor children.
Eligibility for a discount or free education in the European Union.
New commercial opportunities within the European Union.
The Latvian residence permit holder is also entitled to social benefits such as medical treatment, maternity benefit, unemployment benefit, etc.
The holder of a Latvian residence permit is entitled to almost all of the rights normally granted to citizens of Latvia, except the right to vote and to participate in elections and to hold positions in governmental institutions and other state authorities.
The opportunity to receive a driver’s license in Latvia.
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